Australia’s Pepper Group, owned by U.S. private equity giant KKR, will begin targeting nonperforming loans in Japan as the pandemic continues to wallop businesses. Pepper Group has already acquired Tokyo-based collection agency MC Group and will be entrusted with the...
Texas’ iconic Shipley Do-Nuts has a new owner. The Austin-based private equity firm Peak Rock Capital announced it has purchased the company from the Houston-based Shipley family. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Known for its doughnuts and kolaches, the...
Roblox, which saw its business boom last year amid the pandemic, is now one of the most valuable VC-backed private companies in the world—but it won’t be staying private for long. And that’s one of 10 things you need to know from the first week of 2021: 1....
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Co. is overhauling its structure and deploying capital to double in size to nearly half a trillion dollars in the next decade, a plan that will vault it into the top ranks of the world’s sovereign wealth funds. With stakes in businesses...
Arctos Sports Partners, a private equity firm co-led by former Madison Square Garden CEO Doc O’Connor, is seeking permission to build a portfolio of minority stakes in NBA teams, according to people familiar with the matter. Madison Square Garden is the parent company...
