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  • European equity markets may have rallied since the start of the year but that is not translating into more equity block trades in the region. Low risk appetite among investors and reluctance among sellers to launch trades at wider discounts are to blame, writes Aidan Gregory.
  • Russian president Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that he will extend the country’s capital amnesty by a year is good news for the country’s capital markets and a step forward in making the country less dependent on international, and primarily western, investors.
  • Deutsche Wohnen, the German property company, is trading up over 3% from the offer price of an accelerated share sale by Vonovia on Thursday night, with the whole EMEA blocks market up for the year so far.
  • Larsen and Toubro has kicked off a two-day offer-for-sale in subsidiary L&T Technology Services, eyeing proceeds of up to Rp9bn ($126.3m).
  • Shares in Blue Prism, the UK robotic automation company, closed 14% higher on Thursday after it completed a £100m capital increase to finance its growth plans and product development, in the wake of positive 2018 earnings.
  • ECM bankers have found investors more receptive to blocks than expected so far this year. Nonetheless, buyers have demanded more from sellers before they commit to a deal, a trend in evidence in the €55m share sale in Biocartis on Wednesday night.