New backlash over £530m private equity swoop on insurer LV

New backlash over £530m private equity swoop on insurer LV

The sale of historic insurer LV to private equity has been blasted by MPs amid warnings customers will lose out. The mutual, formerly known as Liverpool Victoria, last year agreed to a £530million takeover by Bain Capital, snubbing an approach from the UK’s...
TPG Growth Is Rapidly Deploying Its Latest $3.56bn Fund

TPG Growth Is Rapidly Deploying Its Latest $3.56bn Fund

TPG’s growth-equity group has wasted little time investing its fifth fund, after quietly wrapping up fundraising for the vehicle in mid-August with almost $3.56bn. The firm has deployed nearly half of TPG Growth V LP, according to people familiar with the matter. Join...
Carlyle revives $1.2bn sale of lingerie firm Hunkemoller

Carlyle revives $1.2bn sale of lingerie firm Hunkemoller

U.S. private equity firm Carlyle is reviving plans to sell Netherlands-based lingerie chain Hunkemoller that were delayed by the pandemic, two people close to the matter told Reuters, in a deal that could top $1.2bn.  Hunkemoller, which runs 850 stores around Europe,...
Blackstone Drops $3bn Bid to Buy Chinese Developer Soho

Blackstone Drops $3bn Bid to Buy Chinese Developer Soho

The New York-based private equity giant Blackstone Group Inc. has officially ended its bid to purchase office developer Soho China Ltd., according to a joint exchange filing by the two companies on Friday. The two property giants attributed the outcome to “the lack of...