Event
Pepp data: how ECB supports eurozone periphery with bond scheme

Pepp data: how ECB supports eurozone periphery with bond scheme

The ECB publishes a breakdown of its purchases under the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (Pepp), which was launched in late March to combat the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Unlike the Public Sector Purchase Programme,

Software and Hi-Tech
Morgan Stanley suspended from French auctions

Morgan Stanley suspended from French auctions

The Agence France Trésor (AFT) has suspended Morgan Stanley's primary dealership in French government bonds, making it the first bank to suffer such a proscription.

Manufacturing and Industrial
Raymond James hires managing director from Canaccord

Raymond James hires managing director from Canaccord

Alastair Rogers will cover the diversified industrials sector at the European arm of the investment bank

Bankruptcy
Purchasing Portfolio Company Debt—Threshold Issues for Private Equity Sponsors

Purchasing Portfolio Company Debt—Threshold Issues for Private Equity Sponsors

Posted by William Chudd, Sartaj Gill, and David Schnabel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 Editor's Note: William Chudd, Sartaj Gill, and David Schnabel are partners at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

Event
Alibaba Health launches $1bn share sale

Alibaba Health launches $1bn share sale

Alibaba Health Information Technology hit the market on Tuesday evening to raise up to HK$8.2bn ($1.06bn) in fresh equity from a follow-on, according to a term sheet seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

Oil and Energy
Oil price swings snuff out energy deals by private equity firms

Oil price swings snuff out energy deals by private equity firms

Sponsor-backed oil and gas producers held off asset purchases in the first quarter

Banking Profiles
JP Morgan reshuffles activist defense team

JP Morgan reshuffles activist defense team

JP Morgan has reorganised its team dedicated to advising clients on how to defend against campaigns by activist investors.

Software and Hi-Tech
Pepp data shows ECB still standing with periphery

Pepp data shows ECB still standing with periphery

The ECB has released the data breaking down the purchases it has made under the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme in June and July, revealing that it is still providing substantial support to the eurozone periphery.

Fintech and Finance
CP Pokphand allocates $400m among 15 banks

CP Pokphand allocates $400m among 15 banks

CP Pokphand Co, the Hong Kong-listed investment arm of Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Foods, has closed a $400m loan for refinancing with 15 lenders.

Luckin Coffee: a crackdown or a sideshow?

China’s hands-on approach into investigating Luckin Coffee signals that the regulators are serious about cracking down on financial crimes by corporations. But how serious they really are will only be revealed in how they tackle

Fintech and Finance
China Overseas Land loan available in secondary market

China Overseas Land loan available in secondary market

A HK$18bn ($2.3bn) term loan sealed by China Overseas Land and Investment in 2017 is doing the rounds in the secondary market, offering asset-starved banks an opportunity to take exposure to the Hong Kong-listed company.

IPO
Kakao Games eyes W340bn from long-awaited IPO

Kakao Games eyes W340bn from long-awaited IPO

South Korean game developer Kakao Games is set to list in September for up to W340bn ($284.8m), reviving the deal two years after dropping its initial IPO plans.

Software and Hi-Tech
CICC seals $500m bond inside fair value

CICC seals $500m bond inside fair value

A recent flurry of bonds from financial institutions did not dent appetite among investors for China International Capital Corp’s (CICC) $500m deal on Monday.

Limited Partners
Powerlong offers negative premium on bond return

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

Manufacturing and Industrial
EQT to acquire hand sanitisers producer as pandemic leads to demand surge

EQT to acquire hand sanitisers producer as pandemic leads to demand surge

Sweden-based firm entered in exclusive negotiations with French industrials group Air Liquide for the acquisition, aiming to increase the supply of disinfectants in the short-term

Fintech and Finance
Banks stand to lose more than $100m after loan to Luckin chairman sours

Banks stand to lose more than $100m after loan to Luckin chairman sours

Goldman Sachs is acting as a 'disposal agent' for the unnamed lenders

Europe
ECB boosts Pepp but sov debt threats remain

ECB boosts Pepp but sov debt threats remain

The European Central Bank delivered a welcome — and bigger than expected — increase to both the size and scale of its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (Pepp) on Thursday, causing eurozone periphery spreads to ratchet

Software and Hi-Tech
Spain to hold a global investor call on updated borrowing needs

Spain to hold a global investor call on updated borrowing needs

The Spanish treasury has invited investors to join a call on Friday to discuss the sovereign’s recently updated funding programme for the year.

Distressed
Portugal unlikely to take ESM pandemic loans

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.

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

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

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

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