Swiss Re-Backed FWD Raises $1.4 Billion, Weighs Hong Kong IPO December 14, 2021 By Manuel Baigorri Billionaire Richard Li’s FWD Group Ltd. raised more than $1.4 billion in private placements with investors including an insurer backed...
Definity Financial’s CEO Plots Acquisitions After Insurer’s Canadian IPO November 29, 2021 By Kevin Orland Definity Financial Corp., the 150-year-old insurer that held its initial public offering [on Nov. 17], will look to use its...
Canada Insurer Definity Surges on Market Debut After $1.6B IPO Backed by Swiss Re November 19, 2021 TORONTO – Insurer Definity Financial Corp jumped as much as 36% on its stock market debut on Thursday after raising...
India’s Paytm Tumbles in Market Debut, as Investors Question Lack of Profits November 18, 2021 By Nupur Anand and Sankalp Phartiyal MUMBAI – Indian digital payments firm Paytm tumbled 25% on its maiden day of trade on Thursday, with investors questioning...
P/C Insurer Definity Raises $1.1B in Largest Canadian IPO of 2021 November 18, 2021 By Kevin Orland Definity Financial Corp., the property and casualty insurer formerly known as Economical Mutual Insurance Co., raised about C$1.4 billion ($1.1...
SoftBank-Backed Fintech Raises $761M in India IPO. Now Comes the Hard Part. November 16, 2021 By Saritha Rai Yashish Dahiya’s PB Fintech Ltd. climbed 23% on its first day of trading after raising $761 million in an IPO....
Paytm’s IPO Oversubscribed but Doesn’t See Blow-out Demand From Investors November 15, 2021 By Vishwadha Chander, Chris Thomas and Sankalp Phartiyal BENGALURU – Paytm’s $2.5 billion initial public offering (IPO), India’s largest, was oversubscribed at the close of bidding on Wednesday,...
Asian Insurer FWD Group Weighs Shifting U.S. IPO to Hong Kong: Reuters November 10, 2021 By Scott Murdoch, Julie Zhu and Kane Wu HONG KONG – Asian insurer FWD Group, controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, is contemplating shifting its $2-$3 billion...
Canadian P/C Insurer Definity Seeks to Raise $1 Billion in IPO November 9, 2021 By Kevin Orland Definity Financial Corp., the property and casualty insurer formerly known as Economical Mutual Insurance Co., is seeking to raise C$1.25...
Hong Kong Insurer FWD Adds Warnings About China Risks in SEC Filings for IPO November 3, 2021 By Scott Murdoch Hong Kong-based insurer FWD Group has told U.S. regulators it cannot guarantee that Beijing would not seek to “intervene or...