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Bond market bounces back after US elections

Three property companies from Greater China hit the bond market last Friday, raising $850m between them even as the US presidential election battle raged on. With Joe Biden now announced as the president-elect, the issuance

‘You had to dress like a man’: Five lessons from Citi’s first female CEO

'There were so few women there, there are so few women in financial services, and those who were there were rather scary,' Jane Fraser has said of her start on Wall Street

Berkshire Partners teams with food industry veteran Vélez-Bautista to launch El Dorado Foods

Boston-based buyout house Berkshire Partners has teamed with veteran food business executive Javier Vélez-Bautista to launch Latin food and drink-focused El Dorado Foods.

Sunac Services taps market for Hong Kong IPO

Chinese property manager Sunac Services Holdings has hit the road for its Hong Kong listing, eyeing HK$8.7bn ($1.1bn) in fresh equity.

Santander spins its $400m FinTech venture arm into Mouro Capital

Santander is spinning out its venture arm into the new entity Mouro Capital, a new autonomous investment firm using its $400m in allocated funds to back innovate FinTech startups without the fear of the big

Ares-backed Volery Capital buys into clean energy-focused asset manager Sustainable Development Capital

Ares Management-backed Volery Capital Partners has completed a growth equity investment in clean energy and project development asset manager Sustainable Development Capital.

Comment: Africa’s gathering debt storm

Without rapid and vastly increased external help to weather the Covid-19 storm and ease their debt-service burden, many African economies could collapse. This would directly affect the rich world in ways for which it is

UBS appoints India country head

UBS has tapped Uday Odedra as its new India country head, effective next year.

Baring Private Equity Asia seals Virtusa take-private at about $2bn valuation

Baring Private Equity Asia has agreed a buyout of digital engineering and IT specialist Virtusa in a deal which values the business at about $2bn.

Secondary market update: coming out of hibernation

With June valuations now out and expectations of a distressed wave having failed to materialise, secondary market activity is finally showing signs of picking up. Denise Ko Genovese catches up with Rede Partenrs' Adam Turtle

ParkerGale picks up workload automation software business SMA Technologies

Chicago-based private equity house ParkerGale has bought a majority stake in workload automation software business SMA Technologies.

Eurazeo underlines North American drive with former Searchlight partner hire

Eurazeo's growth buyout investment division has snapped up former Searchlight Capital partner Eric Sondag as managing director in its New York office.

China Resources’ property manager pre-markets $1bn HK IPO

China Resources Mixc Lifestyle Services has begun testing investor appetite for its Hong Kong listing, which could raise around $1bn, said a source close to the deal.

Antengene targets HK$2.8bn from Hong Kong IPO

Antengene Corp, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, has set its Hong Kong listing in motion. It has opened bookbuilding for an up to HK$2.79bn ($359.4m) IPO.

The week in review: Chinese banks sacrifice profits, PBoC publishes financial stability report, October forex reserves drop

In this round-up, China’s financial system gives up Rmb1.25tr ($190bn) in profits to support the real economy, the central bank releases its annual financial stability report, and the country’s foreign exchange reserves by the end

AMB :- China Renaissance raises $600m fund to back startups

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Investment bank China Renaissance Capital&`s private equity fund "Huaxing New Economy Fund" officially announced that it has raised $600 million in the final closing of its USD F...Article Link

AMB :- Neuberger Berman hauls in over $300m to close new alternative credit fund

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Asset management giant Neuberger Berman has raised more than $300m for the final close of the first NB Specialty Finance Fund. Neuberger Berman Specialty Finance (NBSF), an alternative credit ...Article Link

AMB :- IoT opens new frontiers for private investors in APAC

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Through the application of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, private capital is delivering smart homes, factories, and cities in APAC, changing the way people live, work, and play, said P...Article Link

People news in brief

Wartchow heads to Pemberton — Barclays names permanent equities heads — Bonilla joins Kartesia

Korea sets benchmark with dollar, euro outing

The Republic of Korea wowed investors in the dollar and euro markets on Wednesday, with a record $1.45bn-equivalent dual-tranche bond. The deal, split between 10 year dollar and five year euro notes, was priced at

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