by Sebastian | Dec 13, 2020 | News, UKPEC
A consortium of US-based investors is close to buying a big stake in the McLaren Formula One (F1) team in a deal that will value the historic British racing outfit at more than £550m. Sky News can exclusively reveal that MSP Sports Capital, whose partners have had...
by Sebastian | Dec 13, 2020 | News
Britain’s AstraZeneca has agreed to buy U.S. drugmaker Alexion Pharmaceuticals for $39 billion in its largest ever deal, diversifying away from its fast-growing cancer business in a bet on rare-disease and immunology drugs. The deal comes in a week that AstraZeneca...
by Sebastian | Dec 13, 2020 | DPEC, GPEC, News
The German government will buy a 25.1% stake in German defence supplier Hensoldt from private equity company KKR for 464 million euros ($562 million), people with knowledge of the matter said on Saturday. The sources said the purchase is intended to ward off a foreign...
by Sebastian | Dec 12, 2020 | News
KKR, a leading global investment firm, announced the acquisition of a portfolio of 9.7 million square feet of industrial real estate located in seven major markets across the U.S. from High Street Logistics Properties for an aggregate purchase price of approximately...
by Sebastian | Dec 12, 2020 | News, PPEC
Balkan telecoms and media company United Group, owned by private equity firm BC Partners, said on Friday it was in talks with Advance Media Group to acquire Bulgaria’s largest multi-platform media company Nova Broadcasting Group. United Group, which acquired...