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LVMH veteran-led Spac eyes $225m US IPO

Singapore-based special purpose acquisition company (Spac) Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp is looking to raise $225m from a listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Poland eyes second Panda after four-year break

The Republic of Poland, the first European country to issue a Panda bond in August 2016, has finished the documentation process for its second onshore renminbi offering, GlobalCapital China understands.

Asia’s answer to green bond push lies in China property

Green dollar bonds from Chinese high yield real estate developers are rare, but property companies have the potential to push the green market in the region to the next level — and see some pricing

Central China Securities debuts with $110m bond

Central China Securities Co opted for a short 363 day bond for its maiden dollar debt outing, testing the waters first before planning longer-dated deals and potentially getting an international rating.

Ming Yuan Cloud pre-markets Hong Kong IPO

Real estate-focused software company Ming Yuan Cloud Group Holdings has kicked off pre-deal investor education for its Hong Kong listing, according to a senior source close to the transaction.

Ant clears up Alibaba ties, business model after SSE questions

Ant Group has tackled the nearly two dozen questions posed by the Shanghai Stock Exchange ahead of its jumbo concurrent IPOs on the Star market and Hong Kong. The digital payment firm’s ownership structure, especially

Great Wall drives away with bigger $700m

Chinese car manufacturer Great Wall Motors has increased the size of its loan to $700m-equivalent.

Comment Letter on Control Shares Statutes and Registered Investment Companies

Posted by Phillip Goldstein, Bulldog Investors, on Saturday, August 8, 2020 Editor's Note: Phillip Goldstein is the co-founder of Bulldog Investors. This post is based on his letter to the SEC Division of Investment Management.

AMW :- Opalesque Roundup: Some big name hedge funds shine with substantial gains for the year: hedge fund news, week 32

In the week ending August 7th 2020, Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings reported that its portfolio made money in July, boosting his monthly performance to 4.6 percent. Pershing Square Holdings is now up 34.8 percent

AUA’s TruFood Adds Simply Natural

TruFood Manufacturing, a portfolio company of AUA Private Equity since June 2019, has acquired Simply Natural Foods. Simply Natural is a co-manufacturer of confection products including sugarfree, organic, and kosher functional bars (products that include

PolyVision Adds On

PolyVision, a portfolio company of Industrial Opportunity Partners (IOP), has acquired Marsh Industries, a manufacturer of visual display boards. IOP acquired PolyVision in February 2020 from publicly traded Steelcase. Marsh Industries is a maker of

Blackstone Inks First Fund VIII Control Buy

Blackstone has agreed to acquire Ancestry from Silver Lake, GIC, Spectrum, and Permira at an enterprise value of $4.7 billion. The buy of Ancestry is the first control acquisition for Blackstone Capital Partners VIII LP

River Associates Closes 99th Transaction

River Associates Investments has acquired Yale Cordage in partnership with the company’s management team. Yale Cordage is a designer and manufacturer of synthetic rope and rope systems used in critical, high cost-of-failure applications. Specific uses

Jim O’Neill: Markets are not pricing in disaster — maybe that is wise

A disaster scenario in which Covid-19 vaccine trials fail and the pandemic spins out of control would expose the ongoing equity rally — but the worst-case scenario isn't necessarily the most likely

As the pandemic struck, a PE firm went on a nursing home buying spree

Portopiccolo Group now own or operate roughly 100 facilities under dozens of different names in the US

Vitruvian Partners follows €4bn fund close with Unifaun sale to Marlin Equity

Vitruvian Partners has agreed to sell cloud logistics business Unifaun to fellow buyout house Marlin Equity Partners.

ICG launches second recovery fund

Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has launched a second recovery fund, ICG Recovery Fund II, to invest in companies hit by the coronavirus crisis.

DvH Ventures launches Digital Health Fund

Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures (DvH Ventures) has announced the launch of its first Digital Health fund, which has held a first close on €60m.

Pacific Equity Partners hits A$2.5bn hard cap close for smallest flagship fund since 2006

Australian buyout major Pacific Equity Partners has hit an A$2.5bn hard cap final close for its sixth flagship fundraise.

Astorg sells Surfaces Group to TA Associates

Astorg has sold Italian abrasive tools specialist Surfaces Group to TA Associates.

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