UK Plc under pressure to talk — ‘Incredible’ ECM competition — Indy advice to boom

Shareholders will expect UK company boards to engage their bankers in a deeper negotiation over fees and services after the publication early on Tuesday morning of an Institutional Investors’ Council rights issue fees inquiry report, said one corporate finance lawyer. ECM bankers remain adamant that they work in a highly competitive industry and that proposals for a change in market structure make little sense.