Mimi Lee

Oct 2, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Mimi Lee

First 9 months 2024 Global IB Revenue is at $63.1bn, up 21% from 2023, on par with 9M 2022. ECM revenue steady at $9.5bn near par for the 3rd consecutive period, amid ongoing US rebound. During Q3 2024, Global M&A volume reached $2.5tn, reflecting a 20% increase compared to the same period in 2023. JPMorgan tops the Global DCM and Americas volume rankings, with BNP Paribas and HSBC leading the EMEA and Asian rankings, respectively.

Dec 14, 2023 | ionanalytics.com | Mimi Lee |Darshan Rane |Raj Saiya

The entry of private equity firms RedBird Capital Partners and CVC Capital Partners into India’s IPL cricket league in 2021 marked a tectonic shift in the country’s sporting industry, until then dominated by corporate ownership. RedBird – which has interests in Italian football club AC Milanand the Boston Red Sox, among others, – picked a 15% stake in the Rajasthan Royals for an undisclosed sum.

Dec 11, 2023 | ionanalytics.com | Mimi Lee |Troy Hooper |Cristiano Dalla Bona |Perris Lee

Most Chinese ADR IPOs in 2023 stuck below offer priceShein’s IPO is litmus test for US regulators, investors’ view on Chinese issuerTwo and a half years since Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Global floated and eventually delisted from the New York Stock Exchange, it is still difficult to see a clear path towards a market reopening for Chinese American Depositary Receipts (ADRs).

Dec 11, 2023 | ionanalytics.com | Mimi Lee |Thiago Barrozo |Izaz Ansari

Volatile exchange rates and macroeconomic uncertainty paired with spiking inflation, high interest rates and political risks have kept US acquirors away from Latin America this year. After major increases in 2021 and 2022, Latin American inbound deal volumes from US buyers slumped to pre-pandemic levels in 2023, according to Mergermarket data.

Dec 10, 2023 | ionanalytics.com | Mimi Lee |Samuel D. Kerr

“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning,” Sir Winston Churchill said in November 1942 after British victories in North Africa, to mark a turning point in World War 2 but also to curb too much enthusiasm.