Growth equity has become one of the hottest corners of the private capital industry, as ever-larger companies eschew public markets and find strong demand among investors desperate for higher-returning bets. The investment strategy has long existed as a vibrant yet...
Carsome Group, which operates a Southeast Asian used-car online marketplace, has raised almost $300m in a financing round led by funds linked to Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd and Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, according to people with knowledge of the matter. 65 Equity...
Few private citizens wield more power in America today than Larry Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock. In pushing companies to embrace climate-friendly policies, that has made him a lightning rod. Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox...
John Legend joined the growing list of superstars cashing in on the boom market for music rights, selling a catalog dating back to his first album to an alliance of KKR & Co. and BMG. The songwriter and performer sold both the copyrights as well as the rights to...
Shares in Dr. Martens were down 11 per cent on Thursday afternoon after its largest shareholder sold a stake in the footwear giant. Private equity group Permira Funds sold 65m shares, a year after it brought the bootmaker to market. Permira, via its Luxembourg-based... 