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  • Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank will have to sort themselves out without the help of each other, after merger talks collapsed this week. Speculation mounted as to whether Deutsche would now be forced to slash its investment banking operations, and about whether Commerzbank would be embraced by another European peer.
  • Eir, the Irish telecoms company, has won strong demand and tight pricing for its combined bond and loan deal, allowing it to increase the size by another €100m — and pay out a larger dividend to its owner, groups controlled by French billionaire Xavier Niel. One of these groups, Iliad, has just emerged from a costly fight for rights to the 5G mobile spectrum in Italy, leading it to consider asset sales and other routes to raise cash.
  • The US decision not to renew sanction waivers for Iran’s remaining export markets has boosted the price of oil and opened a window for oil and gas capital markets activity, write Sam Kerr and Mike Turner.
  • Netflix’s blockbuster high yield issuance this week shows the love debt investors continue to have for the streaming service, but instead of adding to an already leveraged balance sheet, it should consider issuing new shares.
  • Bar chain Loungers priced an £83m IPO on Wednesday, providing a rare boost for UK mid-cap funds who have been bereft of deals because of Brexit.
  • Malaysian poultry producer Leong Hup International (LHI) has filed the prospectus for its coming IPO of up to MR1.2bn ($290m).
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