Omers Private Equity Inc. is weighing a sale of Kenan Advantage Group Inc., a provider of bulk transportation that could fetch $2.5 billion or more including debt, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The private equity arm of the Canadian pension fund...
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) says there will be private investors for its projects, and it is in talks with private and public landowners about financing building retrofits as part of the government’s plan to foster a green economic recovery. “We actually...
Summit Partners has invested $56m in LearnUpon, a Dublin-based corporate education technology provider. The investment is LearnUpon’s largest capital infusion since the company was formed in 2012, according to Brendan Noud, the company’s co-founder and chief...
Kainos Capital, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the food and consumer industry, said Monday it has agreed to acquire Nutrisystem, a direct-to-consumer nutrition and weight management brand, from Tivity Health, Inc. for $575 million. The transaction is...
BlackRock Inc. says that the scale of restructuring needs globally could exceed the previous peak that followed the 2008 global financial crisis. “One big reason is the significant growth in sub-investment grade debt,” the company’s research arm, BlackRock Investment...
