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☆ AI hype embellishes Il Makiage IPO
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Anita Ramaswamy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK, July 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Oddity Tech has a sparkly foundation for its upcoming initial public offering. The Israeli beauty company home to the Il Makiage and SpoiledChild brands is highlighting the artificial intelligence behind its makeup and machine learning algorithms that help consumers pick the right shades. These features should help put a dewy gloss on the valuation before the hype eventually fades. His company sells concealers and eye shadows directly to shoppers online and touts that its technology teams account for 40% of headcount. AI also powers Revela, a biotechnology firm it bought in April that develops new molecules for cosmetics and skincare.

Persons: Boss Oran Holtzman, Revela, It’s, Estee Lauder, Child, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Sharon Lam Organizations: YORK, Reuters, Nasdaq, Coty, Tech, Allen, Co, Thomson Locations: Israeli, Cava

☆ Cyber insurance rates drop 10% in June, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - Cyber insurance rates dropped around 10% in June compared with a year earlier, reversing recent sharp rate rises, as claims proved smaller than expected, broker Howden said in a report on Wednesday. Cyber insurance rates more than doubled in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, driven by a rise in so-called ransomware attacks, Howden said. "Everybody is back with appetite for writing cyber insurance," said Shay Simkin, global head of cyber at Howden. Increased competition has contributed to lower rates, Howden said. Cyber insurance premiums totalled more than $12 billion in 2022 versus $10-11 billion in 2021, Simkin said, and Howden forecasts the market to increase to around $50 billion by 2030, given the size of cyber crime.

Persons: Howden, Ransom, Shay Simkin, Simkin, Carolyn Cohn, David Evans Organizations: Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Howden

☆ Cyber insurance rates drop 10% in June -report
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Persons: Howden, Ransom, Shay Simkin, Simkin, Carolyn Cohn, David Evans Organizations: Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Howden

☆ US Senator Warren questions Goldman's role in SVB failure
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Elizabeth Warren has questioned Goldman Sachs' (GS.N) role in the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the profits it allegedly made in the process. The letter said Goldman Sachs benefited further as market turmoil following SVB's failure increased the value of the discounted bond portfolio by an estimated $100 million. Goldman acquired a bond portfolio on which SVB booked a $1.8 billion loss, a transaction that preceded a failed share sale by the lender for which the Wall Street bank was an underwriter. But it's well known that banks don't collect fees when capital raises are canceled," said Tony Fratto, a spokesman for Goldman Sachs. He reiterated that Goldman expects proceeds from the SVB portfolio sale to be closer to $50 million, and not $100 million.

Persons: Elizabeth Warren, Goldman Sachs, SVB, Warren, Goldman, Tony Fratto, Jaiveer Singh, Saeed Azhar, Pooja Desai Organizations: Silicon Valley Bank, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, SVB, Valley Bank, U.S, underwriters, Thomson Locations: Silicon, Bengaluru, New York

NEW YORK, June 20 (Reuters) - Savers Value Village (SVV.N) said on Tuesday it aims to raise up to nearly $320 million for an initial public offering that would value the U.S. thrift store operator at about $2.7 billion. Savers Value Village, owned by private equity firm Ares Management Corp (ARES.N), plans to sell up to 18.8 million shares at $15 to $17 apiece, regulatory filings showed. Based in Bellevue, Washington, Savers Value Village is one of the largest retailers of secondhand clothing, books, toys, shoes and household goods, with 317 stores in the United States and Canada. Revenue totaled $1.44 billion in 2022, up 19% from the prior year, while net income was flat at $84.7 million. Ares Management will retain an 88% stake in Savers Value Village after the IPO.

Persons: Morgan, Jefferies, Goldman Sachs, Chibuike Oguh, Lance Tupper, Richard Chang Organizations: YORK, Energy, Kodiak Gas Services, reinsurer Fidelis Insurance Holdings, Ares Management Corp, Revenue, Management, Canada's, Norges, Investment Management, J.P, UBS, underwriters, New York Stock Exchange, Thomson Locations: Cava, Bellevue , Washington, United States, Canada, Canada's Ontario, New York

☆ Kodiak Gas Services aims for $1.65 billion valuation in US IPO
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 20 (Reuters) - Kodiak Gas Services said on Tuesday it is aiming for a valuation of about $1.65 billion in its U.S. listing, expecting to benefit from returning investor appetite for new offerings. The company is looking to sell 16 million shares in its initial public offering priced between $19 and $22 apiece. Last week, Mediterranean restaurant chain Cava Group (CAVA.N) saw its valuation nearly double after its shares surged in a stellar market debut. In May, Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ.N) consumer health business, Kenvue (KVUE.N), managed to complete the largest IPO since Rivian Automotive (RIVN.O) listed in 2021. Kodiak Gas Services said it is looking to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "KGS".

