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Glynn’s Take: Squeeze on Australian Households Worse Than Thought

14Dec

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Glynn’s Take: Squeeze on Australian Households Worse Than Thought

Dec. 13, 2023 9:21 pm ET|WSJ ProSYDNEY—The squeeze on Australian household budgets appears much worse than thought, with a sharp surge in tax payments adding to the pain already being felt from soaring interest rates.For the Reserve Bank of Australia, which outwardly at least still appears hawkish, the pain being felt across suburbia looks set to quash any remaining thoughts of a further rise in interest rates next year.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Former Warburg Pincus Executives’ New Firm Seeks $750 Million for Oil-and-Gas Bets

13Dec

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Former Warburg Pincus Executives’ New Firm Seeks $750 Million for Oil-and-Gas Bets

Updated Dec. 13, 2023 2:34 pm ET|WSJ ProCovalence Investment Partners, a new firm founded by two former executives of Warburg Pincus, is seeking $750 million to invest in the oil patch, pitching its debut fund as an opportunity to buy mature fields at bargain prices.David Habachy and David Krieger, who launched Covalence early this year, both previously worked as managing directors at Warburg and led investments in oil and gas for the New York private-equity firm, according to a fund-marketing presentation viewed by WSJ Pro Private Equity. Warburg has sold several of its oil-and-gas holdings in the past year or so, as it retreats from the sector. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Extension Rounds Push Venture Capitalists to Collaborate

12Dec

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Extension Rounds Push Venture Capitalists to Collaborate

Dec. 12, 2023 6:00 am ET|WSJ ProVenture capitalists are leaning on relationships with their peers to pull off extension rounds—financing that can help safeguard a startup’s valuation during down markets.These deals often happen without standard fundraising pitches, meaning venture investors need to hash out terms among themselves. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Investcorp Joins Corsair’s $4.8 Billion Infrastructure Business

11Dec

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Investcorp Joins Corsair’s $4.8 Billion Infrastructure Business

Dec. 11, 2023 7:00 am ET|WSJ ProInvestcorp has acquired a half-interest in Corsair Capital’s nearly $5 billion infrastructure business, injecting the Bahrain-based firm into a global industry and giving Corsair a capital boost as sheer heft becomes increasingly important in attracting institutional investors to new funds.New York-based Corsair, which also makes buyout investments, managed $9.6 billion at the end of September, including $4.8 billion in infrastructure assets mostly in transportation and logistics. Among those holdings is management company Vantage Airport Group, which helped build the new Terminal B at New York’s LaGuardia Airport and is working on another at John F. Kennedy International Airport.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856...

BOJ Should Raise Interest Rates Before Next Summer, Suntory CEO Says

11Dec

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BOJ Should Raise Interest Rates Before Next Summer, Suntory CEO Says

TOKYO—Takeshi Niinami, chief executive of beverage maker Suntory Holdings and the head of a Japanese business lobby, called on the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates, saying it would help boost the Japanese economy’s productivity and competitiveness.If the Bank of Japan raises interest rates, “the Japanese business community would be ready—which means they should raise interest rates, both long and short,” Niinami said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Monday.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

India Central Bank Stands Pat as Higher Inflation Looms

8Dec

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India Central Bank Stands Pat as Higher Inflation Looms

Updated Dec. 8, 2023 12:41 am ET|WSJ ProIndia’s central bank kept its policy rate unchanged as expected, saying economic activity is strong but that volatile food prices could soon raise inflation in the world’s most populous nation.Reserve Bank of India Gov. Shaktikanta Das said Friday that the bank’s monetary-policy committee had decided to keep its policy repo rate at 6.50%, its fifth straight hold. All 10 analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had predicted that the central bank would stand pat.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Australian Households Coping Well With Soaring Rates, Inflation, RBA Says

8Dec

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Australian Households Coping Well With Soaring Rates, Inflation, RBA Says

Dec. 7, 2023 9:27 pm ET|WSJ ProSYDNEY—Despite interest rates in Australia rising at a record pace over the last year and half, household budgets have adapted to sharply rising mortgage repayments, and instances of extreme financial stress are scant, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia.“While budget pressures are being widely felt across indebted households, most of these households have managed to adjust to these pressures,” Andrea Brischetto, head of financial stability at the RBA, said Friday.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Falfurrias Raises $400 Million for Debut Growth Fund

7Dec

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Falfurrias Raises $400 Million for Debut Growth Fund

Dec. 7, 2023 7:00 am ET|WSJ ProFalfurrias Management Partners has wrapped up fundraising for its debut vehicle to back newer businesses with the potential for rapid growth, after expanding into the strategy last year and hiring a senior Carlyle Group executive as part of the effort. The Charlotte, N.C.-based private-equity manager said it has collected $400 million for Falfurrias Growth Partners I, hitting its upper fundraising limit for the vehicle. Investors included backers of the firm’s buyout funds. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

Costa Rica arrests ex-Panama presidential hopeful tied to money laundering case

5Dec

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Costa Rica arrests ex-Panama presidential hopeful tied to money laundering case

SAN JOSE/PANAMA CITY, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Costa Rican police on Tuesday arrested Panamanian businessman and former presidential hopeful David Ochy on charges of fraud and money laundering, judicial authorities said on Tuesday, following an Interpol request.Ochy was wanted by Interpol for being central to a case linked to former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, who was in July sentenced to over a decade in prison for money laundering.Ochy enrolled as a presidential pre-candidate for Martinelli's Realizing Goals party ahead of the 2024 vote, which protected him from facing trial in the Martinelli case last summer. That immunity has since been lifted.Randall Zuniga, head of the country's judicial investigation unit, told a press conference that Ochy arrived in Costa Rica over three mon...

Pro Take: Nine West LBO Payouts Upheld, a Blow to Creditors

5Dec

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Pro Take: Nine West LBO Payouts Upheld, a Blow to Creditors

Dec. 5, 2023 9:00 am ET|WSJ ProMore than $1 billion doled out to shareholders in Sycamore Partners’ 2014 buyout of retailer Nine West and other apparel brands owned by Jones Group is legitimate and can’t be unwound, according to an appeals court ruling that gave priority to market stability over creditors seeking to recoup funds in bankruptcy.In a long-awaited 56-page ruling, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals last week affirmed the Southern District of New York’s 2020 decision that extended safe harbor protections to payments distributed to shareholders in the deal. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8