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Shipping company issues new shares as it raises stake in peer to roughly a fifth
Investors want more mid-cap deals and wider variety of sectors
Cornerstone investors commit roughly €170m as company aims to raise €300m
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With more and more banks on each equity capital markets deal in 2014, and issuers feeling an ever greater urge to have advisers walk them through deals, some are wondering how much bigger equity syndicate teams can really get. Olivier Holmey finds out what to expect in 2015. -
Private equity firms have sometimes been seen as rogue players by equity investors, short termist and greedy. But some have gone out of their way to build followings in the ECM market in recent years, impressing investors by their professionalism and well executed deals. As a result, says Olivier Holmey, PE firms will likely set the agenda for IPOs in 2015.
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Corporate CFOs who returned to work on Monday with their minds on plans for IPOs and other equity capital raisings went home with furrowed brows. By Thursday, however, all of that had changed.
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Equity-linked debt is not all things to all people — but it can do a great many different things for different people. Funding-rich companies can lower borrowing costs, while the funding-poor can gain market access. Now, with mandatory structures, firms can gain immediate equity credit while raising equity at a premium, not a discount. As Jon Hay reports, this cocktail is expected to stimulate growing issuance.
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Few might have predicted that a Saudi bank would produce EMEA’s biggest IPO in 2014, nor that Deutsche Bank would raise €8bn of capital. This year’s knockout deals may be just as unforeseen, but some contenders are limbering up already. As Olivier Holmey and Jon Hay report, Monte dei Paschi, Bayer and ABN Amro are names to watch out for in 2015.
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Virgin Active, the UK gyms business part-owned by CVC Capital Partners, is reportedly considering an IPO in Johannesburg that could value it at up to £1.5bn.
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