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Management simplified as former DCM banker joins as co-CEO
Karim Malek from Kepler joins as an executive director
Largest of three IPOs in Turkey struggles to get covered, smaller ones multiple times oversubscribed
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Russian president Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that he will extend the country’s capital amnesty by a year is good news for the country’s capital markets and a step forward in making the country less dependent on international, and primarily western, investors. -
LetterOne, the largest shareholder in troubled Spanish retailer Dia (Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación), has unveiled a tender for the group’s shares, along with a plan to inject €500m of equity, as an alternative to the existing management plan for the group. The share price bounced on the news, but bondholders need more clarity about LetterOne’s intentions — and about what will happen to the firm’s €1.3bn of trade payables.
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Capital market sentiment in the UK has weakened as the country awaits the detail of its scheduled departure from the EU, if a couple of indicators published this week are anything to go by. However, even a bad Brexit could be welcomed by corporate financiers.
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The quiet IPO market of the first two months of 2019 could turn out to be the calm before a storm, with sell side institutions eager to begin printing deals.
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority has fined a former fund manager for attempting to influence pricing during an IPO and share placing in 2015.
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The UK’s equity capital markets are facing a difficult year, as companies hold off from share sales due to the uncertainty surrounding the UK’s impending departure from the European Union. The German-speaking region is therefore likely to be the dominant fee pool in Europe this year, while emerging markets will become a still more important source of IPOs on the London Stock Exchange. But Brexit angst is chilling markets even beyond the UK.
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