by Sebastian | Dec 13, 2020 | News, UKPEC
Authentic Brands is plotting a double takeover of collapsed department store chain Debenhams and Topshop-owner Arcadia Group in a deal that could fetch more than £400 million. Authentic Brands, owner of the New York department store brand Barneys, is in talks this...
by Sebastian | Dec 13, 2020 | News, UKPEC
A consortium of US-based investors is close to buying a big stake in the McLaren Formula One (F1) team in a deal that will value the historic British racing outfit at more than £550m. Sky News can exclusively reveal that MSP Sports Capital, whose partners have had...
by Sebastian | Dec 11, 2020 | News, UKPEC
The private equity giant Blackstone has begun exploring a sale of Lombard International, one of the biggest UK-based wealth managers. Sky News has learnt that Blackstone is working with advisers at Bank of America Merrill Lynch on a potential sale of Lombard following...
by Sebastian | Dec 4, 2020 | BPEC, DPEC, FPEC, GPEC, IPEC, ITPEC, News, NPCD, PPEC, SPEC, UKPEC
After watching from the sidelines as a boom in the listing of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) reshaped U.S. capital markets, Europe is preparing to play catch up next year with around 10 such deals said to already be in the pipeline. SPACs are shell...
by Sebastian | Dec 3, 2020 | News, UKPEC
Bill Ackman’s London-listed investment vehicle will join the UK’s most high-profile stocks index after a year of strong returns fuelled by a well-timed bet that coronavirus would spark sweeping lockdowns and destabilise global markets. Pershing Square Holdings will be...
by Sebastian | Dec 1, 2020 | News, UKPEC
Private equity firm Cinven, and BCI, one of Canada’s largest institutional investors, have reached an agreement to acquire Compre, a consolidator of closed books of non-life insurance policies, from CBPE Capital. Financial details of the transaction have not been...
