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Month: February 2021

GHO appoints Miller, Hamilton-Fairley as operating partners

Global Healthcare Opportunities (GHO) has appointed David W Miller and Geoffrey Hamilton-Fairley as operating partners.

KPMG considers cutting office space as part of WFH plans

KPMG staff will split their time between home and the office on a permanent basis

Genesis Capital hits hard cap close for debut Czech Republic, Slovakia-focused growth fund

Central Europe-focused Genesis Capital has struck a hard cap close for its debut growth fund, which will look to expand out promising Czech Republic and Slovakian businesses.

Foresight Group shares rise in stock market debut

The infrastructure and private equity investment manager has assets under management of £6.8bn

Roundtable: Asia high yield bonds poised for revival

GlobalCapital and HSBC hosted a virtual roundtable in mid-January to discuss the blowout start to high yield bond issuance in 2021. Leading market experts highlighted how Asia’s debt markets have shifted — and how borrowers

Barclays launches long-awaited Asda package

Left lead Barclays has launched the first part of the buyout debt to fund the Issa brothers and TDR Capital’s takeover of UK supermarket chain Asda, an €840m loan. The bulk of the £3.5bn debt

Fossil-heavy corporate borrowers strive to avoid becoming the new tobacco

Companies with high carbon emissions are preparing for the risk that they could have to pay more to access capital markets, if investors and banks retreat from fossil fuel-heavy businesses, and even divest altogether —

AUTO1 prices at top with allocations very tight

The IPO of AUTO1, a German online marketplace for used cars, has priced its IPO at the top of the range. The huge demand for the deal meant that over half the investors in the

argenx sells $1bn of stock

Dutch biotech firm argenx has tapped equity investors for $1bn (€830.3m) to finance research and development.

Cellnex back for more with €7bn rights offer

Cellnex, the Spanish telecoms infrastructure company, has returned to the equity capital markets with a huge €7bn rights issue to finance its acquisition of French competitor Hivory from Altice and KKR.

UK film finance company seeks to float investment trust

Great Point Entertainment Income Trust, a UK investment trust engaged in film financing, has launched a £200m IPO on the London Stock Exchange.

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