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AMB :- PE/VC industry hits new record as its AUM reaches $4.74tn in 2020

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global private equity and venture capital AUM increased last year, up 6.1% to $4.74tn, said a new report by Preqin. "The growth rate of the asset class was lower than the

Opalesque Exclusive: Logica Capital Advisers capitalizes on retail volatility to end January in positive territory

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: After years of calm markets, 2020 turned out to be the year tail risk funds were waiting for. Tail risk and other volatility strategies ended 2020 up significantly after 8

AMB :- Private real estate funds raised $118bn in 2020 through 283 closed funds

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Fundraising and deal-making in the private equity real estate industry decreased in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Preqin. Real estate AUM reached $1.09tn as of June 2020 (the latest...Article

Spain reverts to tradition for biggest 50 year bond

After taking an aggressive approach for its last syndication in January which resulted in a shocking loss of over €75bn of orders, Spain returned to a more moderate and conventional pricing process as it came

Norway preps 10 year Nokkie syndication

Norway began taking indications of interest on Tuesday for its fifth ever syndicated transaction as it continues its path towards becoming a regular issuer of public benchmark bonds.

Draghi’s success will determine the future of EU borrowing

Italian prime minister-designate Mario Draghi must walk a knife edge if he is to form a government and present a national recovery and resilience plan. If he takes too hard a line the mill of

Betta Pharma eyes Hong Kong listing

China-based Betta Pharmaceuticals, a developer of cancer treatments, is planning a Hong Kong IPO, having filed draft paperwork with the city’s stock exchange on Monday.

HK regulator proposes new rules for share and bond issues

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is planning to introduce new rules that will require syndicate teams on bond and equity deals to be fixed earlier and brokers to disclose their fee structures, moves

ReNew powers up green bond

Solar and wind power company ReNew Power added further momentum to India’s green bond market this week with a new $460m deal.

UltraTech debuts with sustainability-linked bond

India's UltraTech Cement sold Asia’s second dollar sustainability-linked bond (SLB) this week as the instrument steadily gains traction among issuers.

HKEX hires JP Morgan banker as new CEO

Hong Kong’s stock exchange has named Nicolas Aguzin, chief executive of JP Morgan’s international private bank, as its new CEO.

Shenzhen stock move step in right direction for China

Chinese regulators have made a long overdue move to reduce the number of boards at the Shenzhen stock exchange. That points to a greater commitment towards streamlining the country’s sometimes confounding capital markets.

PMC Carves Out UniversalPegasus

PMC Capital Partners has acquired UniversalPegasus International (UPI), a provider of engineering and construction management services, from publicly traded Huntington Ingalls Industries. UPI was formed in February 2008 by KRG Capital Partners through the acquisition

Bertram Buys Safety Products from LLCP

Bertram Capital has acquired Safety Products Holdings (SPH), a provider of safety cutting tools and accessories, from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP). The buy of SPH is the third platform investment for Bertram’s fourth fund.

Stephens Adds to Kele

Kele, a portfolio company of The Stephens Group, has acquired Lesman Instrument Company. The Stephens Group acquired Kele in February 2020 from Snow Phipps Group. Lesman is a distributor of temperature, pressure, level and flow

Kingswood Hits New Fund Hard Cap

Kingswood Capital Management has held an oversubscribed and hard cap close of Kingswood Capital Opportunities Fund I LP with $230 million of capital. Limited partners in the new fund include public pension funds, insurance companies,

Permira leads $180m round for Nexthink

Permira has led a $180m series-D funding round for Switzerland-based employee experience software Nexthink.

Complaints detail self-dealing and phony transactions at GPB Capital

The two executives behind the alleged Ponzi-like scheme garnered more than $40m, states say

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