Permira Funds makes €1.9bn strategic investment in Adevinta

Permira Funds makes €1.9bn strategic investment in Adevinta

Permira, a global private equity firm focused on growth at scale, has made a strategic investment in Adevinta ASA. Funds advised by Permira have agreed to acquire approximately 125 million shares in Adevinta from eBay Inc (eBay), representing a 10.2% ownership. Upon...
David Tepper’s Next Play: Private Equity With a Side of Sports

David Tepper’s Next Play: Private Equity With a Side of Sports

Investment fund manager David Tepper, best known for his stock-picking prowess, is devoting a piece of his personal fortune to private equity investing. Tepper – worth about $14.5bn – has become the founding investor for a private equity firm that plans to...
Private credit joins private capital to freeze banks

Private credit joins private capital to freeze banks

The acquisition of Stamps.com for $6.6bn by private equity group Thoma Bravo last week saw a surprising twist in the deal documents: the absence of a traditional bank to finance the leveraged purchase. Large debt-financed acquisitions by the private equity world have...
Lumen Is Said to Be in Talks to Sell $5B of Assets to Apollo Global

Lumen Is Said to Be in Talks to Sell $5B of Assets to Apollo Global

Lumen Technologies  said that the communications-infrastructure company is negotiating to sell some assets to private-equity titan Apollo Global Management. Lumen’s deal with the New York firm would involve Lumen’s consumer operations in some U.S. states and would be...