Italy's Garofalo Health picks Peninsula Capital as anchor investor

Italy's Garofalo Health Care has chosen private equity firm Peninsula Capital as anchor investor for a planned listing on the Milan stock market, the company said.

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TREASURIES-Yields edge higher as equities recover

U.S. Treasury yields rose from three-week lows on Thursday as equities gained, though anxiety about ongoing stock volatility was seen supporting a bid for safe-haven U.S. government debt. Microsoft Corp's strong ear

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UPDATE 1-Oman sells $1.5 billion sukuk as Khashoggi crisis raises funding costs

Oman sold $1.5 billion in sukuk, or Islamic bonds, on Wednesday but the generous investor returns it had to offer showed that the crisis over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is raising funding costs across the Gulf region, fund managers said.

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Oman starts marketing dollar sukuk -IFR

The government of Oman has begun marketing a seven-year U.S. dollar-denominated sukuk, or Islamic bond, according to IFR, a fixed-income news service.

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UPDATE 2-AstraZeneca digs deeper into cancer with Innate stake

* Innate shares jump 29 percent (Updates with executive interviews, latest shares)

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CORRECTED-Britain's O2 delays IPO citing Brexit uncertainty -Press Association

British mobile operator O2, which is owned by Spain's Telefonica, is putting its 10 billion pound ($13 billion)initial public offering plans on hold, the Press Association reported on Monday.

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RPT-Britain's O2 delays IPO citing Brexit uncertainty -Sky News

British mobile operator O2, which is owned by Spain's Telefonica, is putting its 10 billion pound ($13 billion)initial public offering plans on hold, Sky News reported on Monday.

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Britain's O2 delays IPO citing Brexit uncertainty -Sky News

British mobile operator O2, which is owned by Spain's Telefonica, is putting its 10 billion pound ($13 billion)initial public offering plans on hold, Sky News reported on Monday.

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Proxy adviser ISS changes course, backs Aryzta's capital hike plan

Proxy adviser ISS changed course and recommended on Friday that shareholders support baking company Aryzta's plan for an 800 million euro ($917 million) capital increase.

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UPDATE 1-Turnaround specialist Zegona to raise stake in Spain's Euskaltel

Britain's Zegona Communications , set up to invest in European tech and telecoms companies, said on Friday it was increasing its stake in Spain's Euskaltel to 29.9 percent to give it more influence on the board.

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Proxy adviser Glass Lewis backs Aryzta plan for capital increase

Proxy adviser Glass Lewis recommends supporting baking group Aryzta's plan for an 800 million euro ($916 million) capital increase, it said on Friday.

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Zegona looks to raise stake in Spain's Euskaltel via tender

Zegona Communications said on Friday it would increase its stake in Spain's Euskaltel by offering to buy 14.9 percent of its shares for 7.75 euros each, with the objective of increasing its presence on the group's board to drive expansion.

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South Africa's Old Mutual sells all 5.5 mln shares in Nedbank

South Africa's Old Mutual Ltd said on Thursday it sold all 5.5 million shares in Nedbank Group Ltd to select institutional investors, marking the final step in the spinning-off of the unit.

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MIDEAST - Factors to watch - October 18

Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Thursday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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UPDATE 2-Shell sells Danish upstream assets to Norwegian Energy in $1.9 bln deal

* Effective date is Jan 2017, reducing overall payment to Shell

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UPDATE 1-Shell sells Danish upstream assets to Norwegian Energy for $1.9 bln

* Noreco will have 36.8 pct stake in Danish Underground Consortium

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UPDATE 4-BHP doubles stake in promising Ecuador copper project

* BHP has right to appoint a director, limit on ownership (Updates with percentage cap, analyst comment, share price)

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Proxy adviser ISS recommends opposing Aryzta's capital hike plan

Proxy adviser ISS recommended that shareholders oppose baking company Aryzta's plan for an 800 million euro ($925.8 million) capital increase.

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UPDATE 3-BHP doubles stake in promising Ecuador copper project

* BHP has right to appoint a director, limit on ownership (Adds SolGold comment, BHP's previous bid, share move)

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Spanish stocks - Factors to watch on Tuesday

The following Spanish stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy:

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Greece's Energean expects to complete Tel Aviv listing on Oct 29

Greek energy firm Energean said on Tuesday it plans to complete the process of a secondary listing on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on Oct. 29.

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CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Australia's BHP raises stake in promising Ecuador copper project

The world's biggest miner BHP on Tuesday upped its share in SolGold Plc, bolstering its position against top shareholder Newcrest Mining as it eyes SolGold's promising Cascabel copper-gold project in Ecuador.

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CORRECTED-Australia's BHP to subscribe for shares in SolGold

The world's biggest miner BHP on Tuesday said it entered a share subscription agreement with copper-gold explorer SolGold Plc, under which SolGold will issue a 100 million shares to the company.

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UPDATE 1-Australia's BHP raises stake in promising Ecuador copper project

The world's biggest miner BHP on Tuesday upped its share in SolGold Plc, bolstering its position against top shareholder Newcrest Mining as it eyes SolGold's promising Cascabel copper-gold project in Ecuador.

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Australia's BHP to subscribe for shares in SolGold

The world's biggest miner BHP on Tuesday said it entered a share subscription agreement with copper-gold explorer SolGold Plc, under which SolGold will issue a 100 million shares to the company.

