The European business at Nomura, subject to renewed speculation after a change in senior leadership at the Japanese bank, received a much-needed boost this week when it landed a role on an $800m-plus accelerated bookbuild.

Private equity firms Cinven and Warburg Pincus raised $836m on Tuesday this week through the sale of a 14.5% stake in telecoms company Ziggo. It was the first follow-on transaction since Ziggo's $1.2bn initial public offering in March.