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UK public equity markets are easier to use after recent reforms, but now comes the hard task of stimulating activity
Underwriting left unused after deal is 33% oversubscribed
Shareholder-backed recapitalisation will help reduce debt and prepare assets for sale or listing
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Aston Martin printed a $150m senior secured private placement (PP) this week at a racy yield of 12%. But some investors felt was more like an equity raise — stirring memories of the firm’s torrid IPO in October. S&P showed no mercy at the iconic carmaker swelling its leverage, cutting its credit rating to triple-C. The firm is now placing its future in the hands of a new luxury SUV.
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UniCredit forms sustainability team — UBS looks to raise game in green with SEB hire — SG reshuffles Paris ECM line-up
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The postponed listing of the We Company, owner of office provider WeWork, shows that IPO investors are disciplined in their search for growth stories. Banks should recalibrate their relationships with private capital providers, says David Rothnie.
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The fragility of Europe's IPO market was hammered home again this week when software company TeamViewer, widely seen as the hottest flotation of the year, whose bookbuild had run according to the textbook, had the legs kicked from under it on its first day of trading after US and UK political shenanigans unnerved investors. Sam Kerr reports.
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Samruk-Kazyna, Kazakhstan’s sovereign wealth fund, has offloaded a small part of its stake in Kazatomprom, the state-owned uranium mining company, via an accelerated bookbuild on Wednesday evening.
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SATS, the Norwegian owner and operator of fitness clubs across the Nordic region, is seeking to list on the Oslo stock exchange, riding a wave of interest in the consumer fitness sector sparked by the IPO of Peloton in New York.
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