Private equity firm Francisco Partners and activist hedge fund Elliott Management are preparing to sell platform security vendor SonicWall after nearly five years of ownership, PE Hub reported. SonicWall could be valued at more than US$2.5 billion. The sale process is...
KKR, a global investment firm, and Ensono, a leading hybrid IT services provider, have closed the previously announced acquisition of Ensono by KKR. Ensono provides a comprehensive suite of services that help enterprises manage, optimise and modernise their IT systems...
British Airways has appointed BlackRock to manage £21.5bn of its pension schemes’ assets, covering two of the UK’s largest defined benefit schemes. BlackRock will manage assets within the Airways Pension Scheme and the New Airways Pension Scheme, which serve more than...
At Private Equity Insights we have gathered this week’s biggest news in the private equity and venture capital markets. 1. KKR, CD&R Strike $5.3 Billion Deal to Buy Cloudera Private-equity firms KKR & Co. and Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC agreed to buy...
Private-capital groups built up sharply different portfolios before and during the pandemic, putting billions of dollars to work. The reopening of the economy from the pandemic is setting up a contest between the most powerful investment firms on Wall Street. ... 