by Sebastian | Nov 13, 2020 | BPEC, News
BC Partners is set to acquire the Amsterdam-headquartered puzzle book publisher Keesing Media Group from Belgian investment firm Ergon Capital and media company Mediahuis. The firm declined to disclose financial details, but a person familiar with the situation...
by Sebastian | Nov 13, 2020 | News, UKPEC
Private equity firm Hillhouse Capital Group is in talks to take property developer SOHO China Ltd private, said four people with knowledge of the matter, in a deal that could be worth more than $2 billion and accentuate a trend in Hong Kong. Asia-focused Hillhouse has...
by Sebastian | Nov 13, 2020 | News, UKPEC
Ruth Baker has an urgent deadline. The graphic designer and her husband are desperate to buy a four-bedroom house they have found in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, by mid-January so they can apply for a primary school place for their three-year-old son. First, however, they...
by Sebastian | Nov 13, 2020 | ITPEC, News
CVC Capital Partners and Advent International want to add a “breakaway” clause to their €1.6bn deal to buy into Italy’s Serie A football competition to protect their investment if a rival European super league is launched. The two private equity firms are part of a...
by Sebastian | Nov 12, 2020 | News
America’s mid-sized companies are faring better than industry watchers feared at the start of the pandemic, as private equity owners step in to help tide them over. Sponsors have provided more cash to portfolio companies compared to the 2008 crisis, with a view that...
