Paris-based Ardian plans $8.9bn for buyouts

Paris-based Ardian plans $8.9bn for buyouts

The Paris firm plans to emphasize trans-Atlantic expansion as it invests the new fund. Ardian, one of Europe’s biggest private-equity firms, has wrapped up fundraising for its largest-ever buyout vehicle and plans to invest the roughly $8.9 billion with a...
Medline Industries Explores Sale with PE Firms for $30 Bln

Medline Industries Explores Sale with PE Firms for $30 Bln

Medline Industries Inc. is exploring a sale that could value the big medical-supply company at as much as $30 billion and mark the latest in a recent string of large leveraged-buyout bids. The family-owned company has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to run the process,...