Private equity accounted for a massive 80 percent of all data center acquisitions that closed in 2019, driving data center M&A to new heights. Private equity firms are taking over the data center market, accounting for approximately 80 percent of all data center...
Overlapping ownership in companies participating in some of last year’s biggest mergers and acquisitions may be prodding regulators to pose a new set of questions. The Federal Trade Commission is asking businesses that seek to merge to identify who their largest...
Activist investors have worked hard to improve their image over the past few years. The hooligans of corporate America have swapped saber-rattling for soft power and found that there is still money to be made. Take Starboard Value. The hedge fund sounded loved up last...
Kone Oyj handed in the highest offer for Thyssenkrupp AG’s elevator business, as the Finnish company tries to outbid buyout firms by a wide enough margin to overcome antitrust concerns, people with knowledge of the matter said. Kone, which has teamed up with CVC...
European private equity firm Hg is planning to raise its biggest-ever pool of capital, as it gears up to seek about $4 billion for a new buyout fund, people with knowledge of the matter said. The investment firm is making early preparations for the fund, known as... 