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Underwriting left unused after deal is 33% oversubscribed
Shareholder-backed recapitalisation will help reduce debt and prepare assets for sale or listing
Placing and open offer follows recent acquisition of US annuity provider
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Predictions that financial institutions would ebb as the mainstay of equity capital markets business after the major post-crisis wave of recapitalisations had been completed have proved premature.
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Banks may be expected to wane as a source of equity capital markets business - but not yet. Santander's €7bn rights issue is under way, and Banca Carige, long on Italy's sick list, has announced a €500m capital increase. -
Empiric Student Property, the London-listed real estate investment trust that owns UK student accommodation, is seeking to raise £150m, in its sixth equity issue since its £85m IPO in June 2014. The deal will also be its largest so far, and its highest priced.
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Banco Santander has launched its €7.07bn fully underwritten rights issue to support its acquisition of the failed Banco Popular Español, saying it expects to make a return on investment on the deal of 13% to 14% by 2020.
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UBI Banca, the Italian bank, completed its €400m rights issue on Friday June 30, when the tiny rump of 6.7m rights, not subscribed for during the subscription period, were all sold on the stockmarket in the first few minutes they were offered.
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India’s Au Small Finance Bank has begun a three day bookbuild for its Rp19.1bn ($295.6m) IPO, with leads not worried by it being placed on the central bank’s caution list for foreign shareholding.
