Strategic Value Partners, an investment group focused on the debt of distressed companies, has raised a $1.6bn “dislocation fund” to take advantage of opportunities thrown up by the coronavirus crisis, as investors bet that a wave of defaults is still to come. The...
Two of the most keenly anticipated tech flotations of the year traded higher after debuting on the US stock market in direct listings on Wednesday. Shares in Palantir, the data analysis company backed by Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel, advanced 10 per cent above...
COVID-19 continues to adversely affect economies globally. With the full extent of its impact still uncertain, we reached out to the PE community to learn more about their perspectives on the impact of the pandemic on PE markets in their respective regions. The survey...
Clipper Logistics Plc is attracting interest from buyout firms as the British company benefits from the rise in online shopping, people with knowledge of the matter said. Cinven is among private equity firms that have been evaluating the Leeds-based company, according...
Security group G4S on Wednesday rejected a cash offer by smaller Canadian rival GardaWorld that valued the British company at 2.97 billion pounds ($3.81 billion), weeks after it turned down a similar proposal. G4S, one of the world’s largest private security... 