by Sebastian | Apr 18, 2021 | News
The billionaire brothers behind Asda are said to be closing in on a takeover deal for Caffe Nero after buying up the ailing coffee chain’s debts. Mohsin and Zuber Issa have bought roughly £140m of loans from Swiss private equity firm Partners Group via investment bank...
by Sebastian | Apr 18, 2021 | News
Hong Kong based-property corporate ESR has splashed out $3.8bn to shop for a portfolio of warehouses from US personal fairness company Blackstone in a transfer that can reset values around the nation and places on show the facility of the e-commerce growth. One of...
by Sebastian | Apr 17, 2021 | News
Brazilian private equity firm IG4 Capital has delivered a $916 million bid to buy into holding companies that have large stakes in Chilean lithium miner Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile, known as SQM, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. If SQM’s...
by Sebastian | Apr 17, 2021 | News
Pepco, the owner of Poundland, has announced its intention to list in Warsaw, snubbing London after months of deliberations about a flotation in the City. The initial public offering (IPO), which is likely to take place in the coming months, will be valued at around...
by Sebastian | Apr 17, 2021 | News
Revolut is eyeing a new fundraising round which would see the challenger bank’s valuation soar to more than $10bn. Last summer the neobank raised a further $80m to close out its series D funding round from private equity firm TSG, valuing the company at $5.5bn. Now...
by Sebastian | Apr 17, 2021 | News
Mersey oil refinery business Essar Oil (UK) is in talks with one of the world’s largest investment groups over a possible £400m investment, media reports suggest. On Friday, Sky News reported that Essar, which operates one of the UK’s biggest oil refineries on...
