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Month: April 2020

Property of the Week: A boutique penthouse on London’s billionaires’ row for £3.2m

The three-bedroom unit is being marketed to local downsizers

Fintech investor Index Ventures secures $2bn in new funds

The company has invested in a number of well-known fintechs, including Revolut and Robinhood

It’s time to mobilise development banks to fight Covid-19

Both developed and developing countries urgently need large-scale counter-cyclical funding to help maintain economic activity

AMB :- Private equity & venture capital total capital raised in Q1 2020 was up 12% on Q1 2019

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Amid the global economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, although total capital raised in Q1 2020 was up 12% on Q1 2019, the number of private equity & venture capital

Harwood Capital makes ‘opportunistic manoeuvre’ for take-private deal

The firm, which is already a shareholder, said that it decided to make the offer due to “material concerns” about the company’s governance

Crescent Capital closes €1.6bn European direct lending fund

The new vehicle, which exceeded its initial €1bn target, is three times larger than its predecessor

Investcorp acquires German cybersecurity company for $180m

Investcorp Technology Partners typically looks to take controlling stakes in businesses with around $10m or more in revenues

Private equity funds warned over quarter-end numbers

The International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines (Ipev) body has warned funds to take special care over quarter-end reporting and valuation of portfolios, so that marks for sponsor-owned companies reflect as well as

Oakley Capital fully exits Inspired

The firm had sold a stake it had to Warburg Pincus in May last year

Modernland misses bond payment

Indonesian property developer Modernland Realty missed a coupon payment on its dollar bond this week, triggering a further downgrade in its rating.

CK Asset prices tight fixed-for-life bond

Hong Kong property developer CK Asset Holdings priced its $300m bond at a record tight level for a fixed-for-life deal on Thursday.

Blackstone raises over $10bn for Europe-focused property fund

New fund is almost 26% larger than Blackstone’s predecessor European investment vehicle

Coronavirus upheaval hits private equity investor plans

A survey shows investors are worried that stock-market swings could throw off their asset balances

Zhenro finds price advantage with debut green bond

Investors rewarded Zhenro Properties Group for selling its first green bond this week, pumping orders into the $350m transaction and allowing the issuer to price the deal at its lowest coupon ever.

PE 3.0: How funds can identify winners in a post-Covid 19 world

Firms will need to factor in foreseeable but unpredictable disruption from now on, according to Bain & Co

BoCom mixes fixed, FRN for $1.15bn

Bank of Communications used its Hong Kong arm for a tightly priced dual-tranche deal on Thursday, bringing back floating rate and fixed rate combo bonds for Chinese financial credits.

Yum China guides investors to $2.2bn listing

Yum China, the Mainland-based fast food franchise operator, was eyeing at least HK$17.3bn ($2.2bn) in fresh equity on Friday after giving investors some price guidance for its secondary listing in Hong Kong.

First Pacific tackles twin challenges for rare $350m outing

Hong Kong-based conglomerate First Pacific Co had to navigate underperforming bonds from peers and difficulties around price discovery for its $350m bond return.

Comment: Is now the time for private equity to takeover WPP?

A leaner, hungrier and more diversified WPP needs to emerge, write Robert Quartly-Janeiro

SMI builds bigger loan of $700m

Indonesian company Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (SMI) has increased the size of its loan to $700m after seeing strong traction from banks during syndication.

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