Equity Capital Markets
A total of $864 million has been raised in the equity capital markets through 13 deals so far this week, down from the $2.6 billion raised in the same period last year and brings equity issuance in 2014 so far to $181.6 billion, up 43% on 2013 YTD $127.5 billion.
The largest deal so far this week is Samsung SDS’s $1.1 billion IPO through bookrunners Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Korea Investment Securities. The deal is the largest South Korean IPO since Samsung Life Insurance’s $4 billion IPO in April, 2010 and brings the nation’s ECM volume to $10.2 billion, the highest YTD...