Equity Capital Markets
Softbank Group completed its $5.5 billion mandatory exchangeable offer this week in what is the largest transaction in the region this week. This is the equity portion of the estimated $8.9 billion the company is raising by selling part of its stake in Alibaba Group Holding. The deal is the also the largest transaction globally so far this year and the biggest mandatory exchangeable offer on record.
On the back of this deal, the Asian equity capital markets volume have risen to $8.1 billion this week through 15 transactions, more than double the $3.0 billion raised in the same period last week and is...