BC Partners to buy Dutch puzzle publisher Keesing in €300m deal

BC Partners to buy Dutch puzzle publisher Keesing in €300m deal

BC Partners is set to acquire the Amsterdam-headquartered puzzle book publisher Keesing Media Group from Belgian investment firm Ergon Capital and media company Mediahuis. The firm declined to disclose financial details, but a person familiar with the situation...
Private Equity Fundraising Will Slow Down Next Year

Private Equity Fundraising Will Slow Down Next Year

The record-setting sums raised by Blackstone and other large private equity firms this year are unlikely to be matched in 2020, according to PitchBook.   Private equity fundraising in North America and Europe hit another all-time high in 2019, driven in part by...