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  • There were audible sighs of relief on equity capital markets desks on Friday morning as Boris Johnson delivered a hefty Conservative majority in the UK general election. Bankers are now prepping for a busy 2020 and a solid UK issuance calendar. A state block trade of Royal Bank of Scotland shares is among the most anticipated chunks of business for next year.
  • Russian issuance has been a success story in what has otherwise been a largely disappointing year for the EMEA equity capital markets. Positive momentum should carry through into 2020 with hope that IPOs will follow a good year for blocks and beef up the Russian stock market
  • Banks are pushing out the last of this year’s equity block trades and there could even be room for more supply next week, if the UK general election delivers a market friendly result.
  • After weeks of equity inflows, investors are primed for a rally in UK equities following this Thursday’s general election. Banks are hoping for strong issuance conditions through to January.
  • European equity capital markets bankers are seeing a pick-up in appetite from US-domiciled funds looking across the Atlantic for outperformance.
  • After the flotations of Saudi Aramco and Française des Jeux (FDJ), equity capital markets bankers expect that privatisations will continue to be a crucial source of business in 2020, although the poor performance of the banking sector in Europe may continue to hold back some potential transactions.