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Trade bodies speak out against push to drive equity trading on to lit markets
Shares trade 8% above offer price as shipping company completes second listing
TX Group and SMG absorb almost 60% of block as insurer cuts holding to 11.8%
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As the coronavirus eats into the global economy, most companies are putting their share buy-back programmes on hold — but there are exceptions. ContourGlobal, which generates power in emerging markets, has launched a new buy-back programme, while Philips is using an unusual derivative technique to adapt its plan to crisis conditions. -
Hong Kong saw a pair of block trades this week as WuXi Biologics Holdings offloaded HK$4.6bn ($599.4m) in WuXi Biologics (Cayman) stock and Viva China sold HK$1.51bn in Li Ning Co shares.
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Hays, the UK recruitment and human resource services company, is in the market with a £200m equity placing to give it enough capital to withstand a halt to much of its business operations because of the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.
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India’s equity capital markets were silenced this week as a nationwide lockdown and tumbling share prices kept bankers at home and issuers at bay.
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Convertible bonds are emerging as an important tool that companies will use to recapitalise themselves during the Covid-19 crisis alongside selling new shares, particularly for those with weak credit ratings.
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The high yield bond leg of the rescue package for cruise company Carnival is flying off the shelves in the dollar market, leading the company to increase it from $3bn to $4bn, cut pricing, and drop the planned euro tranche entirely — but the equity capital raising is proving tougher and has been shrunk by $500m.
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