Latest EMEA Follow-Ons/Rights issues news

• Morocco's BCME Bank raises $103m to grow in Africa

  

  BCME Bank, one of the largest banks in Morocco, has raised Dh1bn ($103m) by selling new shares on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

  • 02:00 PM

• Unicorns should listen to bears and raise equity capital

  

  Recession fears are rising again as GDP slows, global trade tensions rise and overvalued stock markets become more volatile. Big tech should take advantage of high price to earnings ratios to raise equity capital now and to prepare for tougher days ahead.

  • 13 Aug 2019

• Shareholders back Omnia’s R2bn rights offer

  

  Omnia Holdings, the South African chemicals company, has fixed the terms for its R2bn ($136m) rights issue to reduce debt, after securing underwriting from its top shareholders.

  • 13 Aug 2019

• Thomas Cook bonds, shares tank on £150m recap news

  

  Thomas Cook's shares and bonds fell on Monday after the company disclosed that it is in talks to raise £150m of capital from its creditors and largest shareholder to keep trading over the winter period.

  • 12 Aug 2019

• ECM turns bearish on September after equity and rates volatility smash the fragile summer peace

  

  ECM participants have been reminded how quickly the mood in equity markets can turn after a volatile week and are assessing the impacts on their autumn pipelines.

  • 09 Aug 2019

• Synthomer closes £204m rights issue to fund US merger

  

  Synthomer, the Malaysian-backed UK producer of aqueous polymers, has finished its £204m rights issue after the deal won a high take-up among shareholders.

  • 30 Jul 2019

• Regional REIT capital raise grown despite Brexit fears

  

  Regional REIT, the UK property investment trust managed by London & Scottish Property Investment Management, has raised £62.5m of equity capital, £12.5m more than expected, but sources close to the deal say it was a difficult sell because of investor concern about Brexit.

  • 19 Jul 2019

• Voltalia raises €376m of equity capital to grow power capacity

  

  French renewable energy company Voltalia has finished its €376m rights issue after meeting with more than 100 investors on a deal roadshow, according to a source close to the transaction.

  • 11 Jul 2019

• Synthomer unveils £204 rights offer for US growth plans

  

  Shares in Synthomer, the UK producer of aqueous polymers, closed 1.3% higher on Wednesday after the company announced a £204m rights issue to finance its expansion in the US.

  • 03 Jul 2019

• Voltalia CEO urges equity investors to follow 'bold' EBRD

  

  Public equity investors lag behind private funds in owning renewable power assets and are missing an opportunity to get in early on Europe’s next big infrastructure asset class, according to Sébastien Clerc, chief executive of French independent power producer Voltalia.

  • 01 Jul 2019

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