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    The polite world of sustainable finance has collided with the ugly reality of politics in the past week, as open strife has broken out over the European Union’s sustainable finance legislation, especially the Taxonomy. Conservative and progressive elements are battling over a host of issues, above all whether gas power should ever be classed as sustainable, and the validity and even legality of the Taxonomy is being called into question.
  • Equity investors and bankers are increasingly fearful that the European IPO market is running far too hot, with over-cooked valuations blowing an asset bubble. Investors are already overworked and have little time to give the bulging pipeline of up to 100 more IPOs the proper scrutiny they need, reports Sam Kerr.
  • Siemens Healthineers, the German healthcare tech company, has completed the second leg of equity financing to fund its acquisition of US cancer care solutions firm Varian. The involvement of a large anchor investor was revealed at the top of the book, which was quickly filled with long-only investors.
  • The US securities regulator has introduced rules that would delist foreign companies from local stock exchanges if they do not comply with US auditing standards. Shares in Chinese companies dual listed in Hong Kong and the US dived following the move.
  • Two large European IPOs reached successful conclusions on Thursday, albeit without the large aftermarket surges on deals earlier this year.
  • Indian companies have churned out listings rapidly, giving the country’s IPO market its busiest start to the year in more than a decade. The volume has so far been driven by small deals, but large transactions are now looming. Jonathan Breen reports.
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