Equity capital markets
Activity in the equity capital markets totalled $398 million through nine transactions so far this week, down from the $1.6 billion raised from 17 deals in the prior week and bringing the 2012 year-to-date volume to $135.6 billion, down from the $141.5 billion raised in 2011 year-to-date.
The biggest transaction of the week was a $268 million IPO for South Korean issuer CJ HelloVision through bookrunners Daewoo Securities, HI Investment Securities and J.P. Morgan in what was the second-biggest IPO by a South Korean issuer so far in 2012, and the country's 10th biggest ECM deal of the year.
South Korea...