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  • The spate of equity linked issuance since the market reopened in mid-May quickened on Thursday with the launch of the largest “real CB” in EMEA for more than two years: a $1.5bn deal for STMicroelectronics, one of the region’s most prolific issuers.
  • Orange, the French telecoms company, sold a third of its stake in UK peer BT Group on Monday night through a block trade and used another third to back an exchangeable bond in an attempt to “take a balanced approach when reducing its exposure”, a banker on the deal said.
  • The revival of equity-linked issuance in Europe continued this week with three deals, all of the kind investors are looking for: from smaller companies with higher credit spreads and interesting equity stories.
  • Bayer monetised a large stake in Covestro, the plastics company it span off in 2015, on Tuesday night through a simultaneous block trade and exchangeable bond worth a total of €2bn, which were both covered in an hour by more than 100 investors each.
  • Morgan Stanley has given two senior bankers in Australia new roles as head of ECM and head of fixed income capital markets, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.
  • Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone is planning to raise up to $1.5bn via a domestic or international bond offering, and is also exploring a possible issuance of equity or convertible bonds.