The total value of UK private equity club deals hit over $27.4bn last year, a fourfold increase from the roughly $6.2 billion last year. The number of these ‘club deals’ has reached a three-year high, there were 56 deals last year, up 30 per cent from 43 the year...
Nestle is in discussions to buy nutritional supplement maker The Bountiful Company, the Swiss food giant said on Monday, confirming earlier reports it was close to a deal in the mid-single digit billions. “Nestlé S.A. today announced that it is in discussions to...
Stone Point Capital and GIC are nearing a deal to buy retirement and savings account provider Ascensus for about $3 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The investment firms could announce a transaction for the company as soon as this week, said the...
Carlyle Group, one of the original private-equity powerhouses, has had a rocky stretch as a public company. The Washington, D.C., firm’s shares have significantly underperformed since its 2012 initial public offering. Though they have more than tripled over the...
Investors who bought into the special-purpose acquisition company, Churchill Capital Corp. III, that took a healthcare-services company, MultiPlan, public last year in an $11 billion deal have suffered steep losses. Promoters of the SPAC still stand to make millions.... 