by Sebastian | Nov 4, 2020 | News
Dubai’s financial regulator has been stepping up scrutiny of firms to avoid a repeat of two high-profile failures in the emirate’s private equity industry, Abraaj and Al Masah Capital Ltd. “Through our supervision work, we look to probe firms more than perhaps we did,...
by Sebastian | Nov 4, 2020 | News, UKPEC
British shoe brand Clarks has agreed to sell a majority stake to a Hong-Kong based private equity company in a £100m deal, as the group’s founding family cedes control for the first time in its 195-year-old history. C&J Clark, the company behind the brand, on...
by Sebastian | Nov 4, 2020 | News
Frothy public markets have been chipping away at the long-held view that venture-backed tech companies should stay private as long as possible. Over the past decade, many tech entrepreneurs couldn’t be bothered to go public, a step accompanied by extra cost,...
by Sebastian | Nov 4, 2020 | News
Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing, has entered into an agreement to acquire Sweeping Corp of America (SCA) from Soundcore Capital Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The investment will allow...
by Sebastian | Nov 4, 2020 | News
Deal-makers joined in a record-breaking rush to get transactions done before what threatened to be one of the most contentious U.S. presidential elections ever. Companies have announced $143.1 billion of mergers and acquisitions globally in the last seven days, the...
