Blackstone has held an oversubscribed, hard cap, and final close of Blackstone Life Sciences V LP with $4.6 billion of capital. This is the largest life sciences private equity fund ever raised by any firm.
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: U.S. public pension funding during Q2 2020 rebounded gaining $308 billion in the market value of assets and reversing Q1 losses, said a study. Milliman&`s Public Pension Funding Index (PP...Article Link
Healthcare services provider’s deal with Churchill Capital Corp. III is valued at $11bn, including debt
Thai oil and gas company PTT Public Co sold the first 50 year bond from an Asian corporation on Thursday, raising $700m from a tightly-priced deal.
In this round-up, Credit Suisse is reportedly seeking a bigger share in its onshore securities joint venture, Weibo’s parent Sina Corp considers delisting from Nasdaq after two decades and the former head of China’s securities
Sheng Ye Capital, a Hong Kong-listed financial services provider, has made its debut in the syndicated loan market. It is raising funds in offshore renminbi.
The bank said it will launch a dedicated offering for its ultra-high net worth clients to invest in private equity, private debt and other unlisted assets
Philip Hertlein, the former head of SSA origination and syndication at LBBW, has joined BNP Paribas’s public sector debt capital markets desk.
Following the sale of its third syndication of the year this week — a €3bn inflation-linked bond — France does not expect to bring any more public benchmarks in 2020.
Bohai Bank wrapped up a billion-dollar-plus Hong Kong IPO this week. The issuer, one of China’s last remaining joint-stock commercial banks to go public, rode the tail end of a hot period for the city’s
The Republic of Korea has picked banks to arrange meetings to promote a pair of international bonds, including one in euros, which would be the country’s first in the currency for six years.
A big rally in China’s stock market this week ended up hitting bond prices onshore — and sparked worries about the sustainability of the equities rebound.
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.
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
The performance of unlisted funds in the first quarter was the lowest since the last quarter of 2012, data by Inrev reveals
Hong Kong-listed Shanghai Henlius Biotech has won approval from the Mainland securities regulator to sell a chunk of new shares.
BMW Finance, a subsidiary of German carmaker BMW, sealed a Rmb500m ($72m) three year dim sum bond on Thursday. It was the first publicly sold offshore renminbi trade by a corporation since November last year.
Watco Companies, a portfolio company of Oaktree Capital, has agreed to acquire the short line rail assets and related equipment of six North American manufacturing sites from Dow Chemical. Watco is a provider of transportation
