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The world’s biggest IPO A(i)NT happening: Ant Group’s difficult path to public market riches

Introduction On November 5th, the world’s highest-valued fintech company, Ant Group, had plans to list its shares on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchanges in the largest IPO in history, aiming to raise a total of $37bn and to surpass Saudi Aramco’s record of $29bn from December last year. Read more…

By BSIC, 2 years2 years ago
Corporate Finance

The Battle of Dragons – Recent Acquisitions and Investments in China amid the Rivalry between Alibaba and Tencent

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE:BABA) – market cap as of 20/04/2018: $462.0bn Tencent Holdings Ltd. (HKG:0700) – market cap as of 20/04/2018: HK$3,780bn Introduction The first two weeks of April 2018 have seen a string of aggressive acquisitions and the announcement of financing rounds by companies backed by the Chinese Read more…

By BSIC, 5 years ago
Corporate Finance

Online-to-Offline: Alibaba joins the trend with $2.88bn investment in Sun Art

Sun Art Retail Group Ltd (HKG: 6808) – Market Cap as of 02/12/17: $74.70bn Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) – Market Cap as of 02/12/17: $447.20bn Introduction On November 19, 2017, the Chinese online giant Alibaba acquired a 36.16% stake in Sun Art, an important player in the Chinese offline retail Read more…

By BSIC, 5 years ago
Corporate Finance Equity Deals M&A Deals

The Merger King ChemChina is Going West Again – This Time for Syngenta

Syngenta AG; market cap as of 12/02/2016: $37.43bn China National Chemical Corporation; market cap as of 12/02/2016: N.A. Introduction On February 3, 2016, China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina) and Syngenta AG (NYSE: SYT), a Swiss crop protection and crops producer, reached the acquisition agreement with the Board of Directors of Read more…

By BSIC, 7 years7 years ago
Business Valuation Corporate Finance

Rollercoaster Ride After the IPO – A Year in Review for Alibaba‘s Stock

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA); Market cap (as of 09/10/2015):$170.1bn After a year of the biggest IPO in history, Chinese giant Alibaba is yet again in the spotlight, this time for its poor stock performance. After the initial IPO price of $68, it soon jumped to its highest, $119.15. However, Read more…

By BSIC, 7 years7 years ago
Corporate Finance Debt Deals Equity Deals M&A Deals

Yahoo!: rising phoenix or chicken to the slaughter?

Yahoo! Inc.; Market Cap (as of 03/10/2014): $40.28bn Yahoo!, the American multinational corporation, is at a turning point of its existence: being the second largest shareholder in the e-commerce company Alibaba, it was to forced to sell 27% of its stake after the Chinese giant went public on September 19 Read more…

By BSIC, 8 years8 years ago
Corporate Finance M&A Deals

PayPal finally “cuts the cord”: Icahn’s dream comes true

eBay Inc, Market Cap (as of 03/10/2014): $67.46bn On September 30, John Danahoe, president and CEO of eBay, revealed the intention to spin-off its payments arm PayPal into a publicly traded company by the end of the next year. The CEO pointed out that, although both companies are already two Read more…

By BSIC, 8 years8 years ago
Corporate Finance Equity Deals

Alibaba: behind the scenes of the IPO

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Market Cap (as of 26/09/2014): $222.98bn In September 2014, the Chinese e-commerce Alibaba secured its place as a major global company by completing the world’s largest IPO with a price of $68 per share. Due to a very strong demand, the bankers running the deal decided Read more…

By BSIC, 8 years8 years ago
Corporate Finance Equity Deals

JD.com IPO signals investors’ appetite for Chinese online retailers

JD.com (NASDAQ:JD), China’s second largest e-commerce company after Alibaba, floated for the first time on the Nasdaq last Wednesday, raising $1.8bn. The company headquartered in Beijing, but registered in the Cayman Islands, placed 93.7m shares at $19 instead of the initial range $16-$18 per share, valuing the company at about Read more…

By BSIC, 9 years8 years ago
Business Valuation Corporate Finance

Alibaba files for what is set to be the biggest IPO ever

Chinese tech giant Alibaba is on track to complete the single largest IPO in history. According to the S-1 filing submitted on the 6th of May, the fast-growing online retail conglomerate is expecting to fetch from $15bn to $20bn in exchange for a 12% stake, making it potentially larger then Read more…

By BSIC, 9 years9 years ago
Markets Single Stocks

Alibaba’s investors and the market

Alibaba, the Chinese business to business e-commerce giant, is expected to file for an IPO in the next quarter; this highly expected IPO, that is valued at around US$190-200bn has already a huge impact in public markets, precisely in two tech corporations: Softbank and Yahoo!. Even if the financial situation Read more…

By BSIC, 9 years9 years ago

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