After watching from the sidelines as a boom in the listing of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) reshaped U.S. capital markets, Europe is preparing to play catch up next year with around 10 such deals said to already be in the pipeline. SPACs are shell...
More than 20 private equity firms are in the running to invest €300m in the Bundesliga, as Germany’s top football league embarks on a radical plan to roll out an international online subscription service. Deutsche Fussball Liga (DFL), the body that runs Germany’s top...
Germany’s elite soccer body has attracted fresh private equity interest in its overseas media rights, as cash-hungry European leagues explore ways to unlock value from the world’s most popular sport. Advent International and BC Partners are among suitors that have...
KKR & Co. is preparing to raise another European buyout fund just a year after its last one, having comfortably outspent rivals during the coronavirus pandemic, according to people familiar with the matter. The U.S. private equity firm is in the early stages of...
The German stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse said on Tuesday it would acquire an 80% stake in Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) for about $1.8 billion, the latest in a flurry of deals to sweep across the exchange industry. It makes good on a promise by... 