William Ackman’s Pershing Square has committed to buy an additional 2.9% of Universal Music Group capital from Vivendi for $1.15bn, the French media conglomerate said in a statement. Vivendi noted that the purchase price is based on an enterprise value of €35bn...
Blackstone and QTS Realty Trust today announced that affiliates of Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, and Blackstone Property Partners have completed their previously announced acquisition of QTS Realty Trust for approximately...
Blue Prism Group on Tuesday said it is in talks with TPG Capital and Vista Equity Partners over possible takeover offers. Shares in Blue Prism jumped 40% to 1,160.36 pence in London on Tuesday afternoon, giving the company a market capitalisation of €1.12bn. The stock...
Databricks, a data analytics platform that uses artificial intelligence, said on Tuesday it raised $1.6bn to expand its engineering team to keep its lead in the market, a funding round that valued it at $38bn. The latest round was led by Morgan Stanley Investment...
Allentro, the trading firm of choice in the institutional crypto markets, today announced that DHS Group Equity Partners (a subsidiary of DHS Holdings) has agreed to acquire a $575 million control and total purchase of the firm. The investment marks the start of a...