The pandemic economy has set off so much investment activity that it seems like a new record is set every day — whether it’s stock market gains, venture capital investments, or the number of times the word “inflation” is said on CNN. One place that...
Private equity to private equity deals, whereby groups sell UK companies to each other, have jumped by 44% in the past year, as firms rush to please investors and deploy capital accumulated during the coronavirus crisis. The number of so-called “PE to PE” deals...
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has won the auction for Morrisons with a $9.5bn bid, paving the way for the U.S. private equity firm to take control of Britain’s fourth-biggest supermarket group. The Takeover Panel, which governs M&A deals in the UK...
Enterprise software developer Informatica Inc on Friday filed for an initial public offering in the United States, paving the way for a return to the public markets more than six years after being taken private in a $5.3 billion deal. The Redwood City,...
Swedish cloud communication services provider Sinch said on Thursday it had agreed to buy cloud-based email delivery platform Pathwire in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $1.9bn. Sinch, which counts SoftBank and Temasek among its investors, will pay the sellers $925m...
