by Sebastian | Nov 21, 2019 | News
SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to receive as much as 300 billion yen ($2.76 billion) in financing from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and Mizuho Financial Group Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. The loans...
by Sebastian | Nov 21, 2019 | News, SEAPEC
Sabana Shari’ah Compliant Industrial REIT and ESR-REIT, two Singapore-listed real estate investment trusts, are being urged to merge by activist fund Quarz Capital Management Ltd. Quarz began buying into Sabana REIT in 2018 and controls around 4% to 5% of the firm,...
by Sebastian | Nov 21, 2019 | News
Fortress Investment Group on Friday raised its bid for Japan’s Unizo Holdings by just 2.5%, still far below an offer from rival suitor Blackstone Group but keeping its hand in what could become a long fight for the hotel operator. Unizo had at one stage turned to...
by Sebastian | Nov 21, 2019 | News
The last couple of years count as only the third time in history when private equity-backed acquisition values, measured as a multiple of cash flow, have exceeded valuations in global stock markets, according to Bain & Company. Previous manifestations of this...
by Sebastian | Nov 21, 2019 | News, UKPEC
Cinven is reviewing strategic options for laboratory-services company Synlab International GmbH including a potential sale, people with knowledge of the matter said. The private equity firm has been speaking with potential advisers and could start a sale process early...
