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Significance of Privatisation Issues. Privatisations continue to account for a significant proportion of all Equity Issuance Europe (Western & Eastern) continues to account for over 70% of all privatisation issues. Significance of Privatisation Issues.
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Significance of Privatisation Issues • Privatisations continue to account for a significant proportion of all Equity Issuance • Europe (Western & Eastern) continues to account for over 70% of all privatisation issues
Significance of Privatisation Issues • Following the success of large privatisations, large corporates have been encouraged to issue larger amounts of equity • As privatisation issues become less, the number of large transactions continues to grow
Impact on Banking Sector • Fees paid by Governments on high profile transactions have fallen and now stand at under 2% for most secondary offerings • Consolidation within the investment banking has made up for some of the fall in gross spreads ... • ... but there is now a greater concentration of the major offerings among the leading banks
Impact on Banking Sector • Competition for these offerings is more intense than ever, with fees often being the main bargaining method • As a result of this squeeze, syndicates have become smaller and transactions have taken on an increasingly global nature • Increased cross-border investment, particularly within the Euro-zone, aided by the move to sectoral as opposed to regional investment, has facilitated the success of tight global structures as used in France Telecom II and Endesa IV
Syndicate Trends • The effect of the fall in fees on syndicate composition is clear • Syndicates have become smaller with the value added by junior members reducing as more importance is placed on the role of Bookrunner