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  • Companies planning to float in the UK will no longer be able to meet analysts from banks that want to manage their IPOs, under new rules published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) this week.
  • The growth in passive asset management has been one of the biggest trends in equity markets over the past decade. Savers are constantly told passive funds are a much cheaper way to buy the market than active asset managers, who try to beat the market. The logic of that is questionable, but as Jon Hay reports, new research from UBS suggests active managers are outperforming — in Europe, at least.
  • In an unprecedented move to prop up its ailing state-owned banks, India announced a Rp2.1tr ($32.5bn) recapitalisation this week that market participants have hailed as a game changer. But while it goes a long way in plugging capital shortfalls, it is not yet clear if the injection will result in a feast of equity issuance, writes John Loh.
  • FIG
    Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) resumed trading on the Borsa Italiana this week, with its shares opening more than 35% below the level at which the Italian state recapitalised the bank.
  • While China has presented Panda bonds as a key pillar of renminbi internationalisation, the market has long been dominated by Chinese red chip companies raising cash for their onshore operations. Regulators are now looking to change that by bringing more sovereign issuers into the market, experts told GlobalRMB.
  • SSA
    Intercontinental Exchange, the global exchange and clearing house operator, on Tuesday announced it had bought a 4.7% stake in Euroclear from Royal Bank of Scotland for €275m. The move was followed a few hours later by an announcement that it would buy fixed income trading venue BondPoint from Virtu Financial for $400m.