CAPZA has held the first closing of its CAPZA 5 Flex Equity fund at EUR450 million, exceeding the final close of its previous fund bu EUR100 million. This first closing confirms the renewed confidence of CAPZA’s historical investors (family offices, insurers, funds of...
CVC Capital Partners, Bain Capital, and Cinven are among the private equity investors circling Serie A, Italy’s top-flight soccer league, for a possible stake. Should a deal close, an influx of new capital couldn’t arrive at a better time. Serie A, like...
Topgolf International Inc., an operator of driving ranges with a party atmosphere, is in talks to go public through a merger with the blank-check company Churchill Capital Corp. II, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Dallas-based Topgolf is in talks to...
KKR & Co. is in talks about a potential acquisition of French clinic chain Elsan, according to people familiar with the matter. The private equity firm is discussing a potential deal with Elsan’s owner, CVC Capital Partners, as it seeks to preempt a planned...
Private equity-backed companies are driving defaults in the Covid-19 recession, with companies owned by Blackstone Group, KKR & Co., and Apollo Global Management among those that have run into trouble, according to Moody’s Investors Service. More than half of...
