Europe 2020: primary market sales stumble

Some 41,405 primary market products worth an estimated US$51.4 billion had strike dates in Europe between 1 January and 1 December, according to SRP data. Although there is still a month to go until year-end, it’s unlikely that this year’s figures will eventually match those for FY2019, when 63,003 products worth US$97.7 billion were sold across the continent. Intesa Sanpaolo will finish 2020 as the number one issuer group for public offers in Europe, according to SRP data. As of 1