Warner Music, Providence to Invest $650 Million in Old Songs

Warner Music, Providence to Invest $650 Million in Old Songs

Warner Music Group is teaming up with private equity giant Providence Equity Partners to go shopping for hit songs. The two companies plan to invest as much as $650 million in a new platform called Tempo Music Investments, which will acquire music catalogs, they said...
Private-Equity Firm Fights Adviser Over $1.3 Million Phone Call

Private-Equity Firm Fights Adviser Over $1.3 Million Phone Call

Nicholas Mockett, a director at Moorgate Capital Partners, describes himself as “old-fashioned.” But in the modern world, that may mean he ends up in court more often than he likes. For the second time this year, the London-based advisory firm has sued a...
Leonard Green Raises Nearly $15 Billion for Private Equity Funds

Leonard Green Raises Nearly $15 Billion for Private Equity Funds

The private equity firm announced a mega fundraise across two funds.   Yet another private equity firm has announced a fundraise in the tens of billions of dollars. Leonard Green & Partners announced Monday that it had raised a total of $14.75 billion across...
Paris outstrips London as Europe’s venture capital hub

Paris outstrips London as Europe’s venture capital hub

Île-de-France region received €3.1bn in investments between 2007 and 2015, against inner London’s €2.8bn   Paris has emerged as Europe’s main venture capital hub in the last decade, overtaking London, according to a report by Invest Europe and the European...