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Capital markets were breathing a sigh of relief on Christmas Eve after a deal between the UK and EU on their future relationship appeared close, ending fears that the country would crash out of the single market without a trade deal at the end of the year. -
Equity capital markets bankers and investors are finally starting to put their feet up at the end of a historic but tumultuous year. Issuance has been at the forefront of the economic response to the coronavirus after being shuttered by the initial pandemic sell-off with innovation and perseverance ensuring that companies had the funds to survive. In order to mark the end of 2020, GlobalCapital looks back on some of the most noteworthy events and deals.
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Talks between the EU and the UK over their are future trading look to be coming to a head before the latter reaches the end of its transition agreement with the former on December 31. If the two can strike a deal, UK capital markets will be the first to feel the positive effects. Deal makers are hopeful of a surge in activity should an agreement be found but border chaos between the UK and EU earlier this week provided a sobering warning.
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The US stimulus package seemed all but a done deal until Tuesday night. The $900bn, 5,593 page bill was passed by both houses and requires only President Donald Trump’s signature to become law. Though this seemed a foregone conclusion, Trump is threatening to withhold his signature unless the size of the relief is increased, not that bond markets seemed fazed by the late upset.
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Everfuel, the Danish hydrogen fuel company, has signed a quasi-equity loan facility from the European Investment Bank, as lenders say that funding for the green transportation sector is shifting from equity to debt.
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The closing of borders between mainland Europe and the UK has provided a brief glimpse into the chaos that the immediate imposition of trading restrictions between the UK and EU might caused in the event of a no-deal Brexit on December 31. Both sides need to work around the clock to finalise a deal with a generous implementation period to avoid the kind of nightmare scenario that could lead to investors fleeing the UK.
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