Brics raise $6.7bnam iddem andfor EM assets
B razil,R ussia,Indiaand C hinahaveissuedarecordam ount of equitysince the startof the year,as the so-called ①Bric countrieshave rushedtotake advantage of increasedap-petite for em ergingm arket assets.
T heBrics haveraised $6.7bnin26 ②initial publicofferingssofarthisyear,thehigh est am ount ever for th e m onth ofJanuary,accordingtoT hom sonR euters.
T hebiggestsingleoffering w asthe $2.2bnlistingof R usal,theR ussianalum inumgiant controlledby ③oligarchO legD eripaska.
H ow ever,shares inR usal ④plunged10.6percenton Wednesday in itsfirstday oftradinginH ongK ong,m akingthe com panythe10th-w orst perform ingdebut onthe H ongK ongexchange since 2008,accordingtoD ealogic.
A t least 140Bric offerings are inthe pipe-line for 2010,w ithacollectivevalueof m ore$29bn,T hom sonR euters said.
T his surpasses expectedissuances this yearof $21.6bnfrom theU S and $15.4bnfromw
estern E urope. While B riclistingshaveaccountedfor m orethanthree-quarters of thetotal num ber of IPO s this year,theycouldbeprone toheadw inds inam ore ⑤volatilesec-ondhalf shouldgovernm ents ratchet upm onet-arytighteningas expected.
“Briccom panies w ill belookingtotakeadvantage of anyw indow inthe first half of
theyear,inthe event the secondhalf of the yearis rockier,”saidN ickC ham ie,global headof em ergingm arkets at R BC Capital M arkets.
M rC ham iesaidthefateof R usal w ouldnot bea“m ajor deterrent”for
potentialBricinvestors,inspite of the“deteriorationof theglobal environm ent forrisk appetite”
duringthepast coupleof w eeksfollow ing concernsover ⑥E uropean sovereigns,U S bankregulations andm onetarytighteninginChina.
A llanC onw ay,headof em ergingm arketequities at Schroders,said:“W earegoingthroughalittleshort-term turbulencebut theoutlookfor this year rem ains verypositive.”
H e added:“Ifyou startgetting apreponderanceof com paniescom ingout w ithpaper that is
clearlym ispricedor inother w aysdistinctlyunappealing,thenabsolutelyit w illspoil them arket. B utso faratleastthesecom panies are
the exception.”
InadditiontoR usal,⑦three other R ussianconglom erates are considering foreign listings that
couldtake place within the first half of this year.
M etalloinvest,R ussia’s biggest ironorem iner,recentlyresurrectedplans for aLondonlisting,as didR ussia’s biggest coal producerSuekandm edia groupProfM edia.
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金砖四国掀IPO热潮
随着所谓的金砖四国(Bric)纷纷利用投资者对新兴市场资产兴趣增强的机会,巴西、俄罗斯、印度和中国今年以来的股票发行量已达创纪录水平。
汤森路透(T hom sonR euters)的数据显示,今年以来,金砖四国已通过26宗首次公开发行(IPO )融资67亿美元,创下历史上1月份融资额的最高纪录。
汤森路透表示,至少有140家金砖四国公司准备在2010年上市,预计筹资总额超过290亿美元。
加拿大皇家银行资本市场分析(R BC C apitalMarkets)新兴市场全球主管尼克·查米(N ickC ham ie)表示:“金砖四国公司会努力抓住上半年的一切机遇,以防下半年会更加艰难。”
查米表示,尽管对欧洲主权债务、美国银行监管以及中国货币政策收紧的担忧,导致过去几周“全球风险偏好状况恶化”,但俄铝的命运不会对潜在的金砖四国投资者构成“严重威慑”。
(文章来源:FT中文网)
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①Bric countries,金砖四国。
②Initial PublicO ffering缩写为IPO,首次公开募股,指一家公司首次向公众发行股票筹措资金,令公司成为股票在交易所挂牌买卖的上市公司,英文亦称为flotation或goingpublic。发行者通常通过承销商向公众出售股票。
③oligarch,意为“寡头政治执政者”,操控企业时带有垄断性。
④plunge,意为“to m ove forw ard anddow nw ardviolently”,常用来表示股票价格大幅杀跌。
⑤volatile意为“挥发性的”,用在经济学术语中是指“有波动性的”,与下文中的turbulence同义。
⑥E uropeansovereigns在此应为E uropeansovereigns debts的省略,即欧洲主权债务。
⑦three other R ussianconglom erates,“另外三家俄罗斯企业集团”,注意结构的不同:“基数词+other+名词”;“another+基数词+名词”。