Equity capital markets
A total of $1.2 billion has been raised in the Asian equity capital markets through 13 deals this week, up slightly from the $840 million raised in the same period last week and brings year-to-date volume to $79.3 billion, up 9% compared to the $72.5 billion raised in the same 2012 period.
Air Asia X’s $309 million IPO was the biggest deal of the week through bookrunners Barclays, BNP Paribas, CIMB, Citi, Credit Agricole, Credit Suisse, HSBC, Maybank and Morgan Stanley. The deal also stands as the second-biggest Malaysian ECM transaction so far this year.
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