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The investment banking industry saw a significant surge in activity after the reopening of global markets and the infusion of stimulus packages by governments to mitigate the adverse effects of the...

The Paris Agreement has called for rapid decarbonisation to limit the rise in average global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. This is much easier said than done,...

‘If you’re a buysider and want access to the whole universe of IPOs, you should probably be participating in these SPACs’. – Todd Foley, managing director at MPM...

We believe this quotation aptly describes the situation of Chinese property giant Evergrande Group, which has been in the news recently not for its next big project but for its lack of liquidity and...

Asset managers have substantially underperformed the S&P 500 index over the past five years. The top-10 listed asset managers appreciated 10% per year, on average, during this period compared with...

OverviewThe US economy has witnessed several economic downturns, indicating that economic distress is an inevitable part of the business cycle. The US has experienced more than 30 cycles of...

Private debt or private credit comes in many forms (senior debt, direct lending, mezzanine debt, distressed debt) but is mostly extended as loans to private companies. Historically, banks have been...

“Investments are subject to market risk” is a mandatory statement a fund house makes in an Investment Policy Statement (IPS) when offering investment opportunities to investors. Investors...

Increased access to electricity is helping build and strengthen economies, lifting millions out of poverty. However, this success story has come at a price – the electricity sector, heavily...

BackgroundChinese tea chain HeyTea closed a series D financing round of USD500m on 13 July 2021, led by firms such as Sequoia China, Hillhouse Capital, Tencent Investment and Temasek, implying total...

Time and technology can certainly change the dynamics of anything. In the past, only regulatory bodies and journalists would investigate high-profile politicians, businesspersons, athletes, movie...

Amid the uncertainty and challenges prevailing in the current commercial real estate (CRE) sector, multifamily and industrial properties have emerged as a ray of hope for lenders and CRE investors....

China’s booming digital economy has led to a spike in demand for internet data centres (IDCs). The rapid development of new technologies and internet services has resulted in tremendous data...

China stocks have been in the eye of the storm since domestic regulatory tightening started late last year, apparently triggered by Jack Ma’s public criticism of the country’s regulators....

A little inflation is always considered healthy. Why? For two key reasons:(1) it is expected to amplify consumption as the purchasing power of future cash flow reduces and (2) it prompts increased...

USA number of US retail companies, including Brooks Brothers, Lord & Taylor, Pier One, Stein Mart, Sur La Table, Guitar Center and Neiman Marcus, filed for bankruptcy amid the pandemic. In the...