There’s a lot to be said for a business staying private. Business founders and owners who stay in control are free to take the company in any direction they want. If they have any shareholders, they are likely to be few in numbers and so there is less kowtowing to be...
Debt sales for Blackstone Group Inc.’s acquisition of Ancestry.com Inc. and Centerbridge Partners’s purchase of American Bath Group LLC are among offerings that could kick off in the coming weeks if the tone in credit markets remains positive, according to people with...
Apollo Global Management is drawing up a bid for William Hill’s betting shops and other non-US assets once the bookmaker’s takeover by Caesars Entertainment goes through. The private equity firm, which wants to back the incumbent management, had originally approached...
Bilfinger SE, the German industrial services provider, has decided to explore a sale after receiving takeover interest from buyout firms, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Clayton Dubilier & Rice and Triton Partners are among several private equity...
Premier Foods said that it had sold its 49% stake in the Hovis Holdings bread-baking joint venture to private equity firm Endless. The FTSE 250 food manufacturer said that it will receive proceeds of £37m including the repayment of outstanding loan notes and accrued...
