Equities
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NewsLondon: The truth about Brexit
Private equity and venture capital lawyer Shawn Atkinson of Orrick explains why the UK’s capital will remain a global financial centre, even after the country exits the EU.
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NewsPrivately Speaking: Orlando Bravo
Thoma Bravo just closed Fund XII on $7.6bn, twice the size of its predecessor. Managing partner Orlando Bravo talks about how the firm evolved from a generalist private equity shop to a software specialist, and his own role in that transformation.
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AIC: Tax reform more likely under Trump
The private equity advocacy organisation also expects an improved regulatory environment under a Trump administration.
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‘Hard’ Brexit weighs heavily on LPs
More than a third of limited partners believe a hard Brexit would lower European private equity returns, a survey finds.
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Columbia endowment names new CIO
Columbia University’s investment management company, which has more than 20% of its $9bn assets in private equity, promoted a managing director after former CIO Peter Holland was promoted to CEO.
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Indian banks hold out on IPO fees
India’s privatisation programme hit another snag last week after banks declined to work on the Rs10bn–Rs12bn (US$145m–$175m) IPO of Cochin Shipyard due to the low fees on offer.
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Shareholders back Banca Popolare di Vicenza IPO
Trapped between a rock and a very hard place, shareholders in Italy’s Banca Popolare di Vicenza backed the bank’s critical €1.75bn share issue at an EGM on March 5.
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Oil price relief fails to slow E&P recap wave
Renewed prospects for production cuts abroad and promises by domestic exploration and production companies of cashflow neutral operations continues to provide a positive backdrop for oil. WTI oil gained US$2.70 on the week to US$38.62, up from a low of US$26.21 a month ago, in part on short-covering and risk ...
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Sponsors score US$391.3m from TransUnion sale
TransUnion’s stock price showed signs of indigestion in the wake of last week’s US$391.3m sell-down by sponsors Advent International and Goldman Sachs.
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Manulife REIT eyes IPO relaunch
Canadian insurer Manulife Financial is preparing for a second attempt at a US$500m Singapore listing of its US commercial property trust.
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Australia: Wisetech meets IPO investors
Wisetech Global is meeting investors on its planned IPO of A$150m (US$111m) for a listing on the Australian Stock Exchange, according to a person close to the plan.
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Italy: Saipem banks bailed out by rising market
Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan choreographed a sale of unsold shares from the Saipem capital increase on behalf of 10 banks on Monday evening at €0.39, achieving a price that seemed improbable when the unsubscribed rights went unsold on February 19.
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Australia: Gateway completes equity raising
Gateway Lifestyle Group has completed an institutional placement and the institutional element of a rights issue to raise a total of A$102m (US$76m), according to a stock exchange announcement.
