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Small rump to place in Greencore after £439m M&A rights issue
Shares in Greencore, the Anglo-Irish sandwich and convenience food producer, closed 3% higher on Wednesday after it completed its £439m rights issue to finance its acquisition of Peacock Foods, a US competitor.
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Greencore launches £439m rights to buy Peacock Foods
Greencore Group, the Irish convenience food supplier, has announced plans for a £439m rights issue to partly finance its takeover of Peacock Foods, a US competitor, alongside its preliminary full year results on Monday.
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Refresco block sells fast as 3i cuts stake
The second block trade in Refresco Gerber, the Dutch soft drinks bottler, since its €563m IPO in March 2015, came on Wednesday night.
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Rabobank joins Kepler Cheuvreux stable with Dutch/agri partnership
Rabobank has agreed a strategic partnership with Kepler Cheuvreux, covering the Benelux region and the food and agriculture sector, and has closed its cash equities business, with the loss of 30 jobs.
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Basic-Fit IPO trades down 3% after Friday IPO
Basic-Fit, the low cost gym group, made its debut on Euronext Amsterdam on Friday morning, after an IPO that was priced towards the bottom end of its range on Wednesday.
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ASR Nederland IPO goes well on yield, value
The IPO of ASR Nederland, the second biggest this year in Europe after that of Dong Energy, reached a successful conclusion one day later than Dong’s, when the stock rose 2.6% on its first day of trading on Friday.
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Rabo promotion leaves loans job up for grabs
The former head of corporate debt capital markets at Rabobank has been promoted to head of capital markets — leaving positions open, which could include head of syndicated loans.
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Basic-Fit to revise guidance for debt-cutting IPO in next 24 hours
Basic-Fit, the low cost gym group, is expected to issue revised price guidance for its IPO in the next 24 hours.
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ASR Nederland IPO ready for guidance as investors focus on yield
Price guidance is expected imminently on the IPO of insurance company ASR Nederland, which is closing on Thursday and looks set be the biggest in the current spate of Dutch equity capital markets deals, beating last month’s listing of Philips Lighting.
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Rabobank, Morgan Stanley lose bankers in HK
Kitty Leung, who worked in the loan syndication department at Rabobank in Hong Kong, has left the Dutch lender.
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ForFarmers trades up after listing, to €740m valuation
Shares in ForFarmers, a Dutch animal feed cooperative, began trading on Euronext Amsterdam on Tuesday May 24, after a quasi-IPO in which the privately traded shares were relisted on the public market.
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Basic-Fit hits the IPO treadmill after Gym Group and Technogym climb
The vogue for gym IPOs looks set to continue, with Basic-Fit of the Netherlands announcing an intention to float on Tuesday.
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Rare growing oil sector firm Sif Group succeeds in second IPO run, raising €112m
Sif Group, the Dutch maker of tubular foundations for offshore wind turbines and oil and gas rigs, succeeded in its second attempt at an IPO on Wednesday, and its shares closed flat after their debut on Thursday.
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Delta Lloyd up as €650m rights sale closes
Delta Lloyd will announce on Thursday evening or Friday morning the take-up for its controversial rights issue, which was cut in size from €1bn to €650m after public protests from some investors. The exercise period ended at 2pm CET on Thursday.
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Rash of equity deals appears as hopes rise for better Q2
Equity capital markets teams at banks will need a very good second quarter to make up for the weak first one, which left volume more than 50% down on last year’s run rate in both Emea and the Americas.
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Delta Lloyd sets terms for €650m capital raise
Delta Lloyd, which last week won a shareholder vote to execute a rights issue despite public criticism of the deal from some of its investors, on Wednesday released details of the trade.
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GlobalCapital's Equity Capital Markets Awards 2015 - the Winners
GlobalCapital announces the results of its Equity Capital Markets Awards for 2015, following our inaugural ECM Awards Dinner, in London on March 16.
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Where there’s muck there’s — sometimes — brass
Coal is about the most basic commodity. It has become deeply unfashionable in recent years, tarred as the worst culprit in global warming. The charge may be true, but the accusations are so vehement partly because promoters of other hydrocarbons — oil, gas, biofuels — want to disguise their own responsibility.
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Four bookrunners picked for ASR float
NL Financial Investments, the Dutch state agency, has named bookrunners for the IPO of insurer ASR, having already chosen the global co-ordinators earlier this year.
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SIF starts building book for Amsterdam IPO
SIF, the Dutch maker of components for the offshore wind, oil and gas markets, has set the price range for its all-secondary initial public offering at a level that implies a valuation of €357m-€434m.
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All International Bonds
| Rank | Lead Manager | Amount $bn | No of issues | Share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Citi | 29.61 | 88 | 8.60% |
| 2 | JPMorgan | 23.76 | 85 | 6.90% |
| 3 | Barclays | 20.64 | 81 | 5.99% |
| 4 | BofA Securities | 19.82 | 71 | 5.76% |
| 5 | BNP Paribas | 16.27 | 62 | 4.73% |
Bookrunners of All Syndicated Loans EMEA
| Rank | Lead Manager | Amount $bn | No of issues | Share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BNP Paribas | 60.84 | 264 | 7.99% |
| 2 | Credit Agricole CIB | 47.68 | 243 | 6.26% |
| 3 | JPMorgan | 35.73 | 111 | 4.69% |
| 4 | SG Corporate & Investment Banking | 34.28 | 171 | 4.50% |
| 5 | UniCredit | 33.71 | 188 | 4.43% |
Bookrunners of all EMEA ECM Issuance
| Rank | Lead Manager | Amount $bn | No of issues | Share % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barclays | 0.75 | 7 | 12.00% |
| 2 | Morgan Stanley | 0.70 | 5 | 11.15% |
| 3 | JPMorgan | 0.58 | 5 | 9.31% |
| 4 | Citi | 0.48 | 4 | 7.75% |
| 5 | Goldman Sachs | 0.43 | 3 | 6.92% |
