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
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
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
Hong Kong-listed ESR Cayman pulled off its first convertible bond this week, signalling an increasing flow of deals to come to the Asian equity-linked market. The company took advantage of its surging stock price and
Berkshire Partners has partnered with food executive Javier Vélez-Bautista to form El Dorado Foods. Mr. Vélez-Bautista now becomes the CEO of El Dorado and the new platform will be active acquiring Latin-inspired food and beverage
Advent International is to commit CHF 415m in a rights offering to be issued by listed Switzerland-headquartered travel retailer Dufry to existing shareholders.
Danish drone startup QuadSAT has raised €2m in a pre-series-A investment round led by space-technology investor Seraphim Capital.
Anthemis Insurance Venture Growth Fund I (AIVGF I) is expected to hold a final close before the end of H2 2021.
Earlier this week, the company said that US private equity firm Silver Lake will invest $1.02bn into its retail company, Reliance Retail Ventures
Kasikornbank Public Co rolled out its first Basel III-compliant additional tier one subordinated dollar transaction on Thursday. The Thai borrower bagged $500m on the back of an orderbook that reached $2.5bn at its peak.
Chinese startup Dida, a ride-sharing platform, is looking to float on Hong Kong’s stock exchange, having filed a draft prospectus with the bourse.
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Investment in Australia's fintech sector has accelerated in the first half of 2020, reaching US$376.5 million, a more than 150 percent increase on the corresponding period in 2019 ($149.05 mil...Article Link
The former England football captain is a minority shareholder in the business, in which AIM-listed investment firm Blue Star Capital holds an 11.7% stake
The World Bank has selected a trio of banks for a new 15 year Sustainable Development Bond (SDB), its first euro benchmark of its 2020/21 fiscal year. Elsewhere, the Republic of Korea scooped €700m with
The shortlist for this year's Unquote British Private Equity Awards has been announced and the public vote is now underway – pick your winners before 5pm on 16 September.
Columbus Venture Partners and Masterlux, a company backed by Cleon Capital and Vita Advisory, have invested in a €7.4m round for Spanish biotech company Algenex.
Singapore-based FinTech startup Thunes has secured $60m in a Series B funding round led by Helios Investment Partners.
The deal with the retail arm of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries is the US private equity firm's second billion-dollar investment in the company