Persons: Johnson, Goldman Sachs, Morgan, Manya Saini, Shinjini Organizations: Kodiak Gas Services, Rivian, New York Stock Exchange, Goldman Sachs & Co, underwriters, Thomson Locations: United States, Ukraine, Cava, Bengaluru

☆ Here’s our Monthly Meeting rapid-fire update on all 35 stocks in the Club’s portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | In Kevinstankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

Here's a rapid-fire update on all 35 stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio we use for the CNBC Investing Club. In fact, he named Disney as the best Club stock to gift to a young grandchild. CEO Jim Farley's focus on only making profitable cars and trucks will be put to the test in the current quarter. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

Persons: Jim Cramer's, Jim, Apple's, there's, Bausch, Estee Lauder, Fabrizio Freda, Berenberg, he's, Jim Farley's, Ford, Locker, Foot Locker's, Mary Dillon's, Patience, we're, Vimal Kapur, Johnson, J, Eli Lilly, Eli Lilly's, Mark Zuckerberg, Morgan Stanley, We're, James Gorman, enabler, aren't, Scott Sheffield, Coterra, PXD, Jim said, Stanley Black, Decker, TJ Maxx, Wells Fargo, Charlie Scharf's, Scharf, Wells, Wynn, Jim Cramer, Jim Cramer Rob Kim Organizations: Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, CNBC, Club, Apple, Devices, AMD, Nvidia, Amazon Web Services, Bausch Health, Caterpillar, Costco Wholesale, Costco, Humana, Coterra Energy, Disney, Emerson, Emerson Electric, National Instruments, Ford, Management, GE Healthcare, Halliburton, HAL, Honeywell, Johnson, Linde, LIN, Meta, underwriters, Cava, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Natural Resources, Procter & Gamble, Constellation Brands, Modelo Especial, U.S, TJX, Marshalls, Home Goods, Wynn Resorts, WYNN, Starbucks, Las, Jim Cramer's Charitable Locations: Asia, China, California, Mounjaro, Palo, Wells, Las Vegas, Macao

☆ Cramer expects Cava to roar when it goes public, but warns investors to tread carefully
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday gave investors his take on Cava, the popular fast-casual Mediterranean chain that's expected to go public this week. "And, please, if you do want to buy Cava in the aftermarket, I'm begging you, please use limit orders, not market orders, protect yourself. In fact, you should always be using limit orders, because you have no control over the price you pay with market orders." Cramer said he expects underwriters to underprice Cava shares at first in order to engineer "a nice first-day pop." Cramer also warned investors about the pitfalls of the IPO market in general, with most following a similar cycle.

Persons: CNBC's Jim Cramer, Cava, Cramer, underprice Cava, Chipotle, Seltzer Organizations: Reuters, underprice, underwriters Locations: Cava

☆ Here's the 18-page deck a fintech looking to broaden access to private credit used to raise a $30 million Series B
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Paige Hagy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It supports borrowers, investors, and underwriters with its software solution. This startup is building a digital solution for the historically analog world of private credit. Private credit is an alternative asset class consisting of loans privately negotiated outside of the public debt markets. Examples of private credit include student loans taken from outside the government, small-business loans, and consumer loans. "We're ready to scale in a market and a time right now that is all in favor and support of private credit," Chu said.

Persons: Nelson Chu, Chu, it's Organizations: underwriters, Goldman Sachs, Management, White Star Capital, Underwriters, Fitch Group, Juniper Locations: Chu

☆ Europe's insurance tech startups raised $2.2 billion in 2022. Here's 19 of the burgeoning sector's hottest companies to watch this year, according to VCs.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Insurance tech in Europe had its second-best-ever year in 2022, raising $2.2 billion, per Dealroom. The age-old insurance industry has long been battling upstarts promising to upend the sector. The first wave of insurance tech startups birthed a bevy of now-public companies like Lemonade, Metromile, Hippo, and Root, many of whom are now struggling to justify valuations in the wake of creeping losses. Insider asked Europe's venture capitalists to pick out some of the insurance tech startups they expected to thrive in 2023. Here are 19 European insurance tech startups to watch in 2023:This article was originally published on May 23 and most recently updated on June 5.

Persons: upstarts, Root Organizations: Insurance, Venture Locations: Europe

☆ Percent is looking to digitize the analog world of private credit. Here's the 18-page pitch deck it used to raise a $30 million Series B.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Paige Hagy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

This startup is building a digital solution for the historically analog world of private credit. Private credit is an alternative asset class consisting of loans privately negotiated outside of the public debt markets. Examples of private credit include student loans taken from outside the government, small-business loans, and consumer loans. Digitizing an analog marketplaceThe private-credit market traditionally operates in an analog system, with deals being conducted over phone calls and emails and monitored on spreadsheets. "We're ready to scale in a market and a time right now that is all in favor and support of private credit," Chu said.

