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Bank of Ireland Group was more than three times subscribed for a new tier two on Tuesday, as it followed its domestic peer AIB Group in applying a green label to the asset class. -
Carbios, the French sustainable plastics company, has unveiled plans for a €105m capital raising to finance the next stage of its growth, with the backing of major shareholders.
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Emmanuel Regniez has left his position as head of France investment banking and coverage at Citi to take up a co-head role at Bank of America, as the latter beefs up its presence in the country.
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Germany’s Finanzagentur is holding calls with investors this week to sound out interest for a planned syndication of a 30 year green bond, the sovereign’s third and longest deal in the format.
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Antares Vision, the Italian technology company, has set the price range on a share sale to increase its liquidity in what will effectively be a re-IPO of the company. The company was given an early boost with Capital Group committing to act as a cornerstone on the share sale.
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Christopher Wickli, a director in Citi’s ECM team has left the bank after almost 14 years.
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Bpifrance is looking to become a regular issuer of green bonds, following its debut deal in the format this week.
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Trans-Oil Group, a Moldovan agriculture company, is planning to roll over its one year pre-export finance (PXF) facility this summer, having recently sold its lowest coupon bond. The issuer has had, on occasion, far from a smooth ride in capital markets, including a failed attempt at a bond debut in 2018.
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Equity investors lined up for a slice of shares in Euronext on Thursday night, in a €213.7m block trade by two shareholders selling down their stakes before the company’s €1.8bn rights issue.
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European equity capital markets sources breathed a sign of relief on Friday after Synlab, the German laboratory diagnostics company, stayed above water after it began trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange following its €670m IPO. Meanwhile, Darktrace avoided thefate of Deliveroo and traded up more than 40% in the aftermarket.
