U.S. private equity firm Platinum Equity is in advanced talks to buy HNA Group Co.’s Ingram Micro Inc. in a deal that values the technology distributor at about $7 billion, including debt, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Discussions are ongoing and...
Shareholders of Far Point, the blank-check company backed by U.S. hedge fund Third Point LLC, on Monday approved the proposed $2.6 billion acquisition of Swiss payments company Global Blue. The vote caps months of wrangling between Third Point and the private equity...
Robert Smith, the billionaire co-founder of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners, is under federal investigation on questions over tax compliance involving $200 million in assets moved through offshore entities, according to Bloomberg Investigators are probing...
When Ant Group Co. goes public later this year, the Chinese financial-technology behemoth will likely earn a stratospheric market valuation that would place it at the top of companies listing globally for the first time. In the coming days, the company controlled by...
Boston-based private-equity firm, Exeter Capital, is seeking $400 million for its debut fund, and is marketing it despite disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic, people familiar with the matter said. The consumer-focused private-equity firm was founded in 2018 by a... 