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ECM unfazed by Greenland tensions as mandates pour in

Positive signs abound, yet deals still to materialise in EMEA
GCC blue bonds have only appeared in private markets until now

DZ adds Rasch for corporate sustainable finance

Experienced banker joins from Helaba

Corporate issuers pack into Swiss francs as Epiphany slows Europe

Mobimo and Kraftwerke Oberhasli bring green bonds
GCC blue bonds have only appeared in private markets until now
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  • In this round-up, China’s central bank will cut the reserve requirement ratio for banks by 50bp, Beijing further tightens its grip on overseas IPOs of technology companies, and the top antitrust watchdog blocks Tencent Holdings’ plan to merge two of the country’s largest videogame streamers.
  • Shares in Wise, the UK fintech group, had traded up more than 22% by Friday afternoon compared to the price at which it completed the first ever direct listing by a technology unicorn on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Equity bankers hailed the transaction as an alternative route to going public when the IPO market is difficult but the list of companies that could do such a deal is short, writes Aidan Gregory.
  • For those in the world of grown-up finance, the cryptocurrency world has often been the subject of amused scorn or mild envy. It is very much its own game, and it scarcely seems to inhabit the same world as staid, professional markets like that for commercial paper. But all that is changing and regulators must pay attention.