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Inflation-linked Gilts suffered a steep sell-off in the secondary market on Wednesday as investors priced in proposed changes to the methodology of the Retail Price Index (RPI).

Paddy Power looks to cash out with US private placements — Spurs up private placement deal to £525m — LXi Reit draws new revolver for acquisitions — AMS lines up €4.2bn bridge loan in Osram swoop — Ukraine’s Kernel to tap lenders for A&E

The UK is preparing to launch its second sukuk in early 2020, said city minister John Glen on Wednesday in a speech at an Islamic Finance Week event held at Mansion House.

The US private placement market is set to host its first gambling firm from the UK and Ireland this month. Paddy Power's PP could herald a stream of trades from the sector, but investors should beware the risks of herding into any old deal offered to them.

A manic Wednesday night of block trades capped off a good week for ECM volume as sellers took advantage of a positive market environment.

Sajid Javid, the UK chancellor of the exchequer, said on Wednesday that the government has no intention to stop the sale of Gilts linked to the Retail Price Index (RPI), and that no changes would occur to the methodology until at least 2025.

A £443.7m block trade in Avast, the London-listed Czech cyber security firm, on Tuesday night, has given confidence to equity bankers that deals can still be done this autumn, even when political volatility appears severe.

Paddy Power is looking to sell US private placements in the next few weeks, according to market participants, as the Irish bookmaker is set to recreate the success of Australian peers in the market.

J2 Acquisition Ltd, a blank cheque company set up by former Jarden Corp chairman Martin Franklin, has signed a multi-billion dollar acquisition deal, almost two years on from its $1.25bn IPO on the London Stock Exchange.

ING and RiverRock have struck a deal to give the asset manager access to ING’s pipeline of senior loans, as part of the launch of RiverRock’s debut senior loan fund. The Dutch bank, unlike other commercial banks, committed to avoid cherry-picking its pipeline, and to show RiverRock everything that was eligible for the fund.

Global banks have been stepping up their pitches to win the mandate for oil giant Saudi Aramco's $100bn IPO during the second week of meetings, as competition heated up to win a spot on the on-again, off-again blockbuster sale.

The European IPO market has been reopened with the listings of TeamViewer, the German remote access software provider, and Swedish private equity house EQT. However, with investors continuing to position more defensively bankers expect valuation pressure to remain.