by Sebastian | Nov 27, 2020 | News, SEAPEC
Blackstone and Chinese online retailer JD.com are among more than 10 parties to bid for CMC Holdings, the sole distributor of FANCL’s skincare products in Asia outside Japan, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Bain Capital, Carlyle, MBK Partners, Sequoia...
by Sebastian | Nov 27, 2020 | News, UKPEC
Equity investment organisation Newable Ventures and Bristol Private Equity Club (BPEC) have secured £10million from British Business Investments – a subsidiary of the British Business Bank – to fund early-stage businesses. The cash, from British Business...
by Sebastian | Nov 27, 2020 | News, UKPEC
British outsourcer Capita Plc said on Friday it was in exclusive talks with private equity firm Montagu over the potential sale of its standalone Education Software Solutions (ESS) business. The company, which has been trying to sell some non-core assets, had expected...
by Sebastian | Nov 27, 2020 | News
3G Capital, which invests alongside Warren Buffett, is seeking to hold on to its investors’ money for longer as coronavirus uncertainty and sky-high valuations delay its next megadeal, say people briefed about the matter. The Brazilian-US investment group behind Kraft...
by Sebastian | Nov 26, 2020 | News, PPEC
Warsaw-based private equity firm Abris Capital Partners has bought the entire shareholding in Scanmed, a Polish healthcare network operator, for €76m. The purchase, made by the Abris CEE Mid-Market III LP fund, is for 100% of the shares in Scanmed from the seller Life...
by Sebastian | Nov 26, 2020 | News
In recent years, the private-equity industry has made slow but steady progress in its quest to open the asset class to ordinary investors, including 401(k) retirement plans, although so far those investors haven’t yet flooded the asset class. Rishi Kapoor, the...