U.S. private equity giant Thoma Bravo has bought British enterprise software firm Anaplan for $10.7bn. The deal, announced Monday, will see Thoma Bravo pay $66 per share in an all-cash transaction. Anaplan was founded in 2006 in a barn in Yorkshire, England, by Guy...
Brookfield Asset Management’s investment vehicle said on Friday it would buy asset manager La Trobe Financial in a $1.1bn deal, as the Canadian alternative asset manager looks to expand into Australia. Brookfield Business Partners will initially pay $756m in equity...
U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group has asked investors to submit bids for Irca in a deal valuing the Italian food ingredients maker at more than $1.1bn, two sources close to the matter said. Carlyle, which owns 97% of the group based north west of Milan, has sent...
A London investment firm Aethel Partners have submitted a bid for Chelsea on Wednesday as they look to purchase the Club from Roman Abramovich. The Blues were put up for sale by current owner Abramovich earlier in the month and despite the sanctions imposed on him by...
The Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has launched its listed alternatives fund. The fund – which was first announced last October – will provide to its members an expanded range of portfolio investments. These investments will be in sectors that...