by Sebastian | Sep 27, 2022 | News, UKPEC
Biffa Plc has agreed to be taken over by private equity firm Energy Capital Partners (ECP) in a deal valuing the British waste-management company at about $1.41bn. The 410 pence per share deal, which comes nearly three months after Biffa first announced that it was...
by Sebastian | Sep 27, 2022 | News
A KKR led group has withdrawn a $13bn bid for Australian hospital operator Ramsay Health Care after talks hit a stalemate, killing Australia’s biggest deal of the year and sending the target’s shares tumbling. The decision announced by both sides on Monday...
by Sebastian | Sep 27, 2022 | News
The owner of European vacation-rentals business Awaze is looking for a sale, according to a media report.The owner of European vacation-rentals business Awaze is looking for a sale, according to a media report. U.S. private equity firm Platinum Equity created Awaze...
by Sebastian | Sep 26, 2022 | News, NPCD
Blackstone’s growth fund is buying a majority stake in Supergoop!, the 15-year-old sunscreen brand. The senior management of Supergoop, including founder Holly Thaggard and Chief Executive Officer Amanda Baldwin, will retain significant equity ownership after the...
by Sebastian | Sep 26, 2022 | News
The $64.6bn-managing Maryland State Retirement & Pension System has picked a trio of major private equity fundraises among its latest $1.1bn of commitments. Thoma Bravo’s mammoth new software-focused private equity fund picked up $125m from the LP, to follow a...
