BarCap banking on retail cash to allow wave of equity sales

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BarCap banking on retail cash to allow wave of equity sales

Barclays Capital, which is predicting an onslaught of equity offerings from UK issuers, this week entered a joint venture in an effort to boost its retail offer. The bank estimates that retail stockbrokers in the UK have around £350bn of assets under management of which £40bn are held in stockbroking accounts ready to be put to work in equity offerings.

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