Paris-based private equity investor Ardian has started making preparations for an initial public offering, Bloomberg reported, potentially adding it to a growing list of publicly traded PE firms. The asset manager, which has around $120 billion in assets under...
Providence Equity Partners, one of the private-equity industry’s oldest sector-focused firms, is pitching its latest flagship fund to investors after a successful management transition last year. The firm is targeting $6 billion for its newest main buyout fund and...
KKR & Co. is setting the stage for a battle of control at Italy’s biggest phone company with a $12.2bn bid pitting the U.S. private-equity fund against France’s Vivendi SE. Vivendi, the largest shareholder in Telecom Italia SpA, is unlikely to support KKR’s 50.5...
athenahealth, a leading provider of cloud-based enterprise software solutions for medical groups and health systems nationwide, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be jointly acquired by affiliates of Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman...
Investment firm Apollo Global Management is reportedly mulling a buyout of UK high street staple Marks & Spencer. The New York based company considers the purchase a bargain and believes the joint venture between M&S and delivery company Ocado has been... 