by Sebastian | Nov 9, 2020 | DPEC, GPEC, News
Deutsche Bank rejected a request by the European Central Bank to suspend key parts of its leveraged finance operations over concerns that Germany’s largest lender was not properly monitoring risk in that area, according to people familiar with the matter. The...
by Sebastian | Nov 9, 2020 | News
A Joe Biden administration could cause serious pain for private equity managers’ wallets, potentially reversing the gains they have enjoyed from the 2017 tax overhaul. The Democratic presidential candidate’s tax proposal would upend the rules the buyout industry has...
by Sebastian | Nov 9, 2020 | News, UKPEC
SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday it spent 139.3 billion yen ($1.35 billion) repurchasing almost 20 million shares in October, part of a record buyback plan that has pushed the group’s share price to near two-decade highs. The repurchases represent a marked...
by Sebastian | Nov 9, 2020 | News, UKPEC
Jonathan Blake was only 32 years old at the time, but the meeting the lawyer held with a senior British Treasury minister in 1987 has helped create more millionaires than the UK’s National Lottery. At issue was a complex structure that Mr Blake had designed to allow...
by Sebastian | Nov 8, 2020 | News
The Fund has a mandate to invest in middle-market growth companies in consumer products and retail, communications, business services, industrials, and healthcare sectors. Berkshire Partners, a Boston-based investment firm, has raised circa $2.6bn so far in total...
