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  • The €1bn IPO and highly dilutive capital increase of Veneto Banca is thought likely by bankers involved to be bought in its entirety by Fondo Atlante, as happened to the similar €1.5bn deal for Banca Popolare di Vicenza at the beginning of May.
  • Cobham, the UK aerospace and marine technology company, has successfully completed its £500m rights issue, which ended with a £22m rump placement this morning.
  • Boustead Holdings completed its MR1.05bn ($256.55m) rights offering on Wednesday with a slight oversubscription.
  • Equity capital markets bankers can feel satisfied that good planning led to an orderly and successful completion for half a dozen IPOs at the beginning of June, before fears of a possible Brexit really bit into market confidence. But they are now starting to assess the likely effects of the referendum on June 23.
  • China may have grabbed the spotlight after its MSCI review this week but Pakistan was the real winner with its upgrade to emerging market status. Bankers expect the move will light a fire under equity capital markets and give a big boost to IPOs, especially in sectors like infrastructure. John Loh reports.
  • Equity capital markets issuers and banks successfully completed the first batch of summer IPOs last week, and there is now expected to be very little activity until after the UK’s referendum on June 23.