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Barry Meyers, head of UK equity capital markets at Barclays for the past two years, will rejoin JP Morgan in June after three months' gardening leave. -
A managing director in FIG debt capital markets is no longer in his role at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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UK corporate issuers that rely on discretionary spending for revenue saw their bond spreads widen this week, after inflation in the UK soared past Bank of England targets.
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Buying Panmure Gordon may not be the Bob Diamond comeback that everyone was clamouring for, but it could mark the first step in the formation of a non-bank financial player in the mould of Cantor Fitzgerald, writes David Rothnie.
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UK corporate issuers that rely on discretionary spending for revenue saw their bond spreads widen on Tuesday, after inflation in the UK soared past Bank of England targets.
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The European Investment Bank on Tuesday became the sixth European public sector borrower to hit screens in sterling since March 13, tapping a January 2020 line for £250m. But UK inflation figures could put an end to the currency's run in the sun. Meanwhile, investors and banks discussed what form the next UK Gilt syndication should take.
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Euronext today agreed to a strategic partnership with Morningstar which will bring new indices and derivatives contracts to the pan-European exchange within two weeks.
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John Laing Infrastructure Fund, the FTSE 250-listed closed end investment fund, is raising £122m through a capital increase led by JP Morgan to reduce its debt after investing in over 60 projects since its creation in 2010.
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Shares in Tullow Oil, the UK oil and gas drilling company, fell 16% on Friday morning after it announced plans for a £607m rights issue to strengthen its balance sheet after oil prices have rallied from their slump in 2015.
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A bold £2bn mandatorily exchangeable bond issue for Anil Agarwal, founder and chairman of Vedanta Resources, captured global headlines on Wednesday and Thursday as he used it to buy a stake of about 12% in Anglo American, the mining group.
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Shares in Playtech, the UK gaming software business, closed 1.1% lower on Wednesday after its founder Teddy Sagi sold 4.1% of the company to Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management for £113m.
