KKR, one of the world’s biggest private equity investors, is joining a scrum of suitors to buy a stake in the commercial rights to rugby union’s World Cup. Sky News has learnt that KKR, which has owned prominent British businesses such as Boots The...
Eurazeo has exceeded its initial fundraising target for its growth strategy dedicated to equity investments in European tech companies. Total funding raised is more than €1.6bn, of which €320m from the Eurazeo Group and €200m from retail clients. These successful...
Defence group Cobham has made a $3.6bn offer to buy UK-based Ultra Electronics, in a bid that could draw scrutiny in Britain due to Cobham’s U.S. ownership. Shares in London-listed Ultra, whose major customers include the British and U.S. governments, soared as much...
Global investment firm The Carlyle Group is looking to raise as much as $27bn in what would represent the industry’s biggest ever buyout fund. Carlyle is in discussions with investors about the size of the fund, according to Bloomberg reports citing insiders, which...
Shares of Sema4 Holdings Corp, a genetic-testing and health-data analytics business spun out of the Mount Sinai Health System, are set to start trading Friday after the business combined with a blank-check company backed by Casdin Capital and Corvex Management....
