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Investors looking at the multi-billion euro listing of Italian payments company Nexi are largely comfortable with the country’s political environment, focusing more on whether its private equity sellers will seek too high a price.

Chinese influencer platform Ruhnn Holding has kicked off bookbuilding for its Nasdaq IPO, targeting up to $135m in proceeds.

Medacta, a manufacturer of orthopaedic devices, was covered within hours of setting the terms on its Swiss IPO, valuing the company at up to Sfr2.08bn.

Barclays is under pressure from activist investor Edward Bramson to slim down its investment bank. But among top European IBs, it made the second highest amount of revenue in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2018, according to new research. The results were less promising for Deutsche Bank, however.

Bank of Georgia is in the market with its first ever additional tier one bond on Thursday, offering a generous yield but keeping the size down.

China’s Minsheng Financial Leasing Co reintroduced bonds backed by loans to the Asian market this week, but the revival of such a rare structure for the region comes with challenges and concerns.

With many Asian companies readying their earnings in their respective blackout periods, a trickling of Chinese property bonds have kept debt investors busy.

GlobalCapital announced the winners of its 2018 Equity Capital Markets Awards at our annual Awards dinner in London on Tuesday night. Adyen, Knorr-Bremse, Netcompany and Neoen were among the deals that won prizes as company founders, CFOs and senior managers mingled with leading investment bankers.

The UK financial regulator has fined UBS a record £27.6m for misreporting transactions, in breach of the European Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFiD).

Roman Abramovich let a consortium of three Russia oligarchs in a £151m selldown of shares in Evraz, the London-listed Russian steel and mining company on Monday night.

Stadler Rail, the Swiss train maker, is gearing up for an IPO on the SIX Swiss Exchange in April, having filed an intention to float document on Tuesday.

China’s Poly Developments and Holdings Group Co priced a $500m bond on Monday at a level way through fair value by offering investors a rare chance to buy investment grade paper from the Chinese real estate sector.