Topps Co Inc, a sports and entertainment collectible firm backed by former Walt Disney Co Chief Michael Eisner, said on Tuesday it will go public through a merger with a blank-check firm in a deal valuing the combined company at $1.3 billion. The deal with Mudrick...
Ares Management Corporation, a leading global alternative investment manager, announced today the final closing of its Ares U.S. Real Estate Opportunity Fund III, L.P. The Fund, which targets distressed, repositioning, and selective development opportunities, was...
KKR, the New York-based private markets heavyweight, announced it has closed its latest Asia Pacific private equity fund at $15 billion, a record for a PE fund focused on the region. Roughly $1.3 billion of that total will be invested by KKR and its employees...
Investment firm Sky9 Capital’s portfolio company Smart Share Global, has completed its IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker ‘EM’, at a market capitalisation of $2.3 billion at closing. Smart Share Global is a consumer tech company providing an...
SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to pay $2.8 billion for a 40% stake in Norwegian warehouse-automation company AutoStore, marking another big bet by the Japanese conglomerate on robot-enabled technology. AutoStore is controlled by Thomas H. Lee Partners LP, while another...
