The buyout giant Providence Equity Partners is leading a £300m race to buy Node4, one of Britain’s army of fast-growing IT services providers, in a deal that will net another big windfall for its founder. Sky News understands that Providence has emerged in...
Serie A’s €1.7 billion (US$2 billion) private equity deal with CVC, Advent and FSI could be about to collapse as seven of Italian soccer’s most powerful top-flight clubs are set to block the investment, according to Reuters. The global wire service has seen a letter...
Companies that do not adopt sustainable business strategies can expect less investment as shareholders grow more focused on topics like climate change, BlackRock Inc CEO Laurence Fink said on Thursday. Fink said he has been telling corporate boards they will see...
Carlyle Group agreed to invest $200 million in South Korea’s Kakao Mobility, valuing the firm at 3.42 trillion won ($3.09 billion), Kakao Mobility said on Thursday. Kakao Mobility is the transportation unit of Kakao Corp, operator of the country’s most popular chat...
Activist hedge fund manager William Ackman, whose bets on companies are closely watched, updated investors on how his flagship fund earned a record 70.2% return in 2020 on Thursday in a socially distanced way by sending out a 57-page presentation. Normally this would... 