Equities pique investor interest

The first half of this week has already seen several chunky equity and index-linked structured notes but demand — particularly from Asia — remains at best patchy. Deals so far include a Eu50m index-linked note from Natixis and a Eu60m hybrid from Intesa SanPaolo, while Banesto issued a Eu50m index-linked deal and a Eu50m hybrid. Read EuroWeek on Friday for the story behind all the week’s most important trades.