Italy
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Italian debt servicing firm DoBank started bookbuilding on Friday for an IPO of up to €292m in Milan, as an expected increase in troubled loans spurs investor interest in the sector. -
European authorities have determined that the long struggling regional Italian lenders Banca Popolare di Vicenza and Veneto Banca will be liquidated under national legal proceedings and their good parts will be sold to Intesa Sanpaolo. Italian bank bonds rallied on details of the plan, which involves burden sharing and nearly €17bn of state aid measures.
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The spate of equity linked issuance since the market reopened in mid-May quickened on Thursday with the launch of the largest “real CB” in EMEA for more than two years: a $1.5bn deal for STMicroelectronics, one of the region’s most prolific issuers.
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Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane was the only issuer in the corporate bond market on Thursday. The Italian railway operator's eight year €1bn deal followed a European roadshow last week and took a similar path to other deals this week.
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Putting litigation problems behind it, Italian buildings manager Manutencoop Facility Management SpA returned to the high yield bond market on Wednesday to fund a buyout, in which its cooperative parent will buy private equity firms out of its shareholder structure.
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Maria Cannata, director of Italy’s public debt, has hit back over comments about the country's government bonds made by Andrew Balls, Pimco’s chief investment officer of global fixed income risk.
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Looming political risk in Italy make the sovereign’s levels of yield and the spread it offers over German Bunds look too low, according to Andrew Balls, chief investment officer of global fixed income at PIMCO.
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A €17m floating rate issue will be listed on the Third Market of the Vienna Börse to fund the acquisition of Corpo Vigili Giurati, the Italian private security group, by the Berni-Gamberini family.
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The revival of equity-linked issuance in Europe continued this week with three deals, all of the kind investors are looking for: from smaller companies with higher credit spreads and interesting equity stories.
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Remarkably supportive conditions in the euro market allowed some rare SSA names to pull off strong deals this week, including a debut in the currency and a return from a two year hiatus.
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The IPO market in EMEA has shrugged off the political turmoil that has engulfed the UK since the general election on June 8 resulted in a hung Parliament.
