Germany underwhelms with second green bond amid US election volatility

Germany received lacklustre demand for its second ever green bond on Wednesday. The sovereign had to contend with a big drop in Bund yields following uncertainty over the US election result.

Physician practice managers brace for impact of coronavirus slowdown

Many offices face declining patient visits, if not outright closures, squeezing their often debt-laden balance sheets

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

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

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

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

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.

Powerlong offers negative premium on bond return

Powerlong Real Estate Holdings received huge support from investors for its $200m bond on Monday. The deal’s modest size and expectations of limited imminent supply from Chinese property credits helped the firm get away with

KWG makes $200m bond comeback

Chinese property developer KWG Group Holdings returned to the bond market on Monday, taking $200m at a level that was inside of fair value estimates from analysts.

Munich-based manager raises €710m for infrastructure fund of funds

The firm said that it is planning to launch further infrastructure investment vehicles in the summer

BVCA proposes emergency funding for VC-backed companies in the UK

The new £500m funding facility would help venture capital-backed companies focused on digital, biotech and life sciences sectors

Portugal unlikely to take ESM pandemic loans

The interest cost savings may not be enough to entice some countries to accept the European Stability Mechanism’s pandemic crisis loans, with Portuguese and Cypriot officials expressing doubt.

Warburg Pincus leads $80m round in NHS data privacy provider Privitar

Other investors include ABN Amro Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, IQ Capital, Partech and Accel

Buyout valuations face steep discounts amid coronavirus outbreak

The global pandemic is already causing sharp falls in prices and more bankruptcies, but the true impact on private markets will not be known for months

Filling the Sponsor PIPE-line

Posted by Daniel E. Wolf, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, on Sunday, April 5, 2020 Editor's Note: Daniel E. Wolf is a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. This post is based on his Kirkland &

Property of the Week: A subterranean house in Notting Hill for £5.9m

There’s an indoor pool on a lower level in this west London residence

CVC closes fifth Asia Pacific fund at $4.5bn

CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific V exceeded its target of $4bn and has surpassed its predecessor

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