BC Partners to buy Dutch puzzle publisher Keesing in €300m deal

BC Partners to buy Dutch puzzle publisher Keesing in €300m deal

BC Partners is set to acquire the Amsterdam-headquartered puzzle book publisher Keesing Media Group from Belgian investment firm Ergon Capital and media company Mediahuis. The firm declined to disclose financial details, but a person familiar with the situation...
Hillhouse in talks to take developer SOHO China private

Hillhouse in talks to take developer SOHO China private

Private equity firm Hillhouse Capital Group is in talks to take property developer SOHO China Ltd private, said four people with knowledge of the matter, in a deal that could be worth more than $2 billion and accentuate a trend in Hong Kong. Asia-focused Hillhouse has...
A UK property market mini boom? For houses, yes — but not flats

A UK property market mini boom? For houses, yes — but not flats

Ruth Baker has an urgent deadline. The graphic designer and her husband are desperate to buy a four-bedroom house they have found in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, by mid-January so they can apply for a primary school place for their three-year-old son. First, however, they...
Private Equity Cash Boosts Fortunes of America’s Mid-Sized Firms

Private Equity Cash Boosts Fortunes of America’s Mid-Sized Firms

America’s mid-sized companies are faring better than industry watchers feared at the start of the pandemic, as private equity owners step in to help tide them over. Sponsors have provided more cash to portfolio companies compared to the 2008 crisis, with a view that...