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Equity block trading activity this week in Europe has remained brisk, with 10 deals completed in the first four days, though of smaller size than in the last couple of weeks. Issuance so far this year, after the first month and a half, now totals €10.4bn, more than double what was sold in the same period last year, when markets were troubled by Chinese stockmarket volatility.
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Tonight, private equity firm Summit Partners, Avalon Holding and Javak Investments have hired Morgan Stanley and UBS to sell a 12.65% stake in Flow Traders, the Dutch market-making firm, after it released its fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday morning.
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Buoyant secondary markets are continuing to provide ideal conditions for equity sellers to trade blocks. This week has already brought notable sales in France, Finland, Sweden and Russia.
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Terex Corp, the US maker of lifting and material processing machinery, has sold a 9.5% stake in Konecranes, the Finnish crane manufacturer, after a lock-up agreement was waived.
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BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole with Kepler Cheuvreux have tonight launched the first block trade of stock in Paris residential property builder Kaufman & Broad since its re-IPO last April.
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Shares in Rusal, the largest aluminium producer in Russia, closed 3.9% lower in Hong Kong on Tuesday after Onexim, an investment vehicle controlled by Mikhail Prokhorov, the billionaire owner of the Brooklyn Nets, sold 3.3% of his stake in the company for HK$1.8bn ($240m), through an accelerated bookbuild launched on Monday night.
