Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Private-equity giant KKR agreed to acquire retirement and life insurance company Global Atlantic Financial Group for roughly $4.4 billion. According to the New York-based PE firm said it woul...Article Link
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Canadian private equity firm Walter Global Asset Management has acquired a minority interest in Auspice Capital Advisors, a Calgary-based asset management firm that specializes in alternative ...Article Link
The EU’s proposed recovery fund is expected to be presented to the summit of European leaders on July 17-18 with the size unchanged from the proposed €500bn of grants and €250bn of loans, although the
Deutsche Bank has created a new coverage model for its public sector business, which will be headed up by Panos Stergiou, the bank’s global head of macro coverage.
France hit screens with a 15 year inflation-linked bond on Wednesday, raising €3bn with its first syndicated linker since 2018, capitalising on growing demand for inflation-linked products.
Durreen Shahnaz is founder and chief executive of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), which calls itself the world’s first social stock exchange. She tells GlobalCapital about how we can rebuild a better economy, with the help
Kookmin Bank launched its debut euro covered bond on Wednesday, pricing the transaction flat to where its higher rated compatriot, Korea Housing Finance Corporation (KHFC) would have been expected to come. The deal was said
Acquisition of leading retirement and life insurance company with over $70 billion of adjusted invested assets Strengthens Global Atlantic's leadership in Retirement and Life insurance markets, across individual and institutional channels Transaction expected to be
High yield bond issuance is coming thick and fast in Europe, with new deals for Autodis, Avantor and Diebold Nixdorf announced on Tuesday and Verisure following on Wednesday. Banks have cleared most of their pre-Covid
Warren Equity has closed two acquisitions in the arborist services sector with the buys of Gunnison Tree Services and New Urban Forestry. Gunnison Tree Services is a provider of tree and vegetation management services to
It is at times of economic stress that wrongdoing most often comes to light – we should expect plenty more to come
MKH Capital Partners has hired Thomas Welter to lead Clean Streak Ventures, its express car wash platform company. Orlando-headquartered Clean Streak was founded by MKH in November 2019 and operates ten locations in Florida. The
Fresh Direct Produce, a distributor of fresh, ethnic, tropical, organic, and specialty produce and a portfolio company of HKW, has acquired Mike and Mike’s Organics. Mike and Mike’s is a non-grower distributor of organic fruits
Charlesbank Capital Partners has held a $700 million, oversubscribed, and hard cap closing of Charlesbank Credit Opportunities Fund II LP. The new fund’s original target was $500 million. Fund II has more than 30 institutional
It is at times of economic stress that wrongdoing most often comes to light – we should expect plenty more to come
The performance of unlisted funds in the first quarter was the lowest since the last quarter of 2012, data by Inrev reveals
The private equity giant would boost assets under management and give itself a stronger hold in the insurance sector
The investment in Euro Group Laminations was made by Tikehau’s T2 Energy Transition Fund, which has raised €500m as of December last year
Based in Aix-en-Provence, Silae was founded in 2010 and offers cloud-based payroll and HR software to more than 550,000 businesses in France
Charoen Pokphand Indonesia is gauging appetite among a select few existing lenders for a new $307.9m-equivalent dual-currency loan.
