Saudi Fund Outpaces Singapore’s GIC With $31.6 Billion Splurge

Saudi Fund Outpaces Singapore’s GIC With $31.6 Billion Splurge

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund emerged as the world’s most active sovereign investor last year, boosting its deal activity even as most global peers including GIC Pte and Temasek Holdings Pte slashed spending. PIF, as the Saudi fund is known, deployed $31.6...
Zeus to be acquired by EQT

Zeus to be acquired by EQT

EQT X fund has entered into an agreement to acquire Zeus from the Tourville family. Founded in 1966, Zeus is a specialist in the design, development, and extrusion of fluoropolymer tubing for medical devices and select industrial applications.  EQT also announced that...
Why Britain is ripe for a dealmaking rush

Why Britain is ripe for a dealmaking rush

When private equity giant KKR swept in with a £1.4bn takeover for British energy infrastructure company Smart Metering Systems in early December you could almost hear whoops of delight in Canary Wharf. The deal joined a late flurry of takeovers for London listed...