by Sebastian | Nov 30, 2020 | News
Oslo-based private equity firm Longship has closed its second fund at the hard cap of NOK1.7bn (€160m). The vehicle is slightly larger than the firm’s maiden fund, reported to have raised €133m in 2016. The firm, a lower mid-market buyout specialist, now manages...
by Sebastian | Nov 30, 2020 | News
Private equity firm Harith General Partners Pty Ltd. and the Phembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund are buying equity in a company investing $296 million to modernize Zimbabwe Beitbridge border, one of Africa’s busiest land border crossings. Zimborders Mauritius has a...
by Sebastian | Nov 30, 2020 | News, UKPEC
The billionaire brothers behind the British petrol retailing powerhouse EG Group have launched a daring takeover bid for Caffe Nero hours before the ailing coffee shop chain seeks approval from landlords to slash its rent bill. Sky News has learnt that Mohsin and...
by Sebastian | Nov 30, 2020 | News
S&P Global Inc. is nearing a deal to acquire IHS Markit Ltd. for about $44 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, a landmark deal that would combine two of the largest providers of data to Wall Street. The all-stock deal, which at that price would...
by Sebastian | Nov 29, 2020 | News
Canadian pension funds and insurers are facing a shrinking universe of higher-quality private debt investments to lift returns in a low-yield world, as the coronavirus pandemic has crushed many businesses, while banks maintain lending to better ones. The tightening...
