Benzinga

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

New York, NY February 15, 2023 --( PR.com )-- China’s private equity (“PE”) industry faced strong headwinds in 2022 due to factors including a slowing economy, COVID-19 restrictions, increased regulatory scrutiny, and higher prevailing interest rates globally which weighed on public market valuations.

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Brian DeChesare

DECEMBER 7, 2022

But since HK’s handover to China in 1997 and the ascent of Xi Jinping in China in 2012, things have changed dramatically. Hong Kong is still an important financial center, but banks there now focus almost exclusively on mainland China in terms of deals, clients, and new hires. Bank of China (mostly DCM ). Guotai Junan.

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Benzinga

JANUARY 11, 2023

The sector has recently consolidated significantly, with private equity firms rushing to buy smaller lessors and prominent players bulking up. China Southern Airlines Might Use 737 MAX Flights During Upcoming Lunar New Year Holidays. Lockheed Martin Backed Space Startup Suffers Failure During Maiden Mission.

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Benzinga

APRIL 25, 2022

private equity giant Bain and the recent departure of its founder may make it ripe for such a buyout. After a turbulent year that saw their stocks lose more than half their value, China’s small field of independent data center operators has suddenly become a hotbed of M&A activity. Chindata’s control by U.S.

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Benzinga

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, Merger Sub will be merged with and into CIH, with CIH continuing as the surviving company and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the "Merger"), in a transaction implying an equity value of CIH of approximately US$92.0 BEIJING, Dec.

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Equity 40

Benzinga

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

SAN DIEGO and SUZHOU, China and SHANGHAI, China, Feb. per Share in cash without interest and (2) one contingent value right (each a "CVR") per Share representing the right to receive a contingent payment of $0.30 per CVR in cash without interest upon the achievement of a milestone.

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Treasury Equity 45

Brian DeChesare

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Bulge Bracket Bank Definition: The “bulge brackets” are the largest global banks that operate in all regions and offer all services – M&A, equity, debt, and others – to clients; they work on the biggest deals (usually $1 billion+) and have divisions for sales & trading , equity research , wealth management , corporate banking , and more.

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Benzinga

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Tesla Reportedly Aiding China Police Probe Into Fatal Model Y Crash: What You Should Know. Competitors attribute JPMorgan's absence as a lender on big deals in 2022 to a diminished relationship with private-equity firms in recent years. by December 2023 from 5.1% Wall Street Journal. JPMorgan ranks fourth among U.S.

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Private Equity Firm Banking Marketability Equity 98

Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 29, 2023

EU and China. EU and China. And although the fundraising environment is facing additional headwinds, private equity buyers who spent more time tending to their portfolios in 2022 will look to deploy their still substantial dry powder opportunistically as valuations reset. Entering 2023, many of these headwinds continue.

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Benzinga

MAY 10, 2022

New York, NY May 10, 2022 --( PR.com )-- BDA Partners is pleased to announce that its client, Honour Lane Shipping (“HLS”) has sold a majority stake to a consortium led by Nexus Point, an Asian private equity fund focused on control opportunities in Greater China.

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Brian DeChesare

APRIL 5, 2023

SWFs in places like the Middle East, Norway, and Russia are heavily linked to commodities , while the ones in places like China, Hong Kong, and Singapore have more diversified reserves. But one possible exception lies in sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) , which are similar to funds of funds in some ways.

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Reynolds Holding

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

China serves as a good example. Within China’s domestic politics, separate factions are in charge of these two conflicting goals. In a new article. But where do the law and courts come from? How does a state behave in their absence? Can a state act in opposition to its own laws? The state and law are, of course, different things.

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Finance Marketability Banking Equity 105

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 4, 2023

We started the year with significant uncertainty about whether the surge in inflation seen in 2022 would persist as well as about whether the economy was headed into a recession. The Markets in the Third Quarter Coming off a year of rising rates in 2022, interest rates have continued to command center stage in 2023.

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Marketability Start-ups Risk Premium Treasury 104

Benzinga

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving company and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the "Merger"), in a transaction implying an equity value of the Company of approximately US$92.0

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Treasury Equity Technology 40

Benzinga

MAY 15, 2023

Despite the strength of the long-term secular growth story, base metal prices were generally weak in April on economic uncertainty, financial stress and disappointment with China's recovery. China is signaling it may shift its focus from economic stimulus to strengthening its property market.

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Benzinga

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving entity and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the " Merger "), in a transaction implying an equity value of the Company of approximately US$126.0

Equity 40

Equity 40

Reynolds Holding

AUGUST 15, 2023

Examples of such highly sensitive securities are equity or call option contracts (Demarzo et al., This is one of the main reasons for “greenwashing,” where corporate issuers and asset managers dop not delivering on their ESG promises (Kim and Yoon 2023, Liang, Sun, and Teo 2022). This is another source of the greenwashing problem.

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Marketability Finance Corporate Finance Equity 98

Brian DeChesare

AUGUST 10, 2022

Oil & Gas Investment Banking Definition: In oil & gas investment banking, professionals advise companies that search for, produce, store, transport, refine, and market energy on raising debt and equity and completing mergers and acquisitions. Historically, these panicked questions were usually variations of: “Will I get pigeonholed?

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Reynolds Holding

AUGUST 23, 2023

In a recent article , I show that one of the main barriers to startup finance is an overlooked web of corporate law rules governing private companies’ boards, shares, and shareholders’ agreements, which I refer to as Startup Corporate Law or SCL.

