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The subdued US private placement (USPP) market could be set to for a rush of deals in September, enlivening what has been a quiet year, writes Robert Cooke. -
Autins Group, the UK manufacturer of acoustic and thermal insulation materials, has priced its £26.6m IPO on London’s Aim.
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August has been a volatile month in recent years, with the Chinese devaluation last summer and a flare-up in Greece's debt crisis. Yet so far indices have remained stable this time. Stability could also be torpor if primary activity is anything to go by. Just a handful of small European deals in progress show a market in the full grip of the summer slowdown.
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Far from seeing Tullett Prebon’s voice-hybrid push as a last stand of the dinosaurs against robot supremacy, those firms going all-in on electronic trading would do well to re-examine their own longevity.
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With most European markets in summer slowdown mode, UK-headquartered hotelier Intercontinental Hotels tapped the sterling market on Tuesday for a £350m bond.
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Central banks’ power to trigger demand in corporate bond markets was on show this week after investment grade sterling bond funds recorded their highest ever level of inflows, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts.
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After a busy year of loan financing, investment manager Foresight Solar Fund is ready to make acquisitions, after under-performing in the first half of the year.
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BNP Paribas has combined its primary markets debt business and credit markets under one management team, co-headed by Martin Egan and Benjamin Jacquard.
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MAS Real Estate, the European property company, has sold 7.2% of its stake in Sirius Real Estate for €29.4m, through an accelerated bookbuild.
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It is a neat irony that, following the UK’s vote to leave Europe, the sterling bond market is starting to look more and more European.
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