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Streamlining of IPO process just two months after consultation closed as the market prepares for post-summer IPO activity
Sale comes after the expiry last month of a pre-emptive acquisition rights agreement between the main family holding companies
Placing and open offer follows recent acquisition of US annuity provider
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China Merchants Securities is planning to tap the Mainland and Hong Kong markets for a pair of rights issues that will raise a combined Rmb14.99bn ($2.13bn). -
Equity capital markets are gearing up for a busy autumn and UK companies have been at the forefront of activity in Europe since the coronavirus pandemic began. Bankers and investors have said they fear the disruption a second wave of Covid-19 and volatility surrounding November's US election could bring, but they should not forget either that the UK is edging towards a no-deal Brexit at the end of 2020.
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Japan’s Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co has sold €125m of shares in Talanx, the German business-to-business insurer, after the stock rallied by more than 50% from its post-crash lows in March.
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The UK has been at the forefront of Europe’s equity capital raising wave, as companies respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. De La Rue, which makes passports and banknotes, became the latest UK firm to do so with a £100m raise on Monday — and sources believe there is plenty more to come.
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Redefine Properties, the South African landlord, has completed a tender offer for all of its outstanding €117.2m bonds that are exchangeable into shares in RDI Reit, the London-listed real estate investment trust.
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John Muncey has joined Barclays as vice-chairman of its consumer retail group (CRG) in Europe and the Middle East, while Jamshed Kakalia has been promoted to lead the consumer business in that team.
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