by Sebastian | Jan 31, 2022 | News
KKR-backed Avendus Capital has acquired mid-market investment banking firm Spark Capital’s institutional equities business for an undisclosed amount. The transaction will help global private equity fund KKR backed Avendus to finally get into the institutional equities...
by Sebastian | Jan 31, 2022 | News
Software company Citrix is close to closing a $13bn deal in what will be the largest leveraged buyout in months since stocks in public technology companies plunged. Citrix is close to an agreement to sell Elliott Management and Vista Equity for $104 per share. The...
by Sebastian | Jan 30, 2022 | News
A push by the private equity industry to measure its effect on the environment and society is gaining steam. Apollo Global Management Inc, Ares Management Corp. and Oaktree Capital Management are among firms that have agreed to collect data on greenhouse emissions,...
by Sebastian | Jan 30, 2022 | News
CVC Capital Partners co-Chairman Steve Koltes will step down this year as Europe’s biggest buyout firm prepares for a stock market listing that a source familiar with the matter told Reuters could value it at more than $22bn. Koltes, who co-founded CVC in 1993...
by Sebastian | Jan 30, 2022 | News
Walgreens Boots Alliance in the US has kicked off the sales process for its Boots international retail chemists as fresh buyout firms, including Sycamore Partners, consider bids, according to sources. The US company is sending out preliminary information on the...
by Sebastian | Jan 30, 2022 | News
Blackstone has amassed $11bn to buy companies in Asia after raising its second private-equity fund for the region, nearly tripling its previous pool of capital raised in 2018. The world’s largest alternative asset manager raised $6.4 billion and will receive an...
