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AIIB scores ‘best Panda ever’ for Covid-19 efforts

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank took home Rmb3bn ($424m) from its debut Panda bond on Thursday, at a price that was well below levels of its comparables. Senior officials at the Beijing-based supranational bank told GlobalCapital

Sinic sells $210m bond with first-time ratings in hand

Chinese property developer Sinic Holdings (Group) Co launched a two year dollar bond on Thursday after receiving international credit ratings this week for the first time.

Topsports block fetches bigger $375m

Belle International pocketed HK$2.91bn ($375m) this week after trimming its stake in subsidiary, Topsports International Holdings.

China policy and markets round-up: Beijing sets timeline for reform, May inflation data disappoints, aviation and auto industries recover

In this round-up, China’s central government pushes ahead with reform, both the consumer price index and the producer price index were weaker than expected in May, and aviation activity and car sales warm up.

Matrix Partners China collects $750m for sixth flagship fundraise

Venture capital house Matrix Partners China has hauled in at least $750m for its latest fundraise.

SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index up 3.17% in May

Opalesque Industry Update - The gross return of the SS C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for May 2020 measured 3.17%. Hedge fund flows as measured by the SS C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced

Francisco Partners to acquire Consignor – report

According to reports, US-based GP Francisco Partners has signed an agreement to buy Norwegian shipping software company Consignor from its founder.

Evoco holds €93m first close for third fund

Evoco Private Equity has held a first close on €93m for Evoco TSE III, following the firm's announcement of the fundraise in February 2020.

Shocking survey reveals strength of dejection felt by women in private equity

Not a single woman in private equity surveyed in the latest Investec GP Trends report plans to start their own buyout house on leaving their current firm - a shocking indictment of the wider malaise

Asabys, Alta Life lead funding round for Inbrain

Spanish venture capital houses Asabys Partners and Alta Life Sciences have led a funding round for Barcelona-based biotechnology startup Inbrain.

Kinnevik to sell 23.2% stake in Qliro to Rite Ventures

Swedish industry-focused investment company Kinnevik has agreed to sell 23.2% of its stake in e-commerce company Qliro Group to private equity firm Rite Ventures for SEK 195m (€18.5m).

Bain Capital said to trump CVC bid for stake in Italy’s top football league, could value it at €12bn

Bain Capital is reportedly attempting to trump CVC Capital's buyout of a stake in Italian top-flight football league, Serie A, which could value it at about €12bn.

Baring Vostok, RTP Global to exit 2GIS

Baring Vostok and RTP Global are fully exiting 2GIS, a Russian provider of mapping services, to state-run lender Sberbank and O2O Holding, a joint venture of Sberbank and internet company Mail.ru Group.

Water Street and JLL acquire Solvias

US-based sponsors Water Street Healthcare Partners and JLL Partners have wholly acquired Switzerland-based pharmaceutical research, development and manufacturing company Solvias.

Zurich-based private equity firm Evoco races towards €150m Fund III target through first close

Zürich-based private equity house Evoco is almost two-thirds of the way to its €150m target for Fund III through a first close.

DPE’s Massenberg bolts on Aéro Solutions

Building maintenance company Massenberg, a portfolio company of DPE, has acquired a majority stake in cooling tower maintenance and repair specialist Aéro Solutions.

Searchlight buys majority stake in UK’s second-largest independent insurance intermediary, Global Risk Partners

The UK's second-largest independent insurance intermediary Global Risk Partners has picked up backing from Searchlight Capital Partners through a majority stake buy.

Swedish institutions to target coronavirus-hit businesses with new SEK3.5bn investment company

Swedish pension fund AMF, bank SEB and foundation-backed asset manager FAM have launched an SEK3.5bn investment company to back Swedish businesses struggling to make it through the coronavirus crisis.

VC Profile: Apex Partners

Austria-headquartered Apex Ventures is on the road for its second fund, focusing on digital health startups. Wolfgang Neubert and Kelly Klein talk to Harriet Matthews about the VC's current strategy and the future of healthtech

Facebook plans multimillion-dollar VC fund

The company has made several successful outright acquisitions of start-ups in the past, including Instagram and WhatsApp

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