by Sebastian | Oct 30, 2020 | News
Over the past decade, the private equity industry has made an aggressive push into late-stage deals that were once solely carried out by venture capital firms. That trend was on full display in May, when a group co-led by Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan...
by Sebastian | Oct 30, 2020 | News
A Joe Biden victory on Novevember 3 would have a sweeping impact on mergers and acquisitions as he sets his sights on a higher corporate tax rate, new regulation and increased antitrust scrutiny. The biggest loser might be private equity dealmakers. If firms don’t...
by Sebastian | Oct 30, 2020 | News
Brazilian payments firm Conductor has raised $150 million in a private funding round to expand its business in Latin America ahead of a possible stock market listing in the United States, Chief Executive Antonio Soares told Reuters. The fundraising underscores the...
by Sebastian | Oct 30, 2020 | News
KKR & Co. deployed a record amount of capital in the third quarter, taking advantage of turmoil spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic. The firm invested about $6.2 billion in markets across private equity, infrastructure and real estate, New York-based KKR said Friday...
by Sebastian | Oct 30, 2020 | News
Carrefour will book a gain of €245m after it agreed to sell a 60% stake in its payments platform Market Pay to private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners. The French grocer group said that the all-cash deal gives the business an enterprise value of about €300m. The...
