The private equity arm of activist investor Elliott Management Corp has teamed with Siris Capital to help existing portfolio business Travelport Worldwide weather the coronavirus crisis with up to $1bn of new financing.
Sycamore Partners is reportedly in talks to buy US department store chain JC Penney out of bankruptcy, just a month after backing out of an agreed buyout of troubled fellow retailer Victoria's Secret.
Cyprus will return to the market with a pair of taps on Tuesday, hitting screens alongside the European Financial Stability Facility’s new five year line, providing an excellent opportunity to compare Cyprus’s cost of funds
Swedish alarm firm Verisure is preparing a €1bn refinancing, underlining the move in the leveraged credit market from the tough days of March and April to firmer territory where sponsors can optimise capital structures, not
Kookmin Bank is expected to surface later this week with its first euro covered bond which will fund social housing. The deal is to emerge amid mounting concern that diminishing supply, rising redemptions and aggressive
Bitė, a mobile, broadband and pay TV firm in the Baltic region and a portfolio company of Providence Private Equity, is prepping a dividend recap and refinancing of its whole capital structure, funded by a
Mainland-based firms OcuMension Therapeutics and Immunotech Biopharm sealed their Hong Kong IPOs at the top of guidance, riding on support from both institutional and retail investors.
VPBank Finance Co, the consumer finance arm of Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank, has launched a $200m new money loan.
Wuhan Dangdai Science & Technology Industries (Group) Co chose a quiet Friday for deal flow to raise $200.5m from a tap.
Cathay Media and Education Group is set to wrap up bookbuilding for its Hong Kong IPO two days early, on the back of strong demand from institutional investors, according to a source close to the
In this round-up, regulators release official guidelines for follow-on offerings in the Nasdaq-style Star market, issuers of onshore ‘enterprise bonds’ get an extension on their regulatory approvals, and a financial unit of JD.com starts pre-listing
Kinderhook Industries has acquired Original One Auto Parts. This acquisition is the firm’s 86th acquisition in the automotive aftermarket. Dallas-headquartered Original One Parts is a provider of recycled, refinished, and certified original equipment manufacturer auto parts
Blue Sage Capital has acquired Barricades Unlimited, a provider of traffic safety and control products. Barricades Unlimited rents and sells lane markers, barricades, message boards, channelizing devices, work zone signs, and road construction work apparel.
Francisco Partners has held a final closing of three funds, two equity funds and one credit fund, with an aggregate $10 billion of capital. The three new funds are Francisco Partners VI LP with $7.45
Raymond James has added Andy Schwartz to its investment banking team as a managing director and co-head of its newly formed commercial and industrial services sector team. Mr. Schwartz has long been active in the
The bank, run by Wall Street dealmaker Ken Moelis, has hired Philippe Gallone as a managing director
Posted by Markus Biesinger (EBRD), Çağatay Bircan (EBRD), and Alexander Ljungqvist (Stockholm School of Economics), on Friday, June 5, 2020 Editor's Note: Markus Biesinger is Associate, Private Equity at the European Bank for Reconstruction and
A slow oil market rebound has energy-focused firms moving cautiously on investment opportunities arising amid the slump
