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Brexit deal chance lights up UK cap market hopes
A surprise agreement between the UK government and the European Union has led to renewed optimism for the country's capital markets. There is hope that an orderly Brexit, or even a long extension, will lead to an increase in investment from UK companies, particularly in the form of M&A. Investors are more than willing to finance these deals, write Sam Kerr, Jasper Cox and Mike Turner.
17 Oct 2019 -
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd raises £231m to acquire more catalogues
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd, the London-listed fund that invests in music catalogues, has concluded its share sale, which the company announced last month to finance the acquisition of new song rights.
17 Oct 2019 -
Mapletree Trust seals $335m share sale at tight end
Mapletree Commercial Trust has raised S$458m ($335m) from a placement of new units, pricing the issue at the top of guidance after a strong turnout from new and existing investors.
17 Oct 2019 -
Brexit deal would be rocket fuel for UK equities
The astonishing rally in UK domestic equities in the past week as a Brexit deal with the EU started to look more likely showed how important an orderly exit from the bloc is to the market. If there is more progress towards a deal this week, the little loved sector could be primed for a resurgence in capital markets.
15 Oct 2019 -
‘Standing room only’ as investors jam Cellnex meetings
Cellnex, the Spanish wireless telecommunications company, is getting tremendous traction in investor meetings for its €2.5bn rights issue to fund a transformational UK acquisition.
15 Oct 2019 -
3iN shrugs off Brexit vol to bag strong support for £222.8m trade
Infrastructure investment business 3i Infrastructure (3iN), which is controlled by private equity firm 3i Group, managed to buck Brexit volatility and place 81m new shares into the market, to fund the pay down of a revolving credit facility linked to acquisition financing.
11 Oct 2019 -
Cellnex fuels £2bn Arqiva deal with rights issue
Cellnex, the Spanish wireless telecommunications company, has agreed a deal to acquire the telecoms division of Arqiva for £2bn and is undertaking a €2.5bn rights issue to help fund the transaction.
08 Oct 2019 -
Linde makes investment in UK hydrogen firm ITM
Linde, the multinational industrial gas company, is making a strategic equity investment in ITM Power, the UK hydrogen machine manufacturer, as part of a fundraising plan worth up to £58.2m.
04 Oct 2019 -
Innovent Bio pockets HK$2.4bn from top-up
Chinese biotechnology firm Innovent Biologics has raised HK$2.39bn ($304.3m) after selling a chunk of stock through a top-up placement.
04 Oct 2019 -
Nazarbayev’s daughter sells 10% of Halyk Bank
Holding Group Almex, the investment vehicle owned by Dinara Kulibaeva and her husband Timur Kulibayev, closed books on a 10% stake in Halyk Bank on Thursday, sold via a marketed sale of global depositary receipts in London and Astana.
03 Oct 2019
