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  • Citic Capital Financial Holding exited its holdings in China Cinda Asset Management via a clean-up trade on Thursday, raising HK$1.09bn ($140.47m). The block was launched amid a 30% rally in China Cinda’s shares, but that proved no barrier as investors were more than happy to get their hands on the deal.
  • The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is considering tweaking rules imposed on secondary sales of stock via the offer for sale (OFS) mechanism — a way by which owners of listed companies can reduce their holdings.
  • Two sets of long public holidays made it a stop-start first quarter for activity in Asia ex-Japan's equity capital markets. But with the festivities out of the way, bankers are now seeing their pipelines fill up again. The spotlight will be firmly on China and India for the next few months, writes John Loh.
  • The block trade business has been hugely important to equity capital markets businesses so far in 2015, and at this stage UBS and Goldman Sachs are leading the race. But Bank of America Merrill Lynch has made a hefty effort to catch up.
  • The Privatisation Commission of Pakistan started roadshows for its divestment from Habib Bank on March 30, in an offering that starts at a base size of 250m shares but with the possibility of selling as much as 609m shares, depending on demand.
  • This has been the busiest first quarter ever for equity capital markets globally, driven by record activity in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and a near-record output in the Americas, writes Jon Hay.