According to Silverfleet Capital’s monitor, there were 368 add-on deals in the first half of 2019 Private equity-backed companies in Europe made 368 add-on acquisitions in the first half of the year — the highest ever recorded for the period since 1998, according to...
As factor investing propagates, new analysis from Robeco Institutional Asset Management based on two centuries of data sheds light on its performance. Factor investing seeks an edge over broad market investing by identifying certain characteristics that may...
Acosta Inc., the marketing firm owned by Carlyle Group LP, has gone bankrupt after big consumer-product firms decided to do more of the work themselves to keep up with changing consumer tastes. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Wilmington, Delaware, with...
U.S. apparel and footwear conglomerate VF Corporation and buyout funds Permira and Advent are lining up indicative offers for Italian shoe brand Golden Goose ahead of a mid December deadline, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Golden Goose, owned by...
European equities’ cheap valuations have turned the region into a honeypot for private-equity and arbitrage funds looking to reap double-digit returns. With the buyout firms enjoying a massive amount of dry powder, especially with interest rates this low, the trend is... 