Vi dials Apollo Global to raise $1bn in debt and equity

Vi dials Apollo Global to raise $1bn in debt and equity

Vodafone Idea Ltd is in superior talks with US personal equity investor Apollo Global to raise as a lot as $1bn by promoting a mixture of debt and equity, two individuals conscious of the matter stated. The discussions are at a sophisticated stage, with the...
Blackstone weighs bid for infrastructure firm Atlantia

Blackstone weighs bid for infrastructure firm Atlantia

Blackstone is weighing an offer for the Italian infrastructure company Atlantia, Bloomberg news reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The private equity firm is in talks to team up with Italy’s billionaire Benetton family, which owns 33% of...
Thoma Bravo to buy SailPoint for $6.1bn in cybersecurity push

Thoma Bravo to buy SailPoint for $6.1bn in cybersecurity push

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo will acquire cybersecurity firm SailPoint Technologies for $6.12bn, the latest deal that underscores the heightened interest in the security software market. Cybersecurity is a hot market right now, having attracted billions of dollars...
Advent buys Italian dessert ingredients firm IRCA from Carlyle

Advent buys Italian dessert ingredients firm IRCA from Carlyle

Advent International has agreed to buy Italian dessert ingredients maker IRCA from rival Carlyle Group, in a sign of buoyant private equity dealmaking despite market disruption caused by the war in Ukraine. Financial terms were not disclosed, but people close to the...