Pharma and Healthcare
US Democrats target private equity-owned hospitals with transparency bill

US Democrats target private equity-owned hospitals with transparency bill

The House Ways and Means Committee passed a bill that would expand financial disclosures by health providers backed by private equity

Pharma and Healthcare
KKR forms $200m biosciences investment platform

KKR forms $200m biosciences investment platform

The platform has already announced two deals, which are the first European investments from the $1.45bn Healthcare Strategic Growth fund

Event
Opalesque Exclusive: Optima A.M. bets on healthcare and biotech innovations with long/short strategy

Opalesque Exclusive: Optima A.M. bets on healthcare and biotech innovations with long/short strategy

B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Optima Asset Management has just launched the Optima Healthcare and Biotechnology strategy, which will be managed by five portfolio managers, each specialising in a branch of the sector...Article Link

Event
AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Optima A.M. bets on healthcare and biotech innovations with long/short strategy

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Optima A.M. bets on healthcare and biotech innovations with long/short strategy

B. G., Opalesque Geneva: Optima Asset Management has just launched the Optima Healthcare and Biotechnology strategy, which will be managed by five portfolio managers, each specialising in a branch of the sector. The U...Article Link

Banking & Financial Institutions
Financial Institution Developments

Financial Institution Developments

Posted by Edward D. Herlihy and Richard K. Kim, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Monday, February 17, 2020 Editor's Note: Edward D. Herlihy and Richard K. Kim are partners at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &

Consumer Services
AMB :- E-commerce effect pushes retail-focused real estate fundraising into an existential crisis

AMB :- E-commerce effect pushes retail-focused real estate fundraising into an existential crisis

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: The aggregate value of retail private equity real estate (PERE) deals has declined since 2017. In fact, 2017 was a record year for retail, with deals amounting to an aggregate $58bn;

Oil and Energy
Opalesque Exclusive: Proxy Renewable Long / Short Energy Fund outperforms, more than doubles AUM in 2019

Opalesque Exclusive: Proxy Renewable Long / Short Energy Fund outperforms, more than doubles AUM in 2019

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Swedish energy-focused asset manager Proxy P Management AB has more than doubled its AUM in one year as a result of significant outperformance in its long/short renewable

Oil and Energy
AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Proxy Renewable Long / Short Energy Fund outperforms, more than doubles AUM in 2019

AMB :- Opalesque Exclusive: Proxy Renewable Long / Short Energy Fund outperforms, more than doubles AUM in 2019

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York for New Managers: Swedish energy-focused asset manager Proxy P Management AB has more than doubled its AUM in one year as a result of significant outperformance in its long/short renewab...Article

Large
EU should consider regular bond calendar

EU should consider regular bond calendar

The newest recruit to the ranks of large supranational issuers is also the bulkiest. Responding to Covid-19, the EU has created the €100bn SURE fund, active already, and a €750bn Next Gen EU programme, coming

M&A
CeramTec lets rating slip to fill M&A warchest

CeramTec lets rating slip to fill M&A warchest

BC Partners-owned advanced ceramics company CeramTec has issued an add-on to its term loan 'B', raising another €175m — enough to push its senior secured rating down into the single-B category. But the opportunistic move

Politics
Datasite buyout blends best of private and public funding

Datasite buyout blends best of private and public funding

Mid-market firm CapVest won the auction to buy software provider Datasite with a unitranche loan in October, and it is now taking out the senior layer with a public syndication to firm up the financing

Property
Longfor nets $606m from top-up, stock nosedives

Longfor nets $606m from top-up, stock nosedives

Chinese property developer Longfor Group Holdings tapped equity investors for HK$4.7bn ($606.3m) through a top-up placement on Tuesday.

Software and Hi-Tech
Hong Kong Airport's $1.5bn deal soars

Hong Kong Airport's $1.5bn deal soars

Hong Kong's Airport Authority proved that Covid-19 related travel worries are of little concern for its dollar bond investors. The issuer attracted a final order book of $14.5bn for its $1.5bn dual-tranche deal on Tuesday.

Software and Hi-Tech
Chinese issuers score new funding

Chinese issuers score new funding

Four Chinese borrowers hit the dollar bond market on Tuesday, raising $745m between them.

Software and Hi-Tech
PLN makes return for capex loan

PLN makes return for capex loan

Indonesian state-owned electricity company Perusahaan Listrik Negara is planning a return to the market for a new $1bn loan.

IPO
China Resources Mixc eyes top pricing

China Resources Mixc eyes top pricing

China Resources Mixc Lifestyle Services, the property management business of state-owned developer China Resources Land, is set to price its HK$12.3bn ($1.58bn) Hong Kong IPO at the top end of guidance.

Pharma and Healthcare
Baker Bros bags $340m from BeiGene block

Baker Bros bags $340m from BeiGene block

Baker Bros Advisors, a shareholder in Chinese biopharmaceutical company BeiGene, has raised $340.1m from a sell-down of the firm’s American depositary shares.

IPO
JD Health prices HK$27bn IPO high on strong investor support

JD Health prices HK$27bn IPO high on strong investor support

JD Health International has bagged HK$27bn ($3.5bn) after sealing its IPO at the top end of the marketed range, following a flood of global investor demand.

Pharma and Healthcare
Partners Group-backed PCI Pharma weighs a sale

Partners Group-backed PCI Pharma weighs a sale

PCI Pharma Services is being marketed heavily to private equity buyers

Software and Hi-Tech
Oceanwide returns for $291m loan

Oceanwide returns for $291m loan

China Oceanwide Holdings has returned for a $291m loan that is backed by a letter of credit.

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