by Sebastian | Jun 29, 2021 | News, UKPEC
Ethos Invest plans to raise $1.39bn for what it said would be a fintech-focused private equity fund. The Ethos Financial Services & Technologies Fund aims to target small and medium-sized firms, including in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America...
by Sebastian | May 18, 2021 | News, UKPEC
OMERS Private Equity and the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) have sold a controlling stake in consultancy Environmental Resources Management (ERM) to private equity firm KKR, the Canadian funds said on Monday. The 60% stake sale gives ERM an...
by Sebastian | May 3, 2021 | News, UKPEC
UK drugmakers, diagnostics, medical equipment and other life sciences companies have raised £10.6bn from private funding rounds and stock market flotations in the first three months of the year, more than half of last year’s record total, according to a report. Last...
by Sebastian | May 3, 2021 | News, UKPEC
Computer maker Dell Technologies Inc on Sunday said private-equity firms Francisco Partners and TPG Capital have entered a definitive agreement to buy its cloud business, Boomi, in a $4 billion cash transaction. The company said the deal was expected to close by the...
by Sebastian | May 2, 2021 | News, UKPEC
KPN NV has rejected unsolicited takeover offers from a private equity consortium comprising EQT AB and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners and another from U.S. investment firm KKR, the Dutch telecommunications company said on Sunday. “Boards of KPN concluded that both...
by Sebastian | May 2, 2021 | News, UKPEC
Apollo Global Management made its name scoring double-digit returns on debt-laden buyouts. Under new CEO Marc Rowan, the firm’s future will become increasingly about finding ways to eke out a few percentage points more than corporate and government bonds pay. The...
