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  • Europe's equity capital market bankers are expecting a resurgence of secondary share sales by investors over the coming weeks as financial sponsors look to take advantage of the rebound in global equity markets since the start of the pandemic to raise cash to redeploy elsewhere.
  • India’s financial regulator has made a one-time relaxation of rules governing IPOs and rights issues in response to the coronavirus outbreak, which continues to keep the country’s population at home.
  • Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group, a China-based drug maker, has pocketed HK$3.49bn ($450m) from a larger-than-planned issue of primary shares.
  • Oil trading at minus $40 a barrel may be a one-off, but ultra-cheap oil is not. The industry’s bonds may look attractive at the current inflated yields — but they should tempt only investors who are brave, patient and selective.
  • The oil industry’s ability to raise money in capital markets is coming under severe strain, as the coronavirus pandemic is forcing all analysts to tear up their assumptions and bringing unprecedented volatility in prices.
  • With its more relaxed rules around pre-emption rights, the UK has led from the front by allowing embattled companies to raise equity to keep themselves alive during the coronavirus pandemic. The market's flexibility means there have been no damaging delays waiting for for formal rule changes. Such pragmatism is admirable, although more must be done to protect retail investors from dilution.
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