India Pushes for $203 Billion Valuation for State-Owned Insurer in Mega IPO: Sources January 12, 2022 By Vrishti Beniwal and Suvashree Ghosh India is pushing for a valuation of about 15 trillion rupees ($203 billion) for a state-owned insurer that’s soon expected...
Life Insurance Corp. of India’s IPO Prospectus Could Be Filed in Final Week of January January 11, 2022 By Vrishti Beniwal, Baiju Kalesh and Suvashree Ghosh Life Insurance Corporation of India could file a prospectus in the final week of January for what would be the...
FWD Group Withdraws U.S. IPO Plan, Pivoting Instead to Hong Kong December 21, 2021 By Crystal Tse FWD Group Ltd., the Hong Kong-based insurer backed by billionaire Richard Li, withdrew its U.S. initial public offering as China...
KKR Nears Deal to Buy Stake in India’s Shriram General Insurance Ahead of IPO December 15, 2021 By Baiju Kalesh and Anto Antony KKR & Co. is nearing a deal to buy a 10% stake in Shriram Capital Ltd.’s general insurance unit for...
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....