Advent eyes once-elusive takeover targets amid crisis

Advent eyes once-elusive takeover targets amid crisis

Private equity firm looking at technology, healthcare and consumer sectors The US private equity firm behind one of Europe’s biggest leveraged buyouts is seizing on the coronavirus pandemic to open talks with once-elusive takeover targets. Advent International, which...
Airbnb turns to private equity to raise $1 billion

Airbnb turns to private equity to raise $1 billion

Airbnb said Monday that it has raised $1 billion in debt and equity from private equity firms Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners, even as the online rental marketplace has seen its business plummet due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Terms of the deal were not disclosed....
Germany Plans to Tighten Rules on Foreign Takeovers

Germany Plans to Tighten Rules on Foreign Takeovers

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government plans to bring in new rules to protect German companies from takeovers by entities based outside the European Union. The bill would enable the government to block deals that present “potential interference” to German interests,...
Private equity angles for piece of stimulus windfall

Private equity angles for piece of stimulus windfall

The private-equity industry is pressing members of Congress and senior Trump administration officials, including President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to support policies that could help provide access to billions of dollars of stimulus funds to protect riskier...