1. Home
  2. Blogs for January, 2021

Month: January 2021

AMB :- US private equity investment activity totaled $708.4 bn in 2020, down 7.3% from 2019

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: US private equity (PE) investment activity totaled $708.4 billion in 2020 (down 7.3 percent from 2019) across 5,309 separate deals (down 3.4 percent), marking the first decrease in both privat...Article Link

AMB :- Capital Constellation buys stake in Avista Capital

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Healthcare-focused private equity firm Avista Capital Partners has sold a passive minority stake to the alternative asset manager Capital Constellation. Capital Constellation was launched in ...Article Link

AMB :- Alter Domus hits $1tn in AUM after Strata Fund acquisition

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global alternative investment fund administrator Alter Domus is acquiring the fund administrator serving US private equity and venture capital funds Strata Fund Solutions, which would result i...Article Link

Powell quits as IFAD treasurer

Ben Powell is resigning from the position as treasurer of the International Fund for Agricultural Development after 15 months in the job.

World Bank to extend euro benchmark curve to 40 years in euro long end fever

World Bank hired banks on Tuesday to lead a new 40 year euro sustainable development bond — the supranational’ s longest ever benchmark in the currency. The deal will be the latest example of public

SSA secondary pricing update: EIB and KfW perform strongly following record euro order books

Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark and bid-yields from the close of business on Monday, January 11. The source for secondary trading levels is ICE Data Services.

Masan invites banks to $250m loan

Vietnam’s Masan Group Corp is inviting lenders to join an up to $250m loan to support an investment into one of its subsidiaries.

KKR closes jumbo Asia Infrastructure fund

Private equity firm KKR has closed its first Asian Infrastructure fund at a chunky $3.9bn, raising money to support investments in the sector across Asia Pacific.

CCB readies first Jianyuan deal of 2021

China Construction Bank is set to price a Rmb5.14bn ($793m) RMBS transaction early next week, kicking off issuance under its Jianyuan series for the New Year after selling Rmb148bn of deals in 2020.

E-Star Commercial gets nod for Hong Kong IPO

Greater Bay Area-based E-Star Commercial Management has submitted an updated prospectus to Hong Kong’s bourse after winning approval to list.

Zhen Ding cuts pricing on $250m refi

Taiwanese printed circuit board manufacturer Zhen Ding Technology Holding has broken a three absence from the loan market to launch a $250m deal for refinancing.

Triple whammy: KDB squeezes price on dollar deal

Korea Development Bank returned to the bond market on Monday with a three-tranche transaction, marketing one of the notes with a green label. Despite pricing its trade at one of the tightest levels seen among

Debt woes continue at Yongcheng Coal

Yongcheng Coal and Electricity Group’s debt woes have continued into the New Year. The company has warned about a missed payment on yet another domestic bond, and more institutions involved in its bond issuance have

Chinese banks battle for investor attention

Agricultural Bank of China and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co competed for investor orders on Monday. ABC, the bigger of the two and offering a green bond to the market, got more attention, while SPDB

Beijing Capital drops perp, prices bigger senior bond

Beijing Capital Group Co, which marketed a two-tranche deal on Monday, decided to ditch the planned perpetual note and instead price a larger senior tranche for cost reasons.

LSP launches world first fund to fight dementia

Fund will draw on network of dementia experts and research institutions across the globe

PSG and Verdane's Hornetsecurity bolts on Altaro

Germany-headquartered IT security business Hornetsecurity, a portfolio company of Providence Strategic Growth (PSG) and Verdane, has acquired Malta-based cloud backup software provider Altaro.

Volpi II closes on €323m

Volpi Capital's second fund has closed on €323m.

QVM Privatkapital acquires Aachener Maschinenbau

QVM Privatekapital has acquired Germany-based industrial machinery producer Aachener Maschinenbau (Amba).

Previous Total CFO to advise Tikehau Capital

Patrick de la Chevardière's expertise will be key to one of the main investment trends of 2021: the energy transition

We use cookies to offer you a better browsing experience. If you continue to use this site, you consent to our use of cookies.
We use cookies to offer you a better browsing experience. If you continue to use this site, you consent to our use of cookies.