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Equity capital markets investors had a chance to buy Russian risk again on Tuesday evening, as Otkritie Bank sold a Rb30.4bn ($400m) stake in gold miner Polymetal. -
Nordic Semiconductor, the Norwegian maker of semiconductors, has completed an Nkr1.1bn ($125m) growth capital raising to fund M&A opportunities and an acceleration of its growth strategy.
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EMEA equity capital markets started September with a flurry as banks rushed to print deals in the first week of the traditionally busy autumn issuance window. There is far more to come though and investors are concerned that some deals will struggle to find the attention they warrant.
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German real estate company Vonovia priced a €1bn accelerated capital raise on Thursday to take advantage of possible growth opportunities arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. The deal was covered quickly and attracted enough demand to cover the transaction several times but execution was made complicated by a sell-off in US tech stocks on Thursday evening.
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Ryanair completed a non-pre-emptive share placing on Thursday evening to strengthen its balance sheet to withstand the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic and to take advantage of growth opportunities. Despite analysts not thinking the company needed extra capital, sources said the company's CEO Michael O'Leary made a compelling case to investors for the need to boost its balance sheet.
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September began with a bang for equity issuance, capped off on Wednesday by a mammoth €2.7bn share sale from Siemens Healthineers. However, the rush of deals is not just being driven by optimism. Bankers fear darker days returning.
