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The start to 2016’s equity capital markets business in Europe has been tricky, but the action on Tuesday showed that high quality deals can get done very well, provided they come in a suitable window. -
China tested the limits of reform in its stock market this week with disastrous consequences. Equity markets fell globally after China heaved yet more volatility on investors, and mainland stocks saw their worst ever start to the year. The turmoil caught equity capital market bankers off guard, but panic has not set in yet, writes John Loh.
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A South Korean deal kicked open the Asian block market this week but complications in the execution have set a negative tone for the country’s equity capital markets, where numerous share sales are expected in 2016. Jonathan Breen reports.
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Wednesday brought red back to equity traders' screens after a buoyant Tuesday, but trading action confirmed the satisfactory execution of this year’s first two substantial equity capital markets deals in Europe: the €1.03bn block trade in NN Group, the Dutch insurer, and French aerospace firm Safran’s €650m convertible.
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IPO, rights issue and equity-linked volume were all down in 2015, so the fact that block trades maintained their 2014 level of issuance made them the stand-out business of the year in equity capital markets. Now stocks participants are asking themselves if they can keep up the pace. Olivier Holmey reports.
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Europe's equity capital market lost no time in hitting back after the scary start of Monday, when world markets tumbled after China's stockmarket went into freefall and Saudi Arabia and Iran's war of words became more rancorous.
