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Reforms have increased liquidity in private shares and eased flotations, but PE sponsors warn there is still a lack of domestic capital willing to buy IPOs
Bankers welcome third and fourth deal in two weeks
Shareholders sell down holdings in AutoStore and Orsted, as shipping company opens books ahead of Athens parallel listing
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Bank of England governor Mark Carney confirmed to the UK parliament on Tuesday what currency traders and analysts have been saying for weeks: worries about the EU referendum are sending prices higher for sterling options and raising the risk of a sharp fall in the pound. -
Immofinanz sold €171m of shares in residential property developer Buwog on Wednesday night, in what a banker said was the only block trade to hit the screens before the European Central Bank monetary policy meeting on Thursday.
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Nasdaq this week agreed to buy International Securities Exchange (ISE) from Deutsche Boerse in a transaction valued at $1.1bn in cash and debt, a move that will give it a dominant position in the options market. It also adds another twist to the wider battle for hegemony in global derivatives exchange and clearing.
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European equity capital market bankers took stock of a month-long rally this week, as they said they were finally ready to brave the markets and launch the many deals they had held back due to heightened volatility. But, they cautioned, the surge in IPO issuance would have to wait till after Easter.
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China’s city bank IPOs are in the limelight again as a pair of regional lenders prepare to launch Hong Kong listings worth billions of dollars. But with China stepping up capital curbs to keep outflows in check and foreign investors still wary of Chinese equities, these deals will be in an even tighter spot than usual. John Loh reports.
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Citi executed its second Indian block trade in as many weeks on Thursday, helping a group of vendors raise Rp8.62bn ($128.22m) from a sell-down in software giant Infosys.
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