Italy

Gamenet, the Italian gambling machine operator,opened a roadshow on Monday for €200m of high yield notes — the third high yield issue from an Italian borrower since the UK referendum on June 23.

Two block trades by UniCredit this week, totalling €1.08bn, offered further confirmation that the equity capital market is functioning well, and that there is ample demand for good European stocks, including from US long-only investors.

UniCredit’s new CEO, Jean-Pierre Mustier, has sent strong signals to the market this week that he will be determined about reshaping the bank, which by last week had lost 75% of its market value in the past year.

Big moves in credit, equity and foreign exchange markets this week were magnified by mass unwinding of previously popular trades as investors capitulated to a reversal of fortunes for Japan and European banks.

Italian gaming operator Sisal priced the all-bond funding of its buyout by CVC Capital Partners on Thursday, and brought to life a high yield market still stunned by the Brexit vote.

Monte dei Paschi di Siena could be left with a capital shortfall of €4bn if it completes a sale of non-performing loans to Fondo Atlante.

UniCredit used similar tactics on its accelerated bookbuild sale of 10% of Bank Pekao on Tuesday night to those it had used for Monday’s sale of FinecoBank — and achieved a similar result: multiple times oversubscription, led by one very large anchor order.

UniCredit has dominated the headlines again this week, but this time for a better reason. Italy’s largest bank has also been its biggest loser of shareholder value, its shares falling 75% since last summer, as investors have lost trust in the sector.

A day after selling 10% of its Italian online retail investment service Fineco Bank for €328m, UniCredit has this evening launched an accelerated bookbuild of 10% of Bank Pekao, the Polish bank of which it owns 50.3%.

UniCredit’s shares leapt 13.5% today after it declared the beginning of a strategic review of its business after the market close last night. The announcement coincided with the launch of a sale of 10% of one of its finest assets — FinecoBank.

UniCredit has launched this evening a sale of 10% of FinecoBank, its direct, multichannel banking subsidiary, at the same time as opening a strategic review of its business.

The IPO of Enav, the Italian state air traffic control network, has already received enough orders to cover the entire deal, including the 9% greenshoe, a source close to the deal said.