Europe
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Axa Investment Managers' Yo Takatsuki has joined JP Morgan Asset Management as head of investment stewardship for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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Cooperative farm supplier Danish Agro has entered the Schuldschein market, after nearly a fortnight has passed with no new issue. -
Huge demand for exposure to biotech companies among US equity investors is continuing to drive UK firms to list on the other side of the Atlantic through an IPO on the Nasdaq. On Thursday, Immunocore, a late-stage biotech firm focused on T-cell technology, priced an enlarged offering on the exchange and, on Friday, UK healthcare investor Syncona announced it was exploring a US IPO for one of its portfolio companies.
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Banco Comercial Portugues made a rare foray into the senior market on Friday, enticing investors with a bit of extra yield on its speculative grade transaction.
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Hipgnosis Songs Fund, a London-listed investment trust focused on music royalties, has closed its latest share sale, raising £75m.
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Yields in the covered bond market are at their highest level this year and some could soon offer a positive return. With banks now starting to emerge from blackout there are high hopes supply will improve next week, not least because recent issuance offers more precise market clearing levels and that should improve execution certainty.
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Under its new "Strategy 2024" plan, Commerzbank is considering outsourcing equities services to a partner as several rivals have done. It also wants to focus its equity capital markets and M&A franchises more squarely on existing clients.
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Relief swept through secondary bond markets when Mario Draghi agreed to form a new government to steer Italy through the pandemic. But he must tread a narrow and treacherous path if he is to succeed and primary capital markets are to feel any lasting benefits. As Lewis McLellan and Tyler Davies report, next week will show whether Thursday’s burst of optimism was justified.
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The spectre of imminent US-led sanctions against Russia has reappeared following the controversial imprisonment of opposition leader Alexey Navalny. While some say “Fortress Russia” will survive with or without sanctions, others believe the country’s already isolated capital markets and its access to funding could come under intense strain, writes Mariam Meskin.
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