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The week in review: Beijing vows to reduce financial crime, Shenzhen eyes more foreign capital, StanChart applies for securities licence

In this round-up, China wants to improve the quality of domestic listed firms to cut down financial crime, Shenzhen opens the door for increased foreign inflows for the next five years, and Standard Chartered applies

Permira-backed Allegro lists with market cap of €9.8bn

Permira-backed e-commerce company Allegro has listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of PLN 44bn (€9.8bn).

Sea rides on ADS rally for $2bn equity raise

Singapore-based consumer internet company Sea, whose New York-listed shares have soared by more than 400% this year, is looking to take advantage of that positive sentiment to raise around $2bn from a new equity offering.

Corporate disclosure shouldn’t be outsourced to stock markets

UK chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement that large UK companies would need to make climate related disclosures whether listed or private was a step towards an important principle — that corporate transparency is a public good,

Comment: Kenneth Rogoff on the stock market disconnect

Stock markets remain bullish because major publicly traded companies have not borne the brunt of the pandemic’s economic fallout. But they could soon find themselves squarely in the sights of a populist backlash

Warburg Pincus in line to profit from The Philippines’ second biggest IPO through Converge listing

Warburg Pincus is set to profit from The Philippines' second largest IPO through the public listing of fibre broadband business Converge ICT Solutions.

Kartesia carves out ADL Biopharma from Black Toro's ADL Bionatur

Kartesia has acquired a 51% stake in ADL Biopharma from its parent company ADL Bionatur Solutions, a Madrid-listed business that is controlled by Black Toro Capital.

Ratos ends 15-year Bisnode majority ownership with $811m sale to Dun & Bradstreet

Listed European private equity house Ratos has agreed an SEK7.2bn ($811m) sale of data and analytics specialist Bisnode to trade buyer Dun & Bradstreet after 15 years in its portfolio.

Next Year to Bring New Ways for New Deals

Despite the ongoing economic uncertainty from the pandemic, many private equity professionals are optimistic about the outlook for 2021 and are looking to alternative merger and acquisition methods to navigate the crisis and pursue new

Meet the only Black, female, head of a public real estate company

Leslie Hale, a Harvard graduate who worked at Goldman Sachs and GE Capital, has led RLJ Lodging Trust for two years

KKR Releases “The New Normal”

New Report Delves into COVID-19’s Potential Long-Term Impact on U.S. Cities and Consumers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR today announced the release of a new KKR Viewpoints publication authored by Paula Campbell Roberts. In The New

Norvestor exits Aptilo Networks to trade

Norvestor has sold its stake in wireless network service Aptilo Networks to listed Swedish tech company Enea for SEK 92m (€8.8m).

Nordic Capital, Carlyle bid for Octopus-backed Calastone

Calastone, a B2B fund network backed by Octopus Ventures and Accel-KKR, has entered the second round of its sale process, with Carlyle's technology fund and Nordic Capital in the running, according to a report by

Nord Holding acquires Bock

Nord Holding has wholly acquired Bock – a company that produces piston compressors for cooling and refrigeration technology – from its listed parent company, GEA Group.

Expanding Opportunities for Investors and Retirees: Private Equity

Posted by Hal S. Scott (Harvard Law School) and John Gulliver (Program on International Financial Systems), on Monday, September 21, 2020 Editor's Note: Hal S. Scott is the Emeritus Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems

Global GDP to return to pre-pandemic levels by mid-2021, says Deutsche Bank

In its revised global outlook, the lender's economists also warned that the increase in public debt could precipitate another financial crisis

DACH deal pipeline: live, expected and pulled sale processes

A round-up of sale processes ongoing or expected to launch in the coming months in the DACH region, as well as auctions that have been paused or cancelled since the beginning of the year, courtesy

PAI buys stake in Amplitude from Apax

PAI Partners has acquired a 52.3% stake in Paris-listed orthopaedic implant specialist Amplitude Surgical from Apax France, CEO Olivier Jallabert and other senior executives for €53.8m.

VC Profile: VNV Global

Listed venture capital firm VNV Global recently raised $95m. Eliza Punshi talks to managing director Per Brilioth about portfolio company Voi, seeking network effects and investing in companies at the idea stage

Houlihan Lokey Expands Industrials Group

Houlihan Lokey (HL) has hired Richard Hoh as a managing director in its industrials group. Mr. Hoh will be part of the firm’s industrial technology subsector team, focusing primarily on electronic components as well as

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