The SPAC of Blessing, a former co-president of UBS' Global Wealth Management unit, comes on the heels of former UniCredit boss Jean-Pierre Mustier's announcement to list a shell company in Europe.
Risk appetite got a boost after tepid underlying consumer prices data from the United States on Wednesday eased concerns about a likely surge in inflation from large stimulus packages, which had hammered markets in recent days.
Brazil's central bank said it would sell up to $1 billion in currency swaps on Thursday, extending its recent intervention in the foreign exchange market to support the depreciating currency.
ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Monday the central bank was "closely monitoring" rising borrowing costs - a comment that knocked Germany's 10-year Bund yield off its eight-month high.
The ECB's strategy "is not to burn too much cash trying to lean against the wind - rather to intervene verbally", he said, citing lower levels of ECB bond-buying last week.
The figures come a week after Commerzbank Chief Executive Manfred Knof finalized plans for the radical overhaul and a month after he took the reins of Germany's No. 2 bank.