Last December, New York-based private equity managers Robert Lewis and John Aiello acquired a majority stake in Cesena FC, an Italian soccer club located 50 miles southeast of Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region. Cesena FC is now one of two U.S.-owned teams competing...
McAfee Corp. came forward with a $3.3bn two-part bond deal to help finance its leveraged buyout by a group of private equity firms, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The cybersecurity software maker is selling $1 billion of seven-year secured notes and...
Apollo and Legendary Entertainment announced a $760m equity investment in Legendary, a global media company led by CEO Joshua Grode that develops, produces, distributes and finances major motion picture and TV projects across multiple platforms and maintains leading...
The value of takeovers of listed companies in the UK more than doubled to £61.8bn in 2021, fuelled by a growing appetite for assets from private equity buyers. The biggest plc takeover to complete last year was the £7.28bn buyout of RSA Insurance by a pair of...
Major cryptocurrency exchange FTX raised $400m from investors including SoftBank at a valuation of $32bn, it said on Monday, making the platform one of the most valuable start-ups in the fast-growing digital currency sector. The funding round also included investments... 