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Big banks lead SBI bond despite Adani controversy

Six major investment banks lead managed on Wednesday a dollar bond issue for State Bank of India which critical investors believe could indirectly facilitate or encourage financing of the controversial Carmichael coal mine being developed

AnaCap buys stake in MRH Trowe

AnaCap Financial Partners has invested in Germany-based insurance broker MRH Trowe.

Brexit: Here’s what we know so far about what’s ahead for the City

A lack of an equivalence ruling on share-trading rules means banks must trade euro-denominated shares using entities based within the bloc - something the City has prepared for

Hospitality giant Shangri-La readies Panda bond

Shangri-La Asia, the investment holding company of hotel operator Shangri-La Group, has hired two banks to lead a Rmb1bn ($155m) Panda bond, its first in the currency.

IK buys LSA from BlackFin

Private equity firm IK Investment Partners has entered exclusive discussions to acquire a majority stake in French online insurance brokerage platform LSA from BlackFin Capital Partners.

Bridgepoint and Summit to put Calypso up for sale this year

The San Francisco fintech was seen generating up to $100m in Ebitda in 2020 and could sell for up to $2bn, people familiar with the matter said

GMO: growth-value divide out of kilter

Ben Inker, head of asset allocation at GMO, reckons that growth stocks are overvalued relative to value stocks. But in fixed income markets he is less convinced of a bubble, with central banks compressing yields.

Berenberg picks Franzen for ECM execution

Berenberg has strengthened its investment banking division with two senior hires, the latest in a series of appointments it has made.

Bitcoin's trading volume higher than Apple's, Microsoft's and Amazon's combined

Opalesque Industry Update - The cryptocurrency market led by Bitcoin has grown exponentially over the last year. The growth has now elevated Bitcoin to compete with traditional class assets based on metrics like average trading

HSBC names Malaysia banking head

HSBC has names Christina Cheah as head of global banking for Malaysia.

NTPC invites banks for euro loan

India’s NTPC, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corp, is making a rare venture into the euro loan market.

Pollen Street sells SRG to HGGC

Pollen Street Capital has sold insurance broker Specialist Risk Group (SRG) to US-based mid-market private equity firm HGGC.

Thoma Bravo invests in insurance-technology company Zipari

The private-equity firm’s investment is helping Zipari acquire Healthx and expand to reach third-party administrators

Comment: Banking is a globalising industry in a time of deglobalisation

President Trump and Brexit have foreshadowed a challenging decade — but the financial industry can only keep its head down and keep going

ROUNDTABLE :- Opalesque Roundtable Series – INNOVATION

The Great Disruption: Innovation, Digitization & Multiplicity of Value Systems Welcome to Opalesque&'s 221st Roundtable - 18 million Roundtable PDFs distributed since 2008 Innovation in Fintech happens in many different areas, in things like payment

Who wins from Brexit? New York

Robert Ophèle, chair of the French financial markets regulator AMF, estimated earlier this month that around 70% of the trading volume executed by branches of EU banks in the UK could be lost or moved

Compliance hires as finance firms ramp up spying on staff

A survey from Nasdaq, which polled 210 banks, funds, and market infrastructure firms globally, found that investment in compliance talent increased this year across almost all levels in the profession

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