In the second half of October, KKR – via its new Chord Music venture – acquired a large portfolio of rights from Kobalt for $1.1bn. Now, KKR is indeed securitizing that catalog into bonds, and seeking a nice rating for them. According to Bloomberg, KKR Credit Advisors...
Sports leagues invited private equity firms to join in 2021 and firms invested nearly $2bn in team stakes, according to PitchBook. Investors flocked to the NBA to provide growth capital to teams and more deals are projected in 2022. U.S. stocks made a ton of money for...
Investment in financial tech firms in the UK grew sevenfold last year to $37.3bn (£27.5bn), according to KPMG, with London attracting more fintech funding than the rest of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) put together. The investment total was boosted by 601...
Troubled e-commerce retailer THG is being circled by private equity firms for a potential buyout. Representatives from Advent International have reportedly visited the firm’s Manchester headquarters while LA-based Leonard Green is understood to have also expressed an...
Private-equity funds have increasingly begun to buy up professional services firms, as they face mounting pressure to deploy their capital quickly in the face of economic uncertainty. The number of private-equity backed acquisitions of UK professional services firms... 