Equity capital markets
Activity in the equity capital markets totalled $2 billion through 20 transactions during the past week, slightly behind the $2.5 billion seen during the same period last week, bringing year-to-date volume to $11.9 billion, almost quadruple the $3.6 billion raised during the same period in 2012.
Chinalco Mining’s $398 million IPO through bookrunners Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas, CICC, Standard Chartered, HSBC and China Construction Bank was the biggest deal of the week and marks the largest IPO in the Asia ex-Japan region in 2013.
Credit Suisse leads the equity capital markets league table for 2013 YTD with $1.7 billion, followed by...