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  • The musical chairs in Hong Kong’s equity capital market hit a crescendo this week, as senior bankers from both bulge brackets and Chinese firms took turns swapping seats. With several positions still left to be filled, the movement is unlikely to stop soon. But all this points to a sustained rise in business, writes John Loh.
  • After a lull last week when many companies were in closed periods ahead of results, the equity block trades market is more vibrant this week, with several significant trades so far, including a successful capital increase for Metro Bank.
  • Metro Bank, the UK challenger bank, completed a 9.9% capital increase on Tuesday evening, after announcing its fourth consecutive quarterly profit.
  • The Indian government has given itself another year to meet free float requirements on listed state-owned firms, despite having had since 2014 to wind down its positions. The move illustrates a lax attitude in both the public and private sectors around liquidity and public shareholding levels — an issue that must be remedied.
  • Avenue Group, Bain Capital and Barings this week brought the first block sale of shares in Biffa, the UK waste disposal company, since its troubled IPO in October 2016.
  • Citic CLSA Securities has brought in Steve Lam to helm its equity syndicate team, while also naming Nathan McMurtray to lead its charge into the equity-linked market.