Goldman Sachs

The arid landscape for equity block trades so far this year in EMEA was brightened on Wednesday by two evening sales, both with a Russian flavour and involving elite clients.

Goldman Sachs has named a new head of its EMEA financing group, which houses primary capital markets, as Jim Esposito switches roles to become chief strategy officer of the securities division.

CMC Markets, the financial spread betting firm, narrowed the price range of its London IPO on Wednesday, ahead of the book’s closing the next day.

The European Investment Bank and Nederlandse Waterschapsbank priced deals on a day in which another issuer pulled a trade.

Kommunalbanken (KBN) are set to price the first five year dollar bond for three weeks on Wednesday while Italy’s 30 year bond was the first SSA issuance in the tenor for 2016.

Chinese biopharmaceutical company BeiGene has raised $158m from a Nasdaq IPO after increasing the size of the offer and pricing it at the top of guidance.

Italy has sold the largest ever 30 year bond in euros, a trade that is likely to inspire other issuers into the tenor amid what some bankers are calling a key time for the SSA market.

A trio of issuers prepared to print in euros across the maturity curve in a dash before the Chinese New Year holiday starts next week, following a pair of euro benchmarks on Tuesday.

SolarWinds, the US IT management software firm, priced its $1.5bn first lien acquisition debt package at a hefty discount on Monday while finalising the euro tranche size.

Hong Kong’s stock market regulator has publicly censured Goldman Sachs for breaches of the Code on Takeovers and Mergers, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

Chinese drug maker BeiGene has decided to price its US listing on Tuesday evening, a day earlier than planned, according to sources close to the deal.

Ascential, the information and events business formerly known as Top Right Group and Emap, has got its London IPO covered.