US buyout firm Siris Capital plots fresh £600m tilt at Equiniti

US buyout firm Siris Capital plots fresh £600m tilt at Equiniti

An American private equity firm is on the verge of making a fifth bid approach for Equiniti, the FTSE-250 company which handles share registrar and other back-office services for some of Britain’s biggest businesses. Sky News has learnt that Siris Capital is...
Asda’s billionaire owners close in on Caffe Nero takeover

Asda’s billionaire owners close in on Caffe Nero takeover

The billionaire brothers behind Asda are said to be closing in on a takeover deal for Caffe Nero after buying up the ailing coffee chain’s debts. Mohsin and Zuber Issa have bought roughly £140m of loans from Swiss private equity firm Partners Group via investment bank...
ESR snares Blackstone industrial property portfolio for $3.8bn

ESR snares Blackstone industrial property portfolio for $3.8bn

Hong Kong based-property corporate ESR has splashed out $3.8bn to shop for a portfolio of warehouses from US personal fairness company Blackstone in a transfer that can reset values around the nation and places on show the facility of the e-commerce growth.  One of...
Poundland owner Pepco snubs London listing with £4bn Poland IPO

Poundland owner Pepco snubs London listing with £4bn Poland IPO

Pepco, the owner of Poundland, has announced its intention to list in Warsaw, snubbing London after months of deliberations about a flotation in the City. The initial public offering (IPO), which is likely to take place in the coming months, will be valued at around...