EMEA blocks market back on fire after ‘amazing’ $4.7bn night

Three substantial block trades re-opened the EMEA blocks market with a bang on Monday. The deals in French payments company Worldline, London-listed airline Wizz Air and Swiss testing laboratories company SGS totalled about $4.7bn equivalent and showed that equity capital markets have largely recovered from fears over the spread of coronavirus, which weighed on issuance volumes last week.