The 1987 stock market crash came at the worst possible time for some of the world’s biggest banks – just as they were on the hook for the largest share sale ever seen. The UK government faced an impossible dilemma: pull the deal or let banks go under.

The 1987 stock market crash came at the worst possible time for some of the world&rsquo;s biggest banks &ndash; just as they were on the hook for the largest share sale ever seen. The UK government faced an impossible dilemma: pull the deal or let banks go under.

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

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

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BP and Black Monday

David Bowie turned heads with his 1997 sale of bonds backed by his vast song catalogue. The deal, which traced its roots back to the early 1970s, promised to completely revolutionise the music industry.

 

David Bowie turned heads with his 1997 sale of bonds backed by his vast song catalogue. The deal, which traced its roots back to the early 1970s, promised to completely revolutionise the music industry.
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Bowie Bonds

How the sleepy financial market of Stockholm gave birth to one of the biggest innovations in 21st century finance – and helped channel hundreds of billions of dollars to saving the planet.

How the sleepy financial market of Stockholm gave birth to one of the biggest innovations in 21st century finance &ndash; and helped channel hundreds of billions of dollars to saving the planet.

The first green bond

When the World Bank turned to IBM with a novel bit of financial engineering that would help it save vital projects in the developing world, it inadvertently kickstarted a market that a generation later would bring the global economy close to collapse.

When the World Bank turned to IBM with a novel bit of financial engineering that would help it save vital projects in the developing world, it inadvertently kickstarted a market that a generation later would bring the global economy close to collapse.

BP and Black Monday

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