Fintech and Finance
New Zealand names banks for 2041 syndication

New Zealand names banks for 2041 syndication

The New Zealand treasury has appointed the banks to lead the syndication of a May 2041 nominal bond, which is expected to take place next week.

Software and Hi-Tech
France snags €3bn with linker

France snags €3bn with linker

France hit screens with a 15 year inflation-linked bond on Wednesday, raising €3bn with its first syndicated linker since 2018, capitalising on growing demand for inflation-linked products.

Economy
Impact investor Durreen Shahnaz: ‘we must go beyond social bonds’

Impact investor Durreen Shahnaz: ‘we must go beyond social bonds’

Durreen Shahnaz is founder and chief executive of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), which calls itself the world’s first social stock exchange. She tells GlobalCapital about how we can rebuild a better economy, with the help

Event
Kookmin pays tiny NIP for social first as investor diversification scrutinised

Kookmin pays tiny NIP for social first as investor diversification scrutinised

Kookmin Bank launched its debut euro covered bond on Wednesday, pricing the transaction flat to where its higher rated compatriot, Korea Housing Finance Corporation (KHFC) would have been expected to come. The deal was said

Fintech and Finance
KKR To Acquire Global Atlantic Financial Group Limited in a Strategic Transaction

KKR To Acquire Global Atlantic Financial Group Limited in a Strategic Transaction

Acquisition of leading retirement and life insurance company with over $70 billion of adjusted invested assets Strengthens Global Atlantic's leadership in Retirement and Life insurance markets, across individual and institutional channels Transaction expected to be

Europe
HY issuance heats up in last weeks before summer

HY issuance heats up in last weeks before summer

High yield bond issuance is coming thick and fast in Europe, with new deals for Autodis, Avantor and Diebold Nixdorf announced on Tuesday and Verisure following on Wednesday. Banks have cleared most of their pre-Covid

All Transactions
Warren Sees Green in Arborist Platform

Warren Sees Green in Arborist Platform

Warren Equity has closed two acquisitions in the arborist services sector with the buys of Gunnison Tree Services and New Urban Forestry. Gunnison Tree Services is a provider of tree and vegetation management services to

Software and Hi-Tech
Why the coronavirus pandemic is exposing corporate fraud

Why the coronavirus pandemic is exposing corporate fraud

It is at times of economic stress that wrongdoing most often comes to light – we should expect plenty more to come

All Transactions
MKH Consolidating Car Wash Sector

MKH Consolidating Car Wash Sector

MKH Capital Partners has hired Thomas Welter to lead Clean Streak Ventures, its express car wash platform company. Orlando-headquartered Clean Streak was founded by MKH in November 2019 and operates ten locations in Florida. The

Add-on
HKW Closes Third Fresh Direct Add-On

HKW Closes Third Fresh Direct Add-On

Fresh Direct Produce, a distributor of fresh, ethnic, tropical, organic, and specialty produce and a portfolio company of HKW, has acquired Mike and Mike’s Organics. Mike and Mike’s is a non-grower distributor of organic fruits

All News
Charlesbank’s New Credit Fund Hits Hard Cap

Charlesbank’s New Credit Fund Hits Hard Cap

Charlesbank Capital Partners has held a $700 million, oversubscribed, and hard cap closing of Charlesbank Credit Opportunities Fund II LP. The new fund’s original target was $500 million. Fund II has more than 30 institutional

Software and Hi-Tech
Why the Covid-19 pandemic is exposing corporate fraud

Why the Covid-19 pandemic is exposing corporate fraud

It is at times of economic stress that wrongdoing most often comes to light – we should expect plenty more to come

Europe
European real estate returns take a hit in the first quarter amid Covid-19

European real estate returns take a hit in the first quarter amid Covid-19

The performance of unlisted funds in the first quarter was the lowest since the last quarter of 2012, data by Inrev reveals

Fintech and Finance
KKR to buy Global Atlantic Financial Group for around $4bn

KKR to buy Global Atlantic Financial Group for around $4bn

The private equity giant would boost assets under management and give itself a stronger hold in the insurance sector

Oil and Energy
Tikehau strikes first Italian deal from energy transition fund

Tikehau strikes first Italian deal from energy transition fund

The investment in Euro Group Laminations was made by Tikehau’s T2 Energy Transition Fund, which has raised €500m as of December last year

Politics
Silver Lake to acquire French HR software provider

Silver Lake to acquire French HR software provider

Based in Aix-en-Provence, Silae was founded in 2010 and offers cloud-based payroll and HR software to more than 550,000 businesses in France

Software and Hi-Tech
CP Indo tests interest for $308m refi

CP Indo tests interest for $308m refi

Charoen Pokphand Indonesia is gauging appetite among a select few existing lenders for a new $307.9m-equivalent dual-currency loan.

Software and Hi-Tech
BMW sails through market volatility, seals second ABS

BMW sails through market volatility, seals second ABS

BMW Automotive Finance bagged Rmb8bn ($1.14bn) from a three tranche auto loan ABS transaction on Tuesday. The deal was priced tightly despite difficult market conditions in China.

Software and Hi-Tech
CMS readies $2.1bn rights issues

CMS readies $2.1bn rights issues

China Merchants Securities is planning to tap the Mainland and Hong Kong markets for a pair of rights issues that will raise a combined Rmb14.99bn ($2.13bn).

IPO
Bohai Bank to price billion-dollar-plus HK IPO low

Bohai Bank to price billion-dollar-plus HK IPO low

China Bohai Bank is set to price its Hong Kong IPO around the bottom of the marketed range on Thursday to net HK$13.7bn ($1.77bn), according to a source close to the deal.

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