The Co-operative Bank said it had received a takeover approach from an unidentified private equity bidder, the latest in a flurry of potential deals in the struggling European financial sector. The UK lender announced on Tuesday that it had received a non-binding...
Epidemic Sound AB is considering a sale or initial public offering that could value the Swedish music licensing business at more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion), according to people familiar with the matter. The company is working with an adviser to explore...
Russian ecommerce group Ozon will file paperwork on Tuesday to go public in the US at a valuation of $4.6bn to $5.6bn, according to two people familiar with the plans. Ozon is seeking to raise between $750m and $1bn from the initial public offering on the Nasdaq...
KPMG helped a US private equity firm force the insolvency of a UK-listed business to acquire the company without the burden of its £100m pension scheme, according to a case brought against the professional services firm by the accounting regulator. The Financial...
Omers Private Equity is weighing options for ERM Group Inc., including a potential sale that could value the sustainability consultancy at as much as $2.5 billion, people familiar with the matter said. The unit of Canada’s Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System... 