What seems like today’s hottest path to a public listing comes with a lot of baggage. The basic premise of a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (Spac) is that a sponsor raises money in a public offering with the expectation that it will identify a target company for...
Pension funds in the UK are set to increase their investments in renewable energy as the sector draws investors with attractive returns, says a survey of 50 pension fund investors by Pureprofile and real estate investment firm Alpha Real Capital. The survey found that...
Aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce will ask shareholders on Tuesday for 2 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) in a make-or-break attempt to survive the COVID-19 pandemic, which has stopped planes flying and hammered its finances. At stake is the future of a company which has...
The Carlyle Group said on Monday it had agreed to buy a majority stake in funds network Calastone from its current owners including venture capital investor Octopus Ventures and Accel for an undisclosed sum. Carlyle said the deal, for an unspecified stake in the...
Jon Moulton, the veteran private equity boss, was a vocal supporter of leaving the European Union in the run-up to the UK’s in-out referendum on EU membership. Now, though, he fears Brexit could have a devastating impact on the UK’s financial services sector when the... 