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Deutsche Bank has named a new head of UK equity capital markets.
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NEX Optimisation on Tuesday announced a restructuring of its business in preparation for its new NEX Infinity platform, which uses distributed ledger technology and brings together transaction optimisation services under one roof. -
On Monday night, Kion Group, the German forklift truck maker, completed a €602m capital increase to refinance its acquisition of Dematic, a specialist automation company, through an accelerated bookbuild led by Goldman Sachs.
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Balancing public money with private profit can be a challenge, and Brexit makes it doubly difficult. The European Investment Bank is set to become something of a football in negotiations between the UK and the EU27 — and the UK’s corporates could stand to lose out. What, if anything, should replace it?
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Matej Chytil has left Crédit Agricole’s covered bond trading team to return to National Bank of Slovakia where he used to work.
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BNP Paribas has hired two fixed income traders from Goldman Sachs in EMEA.
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Burford Capital, the company that finances litigation, raised £175m with a bond issue on the London Stock Exchange’s Orderbook for Retail Bonds on Friday – one of the biggest deals since 2012.
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After three years away, UK producer of grocery and sweets Premier Foods returned to the bond market with a £210m fiver year non-call one floater to join 2017’s sterling issuance comeback.
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The UK drew its largest ever book on Tuesday, taking care of nearly a quarter of its overall syndication programme for the 2017-18 financial year in the process. The deal was particularly impressive given the volatile political backdrop in the UK, said a banker on the trade.
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Some of the UK’s major borrowers, especially in the utility sector, are preparing for a future without European Investment Bank funding, as the supranational’s lending in the UK is set to be caught up in fraught Brexit negotiations.
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The SSA market has played host to a series of strong deals this week and shows no signs of fatigue, as investors flock to make the most of the glut of supply.
