Financing Strategies
United States
Starwood Energy Group Global, a subsidiary of Starwood Capital, and a private equity firm specialising in the energy and power sectors, announced on June 20 the closure of its first...
2008-06-26United States
Hughes Telematics has agreed to be acquired by Polaris Acquisition for US$700mn. The all-stock deal will give Atlanta-based Hughes a US$140mn capital injection, which Eric Goldman...
2008-06-19United States
New York-based FTL Solar announced on June 6 that it has closed the first round of funding for its US$50mn capital acquisition initiative. FTL Solar, which is a developer and manufacturing...
2008-06-13United States
On June 5, PrivateBancorp, a Chicago-based financial services company, announced that it would sell 4mn shares at US$34 per share in a continued effort to raise funds for the bank's...
2008-06-13United States
On May 27 Bank of America (BoA) announced that it will exercise its options to purchase 6bn Hong Kong-listed shares in China Construction Bank (CCB). BoA, which bought a 8.2% stake...
2008-05-30Social networking site Facebook, which has raised US$360mn in the last seven months, will borrow an additional US$100mn from TriplePoint Capital, a company that specializes in lending...
2008-05-13United States
On April 29 Citigroup Inc tapped up the market again for the second time in nine days, when it raised US$4.5bn in a sale of common stock, 50% more than the US$3bn it originally planned...
2008-05-02United States
Warburg Pincus, a New York-based private equity group, announced April 22 that it raised US$15bn for its new global fund. The amount surpassed its plan to raise US$12bn for the fund,...
2008-04-25
