by Sebastian | May 31, 2022 | News
Chelsea has struck a deal to sell the Premier League club to a consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly and backed by Clearlake Capital. The new owners said they are “committed to investing in key areas that will extend and enhance...
by Sebastian | May 30, 2022 | News
Vista Equity Partners is almost halfway to raising the $20bn target it set for its flagship fund, according to people familiar with the situation. Led by billionaire Robert F. Smith, the eighth iteration of the private equity firm’s main fund has garnered more than $9...
by Sebastian | May 30, 2022 | News
Blackstone is seeking a tenfold increase of assets in its Asia-Pacific private credit business to tap a market with a growing appetite for such financing. The U.S. alternative asset manager aims to expand its private credit assets to at least $5 billion in the “near...
by Sebastian | May 30, 2022 | News
Japanese buyout firms Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) and Polaris Capital Group are each considering participating in bids for Toshiba Corp. Toshiba, which has been bedevilled by accounting and governance crises since 2015, set up a special committee last month to...
by Sebastian | May 30, 2022 | News
London Student Accommodation (LSAV), the 50-50 joint venture between Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and Unite Students has acquired two assets in London for €400m. The properties in Wembley and Whitechapel were sold by the wider Unite group and take the gross...