by Sebastian | Oct 31, 2020 | News
Inspire Brands Inc will buy Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc for $8.76 billion, the two companies said late on Friday, bringing chains like Arby’s and Dunkin’ Donuts under the same umbrella in one of the largest restaurant deals. Inspire Brands, which owns Arby’s, Buffalo...
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...
