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  • Equity capital markets bankers are ready for the UK general election to produce a period of disrupted markets if the result is inconclusive. But they emphasise that wider factors governing supply and demand for European stocks are likely to be the dominant factor in whether UK ECM is busy for the rest of 2015.
  • China’s investment banks have leapt up the rankings in Asia ex-Japan’s equity capital market, even as some rivals beat a hasty retreat from the region, writes John Loh.
  • At the end of last year, equity capital market bankers foresaw two obstacles to issuance in the first half of 2015: the Easter weekend on April 3-6, and the UK general election on May 7. The pace of IPO pricings this week appears to confirm that these events are governing deal timing.
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch has filled its top ECM syndicate role in Asia Pacific by moving Akram Zaman to Hong Kong from New York, sources said.
  • China’s investment banks have leapt up the rankings in Asia ex-Japan’s equity capital market, even as some rivals beat a hasty retreat from the region. Their willingness to be cut-throat on fees and a higher risk tolerance have allowed them to thrive in Asia’s ultra-competitive ECM landscape.
  • Bank issuers have dominated Europe's equity capital markets this week, with important capital raisings by Commerzbank and Permanent TSB, and more to come. But a wealth of corporate deals is also getting done.