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BRIEF-Russian Helicopters Sets Placement Price Of Additional Share Issue

* SAYS SETS PLACEMENT PRICE OF ADDITIONAL SHARE ISSUE AT RUB 1,124 PER SHARE

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UPDATE 3-Top uranium producer Kazatomprom may sell 25 pct stake in London/Astana float

* Share sale part of ambitious Kazakh privatisation drive (Adds prospectus date from registration document, context on uranium)

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Slovenia to list up to 75 pct of Nova Ljubljanska Banka

Slovenia will sell up to 75 percent of its largest bank Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB), listing shares on the London and Ljubljana stock exchanges, NLB and the country's privatisation coordinator Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SDH) said on Monday.

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UPDATE 1-Aryzta shareholder Cobas demands halving planned capital hike

Aryzta's biggest shareholder, Cobas Asset Management, on Monday called for an extraordinary general meeting to discuss what it called a better funding plan for the Swiss-Irish baker.

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UPDATE 4-UK's scandal-hit Patisserie Valerie saved by 20 mln pound loan from chairman

Patisserie Valerie, the British cafe chain rocked by an accounting scandal and the arrest of its finance boss, has been saved thanks to 20 million pounds ($26 million) of loans from its chairman, the entrepreneur Luke Johnson.

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Patisserie Valerie seeks 20 mln pounds to stay afloat

The owner of Patisserie Valerie, the British cafe chain rocked by an accounting scandal, said on Friday it requires at least 20 million pounds ($26.30 million) to continue trading and to avoid the need to appoint administrators.

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PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Oct 11

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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German bond trade will function even in no-deal Brexit - German finance agency

Trade in German government bonds will continue to function even if Great Britain leaves the European Union without a clear agreement, the managing director of the German Finance Agency, Tammo Diemer, told Reuters in an interview published on Tuesday.

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UPDATE 3-Knorr-Bremse accelerates IPO as other listings languish

* Deal goes ahead as others have struggled amid market weakness (Adds narrowed price guidance range, updates valuation, Westwing IPO offer price)

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UPDATE 2-Knorr-Bremse accelerates IPO as other listings languish

* Deal goes ahead as others have struggled amid market weakness (Writes through with financial sources, IPO and market context)

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UPDATE 1-Egypt's Hassan Allam plans to list shares in Cairo, London

Egyptian construction and engineering group Hassan Allam said on Monday that it would float up to 44.3 percent of its shares on the Egyptian Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.

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McKesson's Change Healthcare hires IPO underwriters -sources

Change Healthcare LLC, a healthcare technology company majority-owned by U.S. drug wholesaler McKesson Corp, has hired underwriters for an initial public offering that could value it at as much as $12 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

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UPDATE 3-Aston Martin skids on market debut

* Carmaker valued slightly higher than Ferrari (Updates with Brexit, CEO comment, growth plan detail)

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REFILE-UPDATE 2-Italy nets rich pickings after fierce 5G auction

Italy raised a bumper 6.5 billion euros ($7.52 billion) for state coffers in its fifth-generation mobile auction that drew ferocious bidding from telecoms operators vying for an edge in new digital services.

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UPDATE 2-Italy nets rich pickings after fierce 5G auction

* High 5G spend raises concerns over operators' profits (Recasts lead, adds fund manager comment, details)

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UPDATE 2-Aston Martin skids on market debut

* Carmaker valued slightly higher than Ferrari (Adds analyst quote, detail)

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Aston Martin shares open flat at 19 pounds per share in London debut

Shares in luxury carmaker Aston Martin opened flat at the offer price of 19 pounds ($24.70) per share in its London debut on Wednesday.

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UPDATE 1-Aston Martin priced at 19 pounds per share in float, eyes $5.6 bln valuation

Britain's Aston Martin said on Wednesday it had priced its shares at 19 pounds each in its London stock market debut, giving the luxury carmaker a valuation of $5.6 billion.

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Aston Martin prices initial public offering at 19 pounds per share - bookrunner

Britain's Aston Martin said on Wednesday it had priced its shares at 19 pounds in its eagerly anticipated London stock market debut, giving the luxury carmaker a valuation of 4.33 billion pounds ($5.63 billion).

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UPDATE 2-Belarus food retailer Eurotorg plans imminent London listing -sources

The biggest food retailer in Belarus, Eurotorg, is planning to list its shares in London in the coming weeks, sources familiar with the matter said, potentially valuing the company at more than $3 billion.

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UPDATE 1-Belarus' biggest food retailer Eurotorg to list in London in coming weeks - sources

Belarus' biggest food retailer Eurotorg is planning to list its shares in London in the coming weeks, sources familiar with the matter said, in the first ever international Belarusian listing which could value the company at more than $3 billion.

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Belarus' biggest food retailer Eurotorg to list in London in coming weeks - sources

Belarus' biggest food retailer Eurotorg is planning to list its shares in London in the coming weeks in the first international listing from the former Soviet republic, sources familiar with the matter said.

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UPDATE 1-Aston Martin IPO orders below 19 pounds/shr risk missing out -bookrunners

Potential investors offering below 19 pounds per share for shares in luxury British carmaker Aston Martin risk missing out in the float, two of the bookrunners helping to organise it said on Tuesday.

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Aston Martin IPO orders below 19 pounds/shr risk missing out -bookrunner

Orders below 19 pounds per share for the initial public offering of luxury British carmaker Aston Martin risk missing out on the float, with the books closing at 1100 GMT, one of the bookrunners said on Tuesday.

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BRIEF-Russian Helicopters To Issue 20.2 Mln Additional Shares

* SAYS EGM DECIDES TO INCREASE SHARE CAPITAL BY 20.2 MLN ADDITIONAL SHARES IN CLOSED SUBSCRIPTION

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UPDATE 2-Aston Martin narrows $6 bln IPO range after investor response

* Aston follows Friday's London listing of Funding Circle (Adds detail, investor feedback)

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