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Reynolds Holding

JUNE 2, 2022

Boards of Directors in China. Thus, China’s agency problems are not identical to those in the U.S. Thus, it is not necessarily clear whether directors respond to financial misreporting because they care about accurate reporting or because they wish to protect their own reputations for fiduciary oversight. Our Research Study.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

In the month since, I have added two more data updates, one on US equities and one on interest rates , but my attention was drawn away by other interesting stories. I describe myself as a dabbler, and it does get in the way of my best laid plans.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 8, 2022

In the last decade, as tech companies have expanded their reach into our personal lives, collecting information on choices and decisions that used to private, big data has become not just a buzzword, but also a justification for investing billions in companies/projects that have no discernible pathway to profitability, but offer access to data.

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Risk Premium Start-ups Market Capitalization Corporate Finance 91

Brian DeChesare

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Look around online, and you will quickly discover that most coverage of venture capital interview questions is junk. Most articles are copied/pasted/tweaked text, others appear to be written by ChatGPT, and others repeat generic questions you might get in an interview for a janitorial position. Which market is attractive?

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Start-ups Equity Marketability Terminal Value 59

Brian DeChesare

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Does the list vary for private equity and hedge funds ? The list would be nearly the same for private equity, but you might see more variability for hedge funds. We’re at the end of another year, and, in many ways, 2022 was quite disastrous. Bank, School, Dragon, and TV Rankings. Q: Forget ranking banks and schools.

Banking 85

Banking Start-ups Finance EBITDA 85

Reynolds Holding

MAY 18, 2022

We are the destination of choice for companies seeking to raise money in both public and private markets. Private capital markets, such as venture capital, have brought new ideas to market quickly and flexibly. Private capital markets, such as venture capital, have brought new ideas to market quickly and flexibly.

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Benzinga

JUNE 10, 2022

Transaction expected to provide up to ~ $45 0 million of capital, including $50 million of new preferred equity provided by Mudrick Capital. Blue Nile, Inc. to combine with Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II (NASDAQ: MUDS ). We are excited to partner with Blue Nile as it continues to be a trailblazer in the space.".

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Carve out tech acquisitions also continued to be attractive to strategic and private equity buyers, with GTCR’s acquisition of a majority stake in Worldpay from FIS for up to $18.5 As a result, we saw an uptick in stock and earnout consideration , private company mergers of equals and carve out transactions throughout the year.

Equity 59

Equity Finance Marketability Start-ups 59

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

The second was that, starting mid-year in 2020, equity markets and the real economy moved in different directions, with the former rising on the expectations a post-virus future, and the latter languishing, as most of the world continued to operate with significant constraints. Are US companies more levered than they were a decade ago?

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Reynolds Holding

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The topic of human rights is of major concern among many stakeholder groups, spanning the public, private, and social sectors (e.g., companies, investors, consumers, NGOs, governments, intergovernmental organizations, etc.). cotton and polysilicon), and associated reporting and disclosure requirements. During the 2022 U.S.

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Reynolds Holding

MARCH 29, 2022

trillion – must come from venture capital, private equity, corporate, and other investors in early-stage companies. [10] C or even 2°C [by 2050] will be beyond reach.” [1] C or even 2°C [by 2050] will be beyond reach.” [1] Much of that innovation, however, will come from tech startups and other new businesses.

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Banking Technology Venture Capital Fund Compliance 59

Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 9, 2023

In a remarkable year of class action activity, investors across the globe agreed to settlements totaling over $7.4 billion [1] in 2022, a greater than 75% increase from 2021. (A A substantive year in review for the U.S. market will be documented in the ISS Securities Class Action Services “Top 100 U.S. Shareholder Class Actions of 2022.

Banking 81

Banking Private Equity Firm Marketability Compliance 81

Brian DeChesare

MAY 10, 2023

Yes, Singapore is a hub for Southeast Asia, but Southeast Asia has relatively few deals in the Asia-Pacific region vs. places such as China/HK or even Australia. The basic difference is that the international bulge bracket banks tend to be stronger in M&A advisory and weaker in equity and debt capital markets.

Banking 99

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Brian DeChesare

APRIL 6, 2022

Consumer Retail Investment Banking Definition: In consumer retail IB, bankers advise companies in the consumer staples, consumer discretionary, and retail industries on raising debt and equity and completing mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring/bankruptcy deals. public transportation where it exists).

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Banking Start-ups Equity Marketability 97

Reynolds Holding

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In Regulatory Notice 22–25, FINRA observed the recent trend of significant unusual price increases on the day of or shortly after the IPOs of certain small-cap issuers, most of which involve issuers with operations in China and other foreign countries, as part of so-called “ramp and dump” (also known as pump and dump) schemes.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

I have been writing about, and valuing, Tesla for most of its lifetime in public markets, and while it remains a company that draws strong reactions, it is also one that I truly enjoy valuing. Tesla: The Back Story I first valued Tesla in 2013 , as a "luxury automobile company" and I have valued almost every year since.

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Start-ups Dividends Marketability Market Capitalization 99

Reynolds Holding

JULY 4, 2023

Unsurprisingly, many of the proposed additions reflect the agencies’ recent investigative and enforcement priorities including, but not limited to, non-horizontal acquisitions, “serial” or sequential acquisitions, private equity acquisitions, harm to nascent competition, harm to labor markets, and interlocking directorates.

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Cooley M&A

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In spite of a general environment of political and economic uncertainty and a daily sprinkling of stock market volatility, trade wars, sanctions, the U.S. government shutdown disrupting the market for IPOs, Brexit uncertainty, natural disasters and various other crises, cross-border M&A activity momentum continues. In July 2018, the U.K.

Technology 52

Technology Marketability Equity 52