Top Section/Ad
Top Section/Ad
Most recent
Innovation and ambition have been hallmarks of mergers and acquisitions activity this year, but there are some signs of weakness in private equity
Bank’s relationship with SpringCash is ‘commercial’
Bank M&A is back on the agenda, but talk of SMBC buying Jefferies is premature. The two firms are prioritising their multi-stranded alliance and a takeover now would jeopardise it
World first deals could break new ground in sport risk management
More articles/Ad
More articles/Ad
More articles
-
The Chinese regulators are looking to give the country’s secondary loan market a boost by encouraging banks to use one of their platforms to trade deals. While secondary loan trading has become easier, there are still many hurdles to overcome, say experts.
-
In an otherwise slow week for the securitization market after the Labor Day holiday, observers are bracing themselves for a potentially market-moving development for the mortgage sector — the Trump administration’s release of its government-sponsored enterprise reform plan.
-
ING and RiverRock have struck a deal to give the asset manager access to ING’s pipeline of senior loans, as part of the launch of RiverRock’s debut senior loan fund. The Dutch bank, unlike other commercial banks, committed to avoid cherry-picking its pipeline, and to show RiverRock everything that was eligible for the fund.
-
Sterling has dropped to levels not seen since the 1980s, making UK assets seem cheap to international buyers. But that is unlikely to be the driver of the recent crop of UK M&A.
-
The regulator of China’s interbank bond market has given BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank type A-licences that give them full underwriting access to the market. But the move has puzzled a number of bankers both onshore and offshore.
-
In this round-up, China’s industrial profit climbed in July, the Canadian dollar overtook the renminbi as the fifth most used currency for international payments, and HSBC conducted the first transaction in the interbank market for foreign investors with a T+3 settlement cycle.