Berlin – On the 4th of November the Deutsche Oper opened up the doors for the 24th. Festive Operagala in favour of the German AIDS Foundation. It was an exclusive evening for more the 2.000 guests from Politics, Economics, Culture and Media. The Initiators have been delighted that so many guests have followed their invitation to support the good cause: „The amount of guests proves every year how important our fight against HIV and AIDS is“ explains Dr. Alard von Rohr and Alfred Weiss complemented: „We are happy about net receipts in the amount of 500.000 Euro.” With this years’ receipts more than 8 Million Euro have been contributed to the German AIDS Foundation in total.

Evenings’ Highlight was the arwarding of the „World Without AIDS Award“ to H.R.H. Princess Mabel van Oranje and Michel Sidibé who have been awarded for their outstanding engagement in global fight against HIV and AIDS. With her Foundation “Girls Not Brides” Mabel van Oranje is fighting to end child marriage, since AIDS is the death cause no 1 among youngs girls (age 10 – 19) in Africa and no 2 in the world. UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé has the Vision that more and more Countries agree upon an action plan to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

Singer and Moderator Max Raabe guided the audience very charming through the sophisticated program: Ivan Ayón Rivas, Sofia Fomina, Jorge de León, Ismael Jordi, Vitalij Kowaljow, Salome Jicia, Alisa Kolosova, Lisette Oropesa, Christoph Pohl, Golda Schultz and Alexander Vinogradov presented high-level operatic arias to an enthusiastic audience. The following aftershow party with the Chris Genteman Group as well as Beck To Back and Winnie Appel & Paa’pa provided for high spirits on the dancefloor.

Following VIP’s could be seen on the red carpet: oni Garrn, Daniel Brühl, Natalia Avelon, Andreas Bourani, Franziska Knuppe, Caro Daur, Peter Maffay, Dunja Hayali, Michael Mronz,
Dr. Hermann Bühlbecker, Sami und Lamiya Slimani, Frida Gold, Conchita, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Clemens Schick, Ulrich Meyer, Sarah Brandner and Jens Spahn

The Festive Operagala is with its high level guestlist, the internationally well-known artists and the attractive evening programm a constant in the social life of the german capital and one of the most important charity events in favour of the German AIDS Foundation.

The gala has been presented by Audi: „It is a special honour for us to support the German AIDS Foundation and to be a partner in this fight against HIV and AIDS“, Martin Sander, Head of Sales Germany, explains the Engagement of the AUDI AG. Audi donated the initiators Alfred Weiss and Dr. Alard von Rohr despite several contributions in kind a cheque in the amount of 250.000 Euro.Premium Partner MAC Cosmetics and the Verband der Privaten Krankenversicherung (PKV) are supporting the German AIDS Foundation with a donation of 300.000 Euro each. All contributions run directly into the work of the German AIDS Foundation. Additional Sponsors are ELTEC-GEOCLIMA, Allgemeiner Grund & Boden Fundus, Standard Life as well as Lipke & Lipke. All partners emphasize their social responsibility for people with HIV and AIDS as well as their cultural and social engagement.

Festive Operagala for the German AIDS Foundation: A Royal Highness and political, economical, cultural and medial VIP’s at the Gala at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin.

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• At 11/05/2017 06:08:00 p.m.
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The media world has kind of hypnotised our teenagers with virtual reality and simulators, it is something unavoidable, so give up, because new games are coming out every week, making parents waste kind of couple grands per month.

Since Sony with its Play Stations and Microsoft with its XBOX growth its products everything has changed, with its greaters graphics up to HD, 4K photograms and stuff, have started a new era phenomenon, zombieGamers, lol, so we can’t ignore the fact about how addictive are this games for kids, but accept it, it is a good way to get rid those childs for awhile, and besides some parents love videogames, so you´re guilty too, take a look of some sweet gaming rooms.

Sweet Gamers Rooms

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The Investment Banking Scorecard from Thomson Reuters gives you the ‘Fast Facts’ of the week in Investment Banking, as well as a closer look at trends in deal making, with league table movements and regional activity in M&A, capital markets and syndicated loans also included.  Please click here for the weekly highlights and here for the matrix of year-to-date IB activity with breakdowns by asset class/region/sector, league tables and top deals.

Worldwide M&A activity totals $3.1 trillion, just 0.9% below YTD 2007 record

Media & Entertainment M&A hits $216.9 billion this year, up 17% compared to a year-ago

European ECM activity totals $170.9 billion, down 20% compared to a year ago

Materials ECM totals $39.5 billion for YTD 2015, up 6% from 2014

France Investment Grade Debt hits $105.4 billion, down 38% compared to last year

Healthcare DCM up triple-digit percentages with $166.3 billion raised this year

 

US Inbound Cross-Border M&A Bests Full Year 2014 Totals, Up 67% Compared to a Year Ago

Altice NV’s $18.1 billion purchase of US-based Cablevision Systems pushed the level of US Inbound Cross-Border M&A to $333.3 billion during year-to-date 2015, a 67% increase compared to a year ago and the strongest year-to-date period for non-US purchases of US companies since records began in 1980.  Healthcare, Financials, Consumer Products and Media & Entertainment account for 68% of total US Inbound Cross-Border M&A this year, with each of these sectors registering triple-digit percentage gains compared to a year ago.  Canada tops the list of purchasers of US assets, with 16% of total activity, followed by Ireland (15%) and Israel (10%).  JP Morgan ranks as the top advisor to US companies in cross-border deals with $77.0 billion from 20 deals.  Morgan Stanley is the top advisor to non-US companies making bids in the United States with $106.5 billion from 11 deals.

 

Private Equity LBOs Hit $125 billion, Up 12% From 2014

Vista Equity Partner’s $6.0 billion buyout of Solera Holdings, which ranks as the fifth largest global LBO this year, brings PE-backed LBO activity to $125.6 billion during year-to-date 2015, a 12% increase compared to a year ago.  Technology buyouts account for 26% of year-to-date activity and have registered a 90% increase compared to a year ago.  Real estate and retail account for 17% and 12% of this year’s LBO activity, respectively, while buyout targets in the United States, China and United Kingdom represent nearly two-thirds of announced private equity deal making this year.

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Ilya Hemlin
PR Specialist,  Financial & Risk

Thomson Reuters

Investment Banking Scorecard from Thomson Reuters – 18 September 2015

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• At 9/18/2015 07:44:00 p.m.
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