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  • Domestic bank consolidation has returned to the top of the agenda, but for financial institutions bankers, unlocking the most lucrative relationships requires years of coverage and an ability to look beyond the quick fix of M&A, writes David Rothnie.
  • Rolls-Royce, the UK aerospace engineering company, has confirmed it aims to raise £5bn from a financing package that includes a £2bn rights issue. The deal’s launch ends months of speculation about whether the company would need to raise capital to endure the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • BNP Paribas showed that structural creativity can achieve results in equity capital markets with a €462m block trade in Alstom stock on Tuesday evening. The bank used a forward sale structure to allow Bouygues to financially sell a 4.85% stake in Alstom now, but legally retain the shares until the end of next month so it can vote in favour of an acquisition.
  • Karri Vuori has joined UK mid-market M&A firm Cavendish Corporate Finance as a partner.
  • Equity capital markets bankers are heralding the success of emerging markets IPOs set to be priced in the coming days and weeks, including the flotations of Russia’s Sovcomflot, Lithuania’s Ignitis, Saudi Arabia’s BinDawood and Kazakhstan’s Kaspi.
  • Mediolanum International Funds Ltd (MIFL), the international asset management arm of Italy’s Mediolanum, has extended its hiring streak in Dublin, with the addition of a new senior fund manager.
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