Austria: Debt Capital Markets

The EU Listing Act, which is part of the European agenda to make public capital markets in the EU more attractive, was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 14 November 2024.

ESAs have published their Final Report on the draft implementing technical standards (ITS) for the European Single Access Point (ESAP)...

In 2023 we advised a client in connection with the issuance of the first sustainability-linked bond by an Austrian corporation

The last few months were dominated by out of control stock markets and a previously unseen liquidity crunch.

Although the Vienna Stock Exchange has not seen any IPOs recently, a number of Vienna listed companies have recently increased or are planning to increase their share capital by way of a rights issue.

The qualification and background of the shareholders of regulated financial services providers (such as credit institutions, insurance undertakings and investment firms), their commercial and strategic aims and the quality and source of the funds available to them for acquisition or for injection into an Austrian regulated institution has always been of interest for supervisors.