by Sebastian | Dec 28, 2021 | News
KKR revealed that it has increased its share repurchase authorization to $500 million. As of October 29, 2021, about $160m of buyback authority remained outstanding under the previous program. KKR engages in the provision of investment and private equity asset...
by Sebastian | Dec 28, 2021 | News
Portland’s Press Hotel, a former newspaper building transformed by developer Jim Brady into a 110-room boutique hotel, has been sold to a private equity investor, the companies announced on Monday. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. Brady’s Fathom Cos....
by Sebastian | Dec 28, 2021 | News
The biggest mergers and acquisition boom in history isn’t showing signs of slowing. Companies announced a mammoth $5 trillion-plus of deals in 2021, eclipsing the previous annual record set in 2007 by almost $1 trillion thanks to wave after wave of transformational...
by Sebastian | Dec 28, 2021 | News
Private equity firm New State Capital Partners has acquired Avex, an authorized distributor and recommended service center of Daher TBM turboprops in the southwestern U.S. With locations at Camarillo Airport in California and Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in...
by Sebastian | Dec 28, 2021 | News
Private equity predators have spent close to £100billion plundering British companies since the start of the pandemic. The buyout barons have taken over 1,206 firms including household names from Morrisons to G4S, according to data from Refinitiv. The ‘pandemic...
by Sebastian | Dec 28, 2021 | News
Activist investor Starboard Value LP has purchased a 6.5% stake in web services firm GoDaddy worth about $800m, according to a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Although no longer a major shareholder, Silver Lake and KKR still hold...
