Financing Strategies

The ongoing bankruptcy saga involving Delphi has taken a fresh twist after the bankrupt auto-parts manufacturer's former parent company, General Motors, offered to provide US$2.8bn... 2008-03-07

RingCentral Inc, a Web-based telecommunications company, has said that it has raised $12 million in a second round of financing.

A surprise at the end of February for followers of the global league tables for total investment bank advisory work so far in 2008: Goldman Sachs is currently an ignominious third.... 2008-03-07

It appears that high-end Italian fashion group Roberto Cavalli may be prepared to sell a stake to a private equity fund in order to finance its development - and that buyout houses... 2008-03-07

Since Microsoft made its $44.6 billion offer to buy Yahoo on January 31, there have been a number of twists and turns in the ongoing contest. Nothing, though, seems to indicate that... 2008-03-06

Issuance of Samurai bonds, Japanese yen instruments issued by overseas entities, has hit a record high in the FY2007/08 (April to March). Samurais gained attractiveness last year... 2008-03-06

Korea Export-Import Bank (KEXIM) has become the first Korean issuer to enter into Malaysia's local bond market. The MYR1bn (US$311mn) transaction was completed March 3 and received... 2008-03-06

Repsol YPF, the Argentine subsidiary of Spain's Repsol, has announced that it will raise up to US$3.75bn in a secondary share sale. The sale is reported to be taking place on both... 2008-03-05

The Saudi Railways Organisation (SRO) will announce by June the winner of the 'Saudi Landbridge' project worth an estimated US$5bn. The project includes the construction of a 950km... 2008-03-04

An Egyptian buyout specialist, Citadel Capital, has hired a group of six international banks to help raise finance for the US$3bn construction of a new oil refinery in Cairo, to be... 2008-02-28