by Sebastian | Feb 16, 2021 | News
According to a report in the Financial Times, Chicago’s famed comedy theater Second City is close to a deal that would see it sold to a private equity firm, ZMC, controlled by Strauss Zelnick. No price was disclosed and the paper noted that the deal was not yet done....
by Sebastian | Feb 16, 2021 | News
Carlyle Group plans to list Japan’s WingArc1st Inc and is set to win approval for a listing as early as Thursday, two sources said, after the U.S. fund twice failed to float the software firm. WingArc1st, which develops and sells business software, including...
by Sebastian | Feb 16, 2021 | News
Owlet Baby Care Inc, a maker of baby monitoring devices, will go public through a merger with a blank-check firm backed by private equity firm Sandbridge Capital, in a deal that values the equity of the combined entity at about $1.4 billion. The deal includes a $130...
by Sebastian | Feb 16, 2021 | News
Blackstone’s credit unit and Starwood Capital Group LLC will provide 1.8 billion pounds ($2.5 billion) in debt financing for the investment firm’s acquisition of a British holiday company, according to a person familiar with the transaction. The two private credit...
by Sebastian | Feb 16, 2021 | News
Commercial property data vendor CoStar Group Inc said on Tuesday it has made a $6.9 billion all-stock offer to buy CoreLogic Inc, weeks after the real-estate data provider agreed to be acquired by two private equity firms. CoStar offered 0.1019 shares of its common...
by Sebastian | Feb 16, 2021 | News
Leading private markets investment management firm Hamilton Lane today announced the final close of Hamilton Lane Secondary Fund V, L.P., a global and diversified private equity secondary vehicle. The Fund closed with $3.9 billion of capital commitments, exceeding its...
