Bank of America
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Wizz Air, the Hungarian budget airline, is set to close the books for its IPO on Monday night, having revised the price range today – and may refine pricing again on Tuesday.
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AT&T, the US mobile phone service provider, returned to the euro bond market on Monday, issuing €2.5bn in 8.5 and 20 year tranches. -
Flowserve, the US maker of industrial pumps and valves, has mandated banks for its first euro bond since 2000.
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Tyco International, the US fire safety and security firm, has issued a €500m 10 year bond, its first in euros since the company was broken up in 2007.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch is hiring an equity-linked debt banker from Deutsche Bank.
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The IPO of OVS, the Italian clothing retailer, is progressing well, helped by a juicy discount to comparable stocks.
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The IPO of OVS, the Italian clothing retailer, is progressing well, helped by a juicy discount to comparable stocks.
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General Motors issued a €500m three year bond on Tuesday, its second in euros since the financial crisis after announcing a fifth consecutive year of profitability.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has poached a senior equity strategist from Citi for its Japan research team, with the new hire set to start working at the firm from April 2.
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OCI NV, the Amsterdam-listed Egyptian construction, fertilisers and chemicals group, has announced details of its plan to demerge its construction business, in a deal that could help revive Middle Eastern equity capital markets activity, which has been flagging this year since the collapse of the oil price.
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German company Infineon Technologies, which makes semiconductor products for the automotive, energy, industrial and home appliance industries, has mandated banks for possible three and seven year euro bonds totalling €800m to refinance a bridge loan for its acquisition of US company International Rectifier.
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This week was supposed to be all about IPOs in the European equity capital market, with the pricing of a string of deals, above all the highly successful €4.25bn privatisation of Aena, the Spanish airports operator. But a carnival of block trades on Thursday stole the show, as sellers from British Telecom to Silvio Berlusconi pounced on a rising market, either to lock in recent gains opportunistically or to further strategic business needs. Jon Hay reports.
