Europe

The global head of equity capital markets at Natixis has moved to the bank's advisory business.

European stocks have started the year with optimism following encouraging news about the Omicron variant, which caused volatility at the end of last year

IPO performance may not have matched that of 2020 but it was still up. A large number of Spacs masked how much new US stocks outperformed their EMEA cousins in early trading but in the long run, the old continent provided better IPO peformance

End of Pepp and potential for a President Draghi sends BTP-Bund spread to year wides

UK policymakers not ‘currently minded’ to follow EU treatment change

European syndicates confident yen will return as ECB eases off buying

Proceeds will go towards increasing the bank’s loan portfolio to €2bn

Sovereign plans same amount of net issuance with new 30 year benchmark possible

Soft bullets set to become dominant strain of Dutch covered issuance

Sovereign’s reduced funding needs means it is unlikely to print more debt than this year

The storied Italian football club is grappling with the financial fallout from the pandemic

The bank remains in takeover talks with the Italian deposit guarantee fund