Equity capital markets: Markets eye blockbuster bank and corporate ECM deals in 2015

Few might have predicted that a Saudi bank would produce EMEA’s biggest IPO in 2014, nor that Deutsche Bank would raise €8bn of capital. This year’s knockout deals may be just as unforeseen, but some contenders are limbering up already. As Olivier Holmey and Jon Hay report, Monte dei Paschi, Bayer and ABN Amro are names to watch out for in 2015.