Persons: Nelson Chu, Chu, it's Organizations: underwriters, Goldman Sachs, Management, White Star Capital, Underwriters, Fitch Group, Juniper Locations: Chu

☆ Crypto insurer Evertas authorized to offer largest single crypto insurance policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"This is the single largest policy that can be approved from one insurance company," Evertas chief executive officer J. Gdanski told Reuters. The $420 million coverage applies to crime-related policies involving the theft of private keys - or codes used to authorize transactions or prove ownership - held by a custodian. The previous single policy limit for Evertas was $5 million. Being a coverholder gave Evertas the authority to write crypto insurance on behalf of Arch, one of Lloyd's syndicate members, part of a group of insurance entities that band together to provide coverage for large risks. The London insurer has also authorized Evertas to provide insurance on crypto mining hardware of up to $200 million, also the largest single policy coverage, Gdanski said.

Persons: Evertas, J, Gdanski, Gertrude Chavez, Dreyfuss, Alden Bentley, Mark Potter Organizations: YORK, Insurance, Reuters, Evertas, Arch Capital, TRM Labs, Thomson Locations: London, Gdanski

☆ Syngenta’s IPO is more relief than triumph
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Yawen Chen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

LONDON, May 30 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Syngenta’s $9 billion Chinese market listing finally looks ripe. With Chinese markets in choppy waters, stability-minded domestic regulators could still have cold feet about Syngenta’s mammoth initial public offering. But a reform to fast-track Chinese listings introduced earlier this year suggests a debut is imminent. The seeds-and-pesticide maker has since erased nearly $20 billion of debt, partly thanks to debt-to-equity swaps with ChemChina. Syngenta’s dragged-out market debut will be more of a relief than a triumph.

☆ Omaha man sails into Florida’s imperfect storm
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Robert Cyran | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

This imperfect storm suits the Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N) CEO’s investing style. Underwriters in the state have been feverishly trying to offload risk following last year’s Category 5 hurricane that was Florida’s deadliest in nearly 90 years. The upside is several billion dollars, Jain said, if Mother Nature turns out to be more forgiving. “If the big hurricane happens in Florida, we could lose – across all the units, we could lose as much as $15 billion. And if there isn’t a loss, we’ll make several billion dollars as profit,” Jain said during Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting in Omaha.

☆ Davos vs. Milken: Battle of the high-profile conferences
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Arguably the biggest financial conference of the year just wrapped in Beverly Hills. Insider's Dakin Campbell, who was on the ground at Milken, has a report on the five biggest topics discussed this year. Dakin's report got me thinking about how Milken stacks up against another high-profile conference: Davos. Milken is also designed, thanks to its namesake, with a keen eye on what the finance industry wants, he added. Click here to read more about the biggest topics being discussed at the Milken Conference.

☆ J&J's Kenvue eyes $47 billion valuation in biggest US IPO since 2021
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] The company logo for Kenvue Inc. Johnson & Johnson's consumer-health business, is displayed on a screen during the company's IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidMay 4 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ.N) consumer health unit Kenvue Inc (KVUE.N) was set to fetch a valuation of about $47 billion on Thursday, in what would be the biggest U.S. initial public offering since late 2021. Shares, priced at $22 apiece by Kenvue, were indicated to open nearly 14% above their offer price on the New York Stock Exchange. While the Kenvue deal is the largest IPO to launch since electric-vehicle maker Rivian Automotive Inc (RIVN.O) listed its shares on the Nasdaq in late 2021, deal advisers have warned that equity capital markets may not recover in a meaningful way any time soon. Reporting by Manya Saini and Bhanvi Satija in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta and Shinjini GanguliOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

[1/4] A view of the Goldman Sachs stall on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange July 16, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidMay 4 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) said in a filing on Thursday it is cooperating with government probes into collapsed Silicon Valley Bank. The Wall Street bank is "cooperating with and providing information to various governmental bodies in connection with their investigations and inquiries" into SVB, including the two companies' dealings in March. The Wall Street bank acquired a bond portfolio on which SVB booked a $1.8 billion loss, a transaction that preceded a failed SVB share sale where Goldman was an underwriter. Goldman was also among the underwriters named as defendants in a securities class action lawsuit related to several SVB share offerings in 2021 and 2022, it said in a regulatory filing.

