by Sebastian | Dec 7, 2020 | News
Link Administration Holdings on Monday received a higher A$3.02 billion ($2.24 billion) buyout proposal from SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc, pitting the U.S. software provider against a Carlyle Group-led consortium in the race to buy the shareholder registry firm....
by Sebastian | Dec 7, 2020 | News
Private equity gets lots of attention for gobbling up assets of all types, from fast-food chains to red-hot tech companies. Less fanfare perhaps has followed the industry’s growing hunger for, of all things, warehouses and other industrial real estate. With...
by Sebastian | Dec 7, 2020 | News
A blank-check acquisition firm backed by veteran investor Bill Foley is nearing a deal to merge with Paysafe, valuing the payments company at around $9 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. Paysafe’s merger with Foley Trasimene...
by Sebastian | Dec 7, 2020 | News
Hong Kong fashion retailer I.T Ltd. agreed to go private in a cash deal worth about HK$1.3 billion ($168 million) with its business decimated by the pandemic and a shift to online retailing. The deal, which is backed by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, will...
by Sebastian | Dec 7, 2020 | News
Growth capital group Highland Europe said on Monday it had raised 700 million euros ($851 million) for its fourth fund, its largest to date, and reinforced its team investing in European software and internet startups. The new fund brings the total raised by Highland...