Global Capital Markets Update with Kroll
Private equity investments
On 11 July 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Policy Statement PS24/6 (Policy Statement), in which it sets out its final UK listing rules and summarises feedback to its earlier consultation and stakeholder...more
On 31 May 2024, a new Belgian law was published transposing the EU Collective Redress Directive into national law. The new Belgian law does not introduce an entirely new framework to allow so-called class actions as, unlike...more
In the second of our publications on the FCA’s Consultation Paper (CP23/31) setting out its detailed proposals for listing rules reforms, we take a closer look at what the proposals mean for the sponsor regime. The FCA...more
US borrowers have turned to convertible bonds in recent months as mainstream debt and equity markets have stumbled in the face of inflationary and interest rate headwinds. Combined leveraged loan and high yield bond deal...more
This digest outlines some of the significant legal work undertaken by Conyers on behalf of our clients around the world since the beginning of 2022. The year was challenging for many of our clients, with global uncertainty...more
Bob Bartell, President and Global Head of Kroll Corporate Finance, and David Blowers, Chief Operating Officer of Kroll Corporate Finance, presented a “capital markets trip around the world” during which they provided insights...more
Join World Law Group and Kroll for a “capital markets trip around the world” during which our speakers will provide insights into the debt and equity markets, valuation multiples, and the M&A market, including a forecast of...more
The paper proposes standards of conduct for intermediaries involved in bookbuilding and placing activities in ECM and DCM transactions. On 8 February 2021, the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC)...more
The European debt and equity markets shrugged off the impact of a nearly total shutdown due to COVID-19 at the end of the first quarter of 2020 to rebound with strong performances in the second half of the year. As activity...more
The Asian debt markets are currently being buffeted by unusual conditions – COVID 19 and its aftermath; multiple signs of stress in many sections of the economy and, the general hammering of the credit, fixed income and...more
While enforcement agencies have yet to indicate that they intend to put their pens down in response to COVID-19, there is anecdotal evidence that some agencies have slowed their investigations as remote working impacts matter...more
Performance in the U.S. capital markets was mixed in 2018, with the equity new issuance market showing strength through most of the year and the debt issuance markets softening. The initial public offering (IPO) market had...more
In October 2017 at the Chinese Communist Party National Congress, President Xi Jinping consolidated his hold on power and cemented himself as what many commentators are calling the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao...more
Danny Tricot (London, capital markets): Capital markets in Europe were generally positive in 2017, recovering from a mixed year in 2016. The first half of the year was particularly strong for high-yield issuances in Europe,...more
The U.S. high-yield and investment-grade debt markets saw significant increases in 2017 over 2016 in dollar volume and number of issuances. The U.S. equity indices reached new highs throughout the year, with the Standard &...more
The U.S. capital markets experienced continued volatility throughout much of 2016, as the bond and equity markets were affected by a series of significant events: the November U.S. presidential election; the June Brexit vote;...more
The emerging growth debt market has grown significantly in recent years, with the majority of deals in the healthcare and technology spaces. Latham & Watkins partners Jim Morrone and Haim Zaltzman, who focus their practices...more