KKR is in talks with Zooplus AG over a potential takeover, in another possible challenge to Hellman & Friedman’s $3.3bn bid for the German online pet supply retailer. The New York-based buyout firm has held discussions with Zooplus, the company said in a statement...
Global investment firm Carlyle has announced a €2.3bn ESG-linked credit facility for its European private equity and real estate platform, to support the firm’s 30% board diversity target, and to address climate change and achieve better ESG outcomes through...
Foresight Group is planning to raise £200m on the London Stock Exchange for a new company that will invest in UK forestry assets. The infrastructure and private equity manager is proposing an initial public offering and plans to sell up to 200m new shares in Foresight...
Azelis Group NV plans to raise $1bn by issuing new shares on the Euronext Brussels, as the Belgian chemicals group majority-owned by private equity firm EQT looks to lower its debt and expand. The company, in which Canadian pension investment manager PSP has a...
One of Australia’s biggest grain farm businesses has sold to offshore interests for more than half a billion dollars. Macquarie Agriculture, the nation’s second-biggest farmland investor, today announced it had sold its Lawson Grains portfolio comprising 105,000...
