A plucky group of visionaries persuaded an Italian motorway operator to take a gamble on a new idea in 1963. In the process they helped create a market that today is worth around $30trn.

<p>A plucky group of visionaries persuaded an Italian motorway operator to take a gamble on a new idea in 1963. In the process they helped create a market that today is worth around $30trn.</p>

IFR looks back at some of the biggest – and most ground-breaking – deals in capital markets history. 

<p>IFR looks back at some of the biggest &ndash; and most ground-breaking &ndash; deals in capital markets history. </p>

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