Medallia, the global leader in customer and employee experience, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, in an all-cash transaction that values Medallia at $6.4bn. Through this...
UK corporates have seen their aggregate net cash holdings rise from £20bn to £109bn since March 2020 and the start of the Covid pandemic, a jump of 500%. The build up in cash balances has been so dramatic that UK corporates are increasingly seen as a serious rival to...
Tikehau Capital, the global alternative asset management group, has held the final close of Tikehau Special Opportunities Fund II (TSO II) with total commitments of €617m. TSO II, which had an initial target of €500m, is the second vintage of Tikehau Capital’s Special...
Global alternative asset manager Blackstone has raised $5.24bn so far for its second Asia private equity fund and has begun raising a third real estate fund for the region, it said during a Q2 2021 earnings call last week. Blackstone expects to hit the $6.4bn hard cap...
Bridgepoint has held early-stage talks with possible advisers about a £500 million sale, which could take place next year, Sky News reported. The private equity owner of Burger King UK is exploring a sale of the fast-food chain, days after itself raising £300 million... 