Wealthy individuals went on an unprecedented buying spree last year, snapping up trophy UK assets, including the Ritz hotel, Charlton Athletic football club and the 170-year-old suit maker Moss Bros – worth almost £1bn. High net worth individuals (HNWI), those with...
Private-equity firm KKR is seeking to raise $271.36 million in the initial public offering of its majority-owned pub group Australia Venue, according to a memo seen by Reuters. The raising will be in exchange for a minority stake in one of Australia’s largest...
UK drugmakers, diagnostics, medical equipment and other life sciences companies have raised £10.6bn from private funding rounds and stock market flotations in the first three months of the year, more than half of last year’s record total, according to a report. Last...
Computer maker Dell Technologies Inc on Sunday said private-equity firms Francisco Partners and TPG Capital have entered a definitive agreement to buy its cloud business, Boomi, in a $4 billion cash transaction. The company said the deal was expected to close by the...
KPN NV has rejected unsolicited takeover offers from a private equity consortium comprising EQT AB and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners and another from U.S. investment firm KKR, the Dutch telecommunications company said on Sunday. “Boards of KPN concluded that both...
