While all those around it have been struggling, a window of opportunity has presented itself for Africa to become a more involved player on the global equity capital markets (ecm) stage. To this...
After several years of close scrutiny from both regulators and investors, US hedge fund managers have been working hard to win back the hand that feeds them. And thanks to a positive turnaround in the industry's returns over 2016. We note that alternative investors have been getting back into bed with the 'hedgies' once more. We caution, however, that despite the industry's returns being impres...
2017 has kicked off in the same way in which 2016 ended, with withdrawn M&A unwelcoming dominating the headlines on the business pages. In the bull market for merger deals which has been...
Global real estate investment trust (REIT) fundraising has been treading water over the last year, but fuelled by 1) recovery efforts following the 2011 and subsequent earthquakes ensuring continue...
With its unwanted status as being one of the few European Union (EU) member states whose primary fiscal balance (which excludes debt servicing costs) remains in deficit, France needs to do something about it, and injecting renewed energy into a privatisation strategy is one quick way in which the state can raise funds to plug holes in its balance sheet.
During times of volatility or economic uncertainty, investment grade (IG) bonds represent a safe place for debt investors to put their money. So, with the macroeconomic headwinds blowing from...
With bouts of stock market volatility having made the financing of merger deals unpredictable, dealmakers have been leaning on cash as the stable resource for supporting inorganic growth strategies...
After a cooling off period amid the global macroeconomic headwinds that were swirling around the global economy last year, the global market for private equity buyouts is well placed for an uptick...
After pipping its rivals to top spot in the global IPO bourse rankings for the second consecutive year in 2016, we are predicting the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) to come out on top again in 2017 and attract more first-time share sales than rival bourses such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the US, and Shanghai on the Chinese Mainland over the course of the year. Thanks to a strengt...
The 'wait and see' approach adopted by potential equity issuers in the UK market for first time share sales across 2016 will likely continue over the coming quarters as the climate of political uncertainty in the UK becomes further entrenched. As a result, we do not expect to see any significant uptick in floatation activity in the UK anytime soon, with 2017 issuance levels likely to be almost...