by Sebastian | Jan 21, 2022 | News
Carlyle Group Inc. expects to reach $17bn of its $22bn fundraising goal for its flagship private equity fund in coming months, according to people familiar with the matter. The firm closed on almost $12 billion of investor money for its eighth flagship fund last year,...
by Sebastian | Jan 21, 2022 | News
Blackstone Inc said on Friday it has launched a platform to invest in and lend to renewable energy companies, as the world’s biggest alternative asset manager seeks to ramp up its sustainability credentials. The “Sustainable Resources Platform” will be a part of...
by Sebastian | Jan 21, 2022 | News
Information services and events organiser Informa is preparing to launch an auction process to sell its clinical trial data provider Citeline in a deal that could value the business at up to $1.63bn, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The London-listed...
by Sebastian | Jan 21, 2022 | News
Pet essentials retailer PetSmart is in talks to go public through a SPAC deal with KKR Acquisition Holdings Corp, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The SPAC deal between the blank check company, backed by private equity firm...
by Sebastian | Jan 21, 2022 | News
Britain’s market for high-yielding, non investment-grade, bonds has ballooned by more than a third in the past 12 months as private equity firms, lured by a benign regulatory environment and the so-called Brexit discount, have snapped up companies from supermarket...
by Sebastian | Jan 21, 2022 | News
A SPAC, backed by European asset manager Tikehau Capital and a holding firm of LVMH Chairman Bernard Arnault, became the second SPAC to list in Singapore this Friday as Asia investors warm to blank check firms. The twin listings also mark the first major debut of such...
