KKR to buy recycling group Viridor in £4.2bn deal

KKR to buy recycling group Viridor in £4.2bn deal

One of the first large acquisitions to be agreed since coronavirus pandemic rocked global markets KKR is to buy UK recycling company Viridor in a £4.2bn all-cash deal, marking one of the first large transactions to be agreed during the market turmoil triggered by the...
Private Markets ‘Not Immune’ to Downturn

Private Markets ‘Not Immune’ to Downturn

Private equity “will also certainly be challenged” in the economic fallout of the coronavirus outbreak, according to PitchBook. Private equity funds may be safe from the daily turbulence of stock market volatility — but they won’t avoid the real economic impacts of...
Morgan Stanley Says Markets Are Bottoming So Sell U.S. Dollar

Morgan Stanley Says Markets Are Bottoming So Sell U.S. Dollar

Global financial markets are now in a bottoming phase, and investors should start to add risk and sell the U.S. dollar, according to Morgan Stanley.  The tightening of financial conditions has been fast and furious, caused by a slump in stock markets and a widening of...

Partners Group warns of virus impact on exits and performance fees

After a stellar 2019, the listed buyout group was more cautious in its 2020 forecast Partners Group, the Switzerland-listed private equity firm, has warned that the coronavirus outbreak will impact most of its exit activities, which will hit performance fees in the...