☆ J&J's consumer health business Kenvue is going public this week. Here's what to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Johnson & Johnson products on a shelf in a store in New York. Johnson & Johnson 's consumer health business, Kenvue, is expected to go public this week in the largest U.S. IPO in more than a year. Kenvue is expected to set an IPO price Wednesday night and start trading Thursday morning on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "KVUE." Kenvue would be valued at around $40 billion at the proposed share range, based on the 1.87 billion shares expected to be outstanding once the deal closes. J&J would hold nearly all of those outstanding shares, amounting to more than 1.71 billion shares, according to the prospectus.

☆ Analysis: Fed report on SVB collapse could buoy shareholder lawsuits
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Jack Queen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

FILE PHOTO: The Silicon Valley Bank headquarters seen from the street in Santa Clara, California, U.S. March 13, 2023. The bank’s parent company, SVB Financial Group, entered bankruptcy on March 17. The Fed’s report concluded that SVB did not adequately hedge against risk, failed its own liquidity stress tests, and chased short-term profits at the expense of long-term stability. Rather than address these risks, the bank changed how it measured them, the report found. “I see this (Fed) report as being extraordinarily useful evidence to dangle in front of a judge or jury on class action lawsuits against accounting firms,” Cox said.

☆ 5 real estate investors who started with low credit scores or zero credit at all share 4 strategies they used to boost their credit and buy their first homes
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Insider has spoken to successful real estate investors who started with terrible credit, or no credit at all, and still managed to buy investment properties. Like many young students, they didn't fully understand how credit worked and ended up racking up credit card debt. Apply for a secured credit card and pay your bills on timeWithout any credit history, Afzal couldn't open a regular credit card. Instead, he had to start by getting a secured credit card, which is a starter card that doesn't require a credit history or credit score. The credit card company will hold that money as collateral if you end up defaulting your card.

☆ Johnson & Johnson to price shares of consumer spinoff Kenvue at $20 to $23 in IPO
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Johnson & Johnson will price shares of its consumer-health spinoff Kenvue at $20 to $23 in an initial public offering later this year, the company said in a regulatory filing Monday. J&J said it launched a roadshow for the IPO of more than 151 million shares of common stock. Kenvue estimates the IPO will generate net proceeds of around $3.15 million, the filing said. Kenvue expects to grant underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 22.6 million shares of stock to cover any over-allotments, according to the filing. The company noted it will own 1.7 billion shares of Kenvue's common stock after the IPO, representing 91.9% of the spinoff's total shares.

☆ A part-time real estate investor who is financially independent thanks to his rental income shares 3 strategies he's used to maximize cash flow
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Part-time real estate investor Atif Afzal is financially independent, thanks to his rental income. To maximize his cash flow, he manages his properties himself, rather than paying a property manager. When Atif Afzal set out to invest in real estate, his goal was to create cash flow. He shared three strategies that have helped him maximize cash flow and create financial independence. There are other advantages to buying in cash besides the cash flow component: "The biggest advantage is you are in the driver's seat and in a better position to negotiate with the seller.

☆ A 37-year-old immigrant who started with 'zero credit' and couldn't get a mortgage when he moved to New York explains how he built a 4-property portfolio that's helped him achieve financial independen
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

When Atif Afzal moved to the US in 2018, he didn't have a credit score and had to start from scratch. His lack of credit became a problem when he wanted to buy a home, so he saved up to buy it in cash. When Atif Afzal moved from India to upstate New York in 2018, he didn't have a credit score. Unable to secure a mortgage, he decided to buy his first property with cash. When he first decided to buy property, "my priority was selecting an awesome location," he said.

[1/2] The landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 1' gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, Germany, March 8, 2022. Russia has a 51% stake in Nord Stream 1 through a subsidiary of state-owned energy group Gazprom (GAZP.MM). While the import of Russian crude oil and oil products is banned under European Union (EU) sanctions, Russian gas imports are allowed. In September 2022, several unexplained underwater explosions ruptured the Nord Stream 1 and newly-built Nord Stream 2 pipelines, each more than 1,200-km-long, that link Russia and Germany across the Baltic Sea. Gazprom and Swiss-based Nord Stream AG did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

[1/2] Dressmaker Faieza Caswell from Mitchells Plain sews under candlelight in her workplace, on the Cape Flats due to South Africa's struggling power utility company Eskom, implementing regular power cuts - called 'load-shedding', in Cape Town, South Africa February 11, 2023. South Africa's relatively wealthy, developed economy and nearly three decades of political stability helped drive industry growth and draw in reinsurers. And they are now tightening the conditions of their agreements with insurance companies. Reinsurers are also pushing insurance companies to include so-called "named perils" in policies rather than offering blanket cover for catastrophes. Grid failure would plunge South Africa into a nationwide blackout that could last weeks.

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