by Sebastian | Dec 12, 2020 | News
Blackstone has resumed preparations to make a multi-billion-dollar exit from the Australian logistics market, according to investment banking sources. It is understood that the private equity giant has appointed two firms – JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley – to consider...
by Sebastian | Dec 12, 2020 | FPEC, News
Mutual insurer Groupe Macif has stepped up efforts to buy Aviva’s French arm in a deal worth about 3 billion euros after an Allianz-led consortium bowed out amid firm resistance from French unions and local partners, sources told Reuters. Groupe Macif has hired Credit...
by Sebastian | Dec 11, 2020 | News
The energy metering group Calisen has agreed to be taken private in a £1.4 billion deal ten months after listing in London. The FTSE 250 group’s shares had been languishing well below the 240p price at which it floated in February with a valuation of £1.3 billion. It...
by Sebastian | Dec 11, 2020 | News
Swiss contract drug maker Lonza has shortlisted German chemicals group Lanxess and private equity groups in the sale of its Lonza Specialty Ingredients (LSI) unit worth more than $3.38 billion, people close to the matter said. Buyout groups Advent, Carlyle, Partners...
by Sebastian | Dec 11, 2020 | News
Waterland Private Equity Investments has closed ts eighth institutional fund, Waterland Private Equity Fund VIII at EUR2.5 billion. The fund closed at its hard cap three months after its initial launch. WPEF VIII was considerably oversubscribed with demand...
