Clayton Dubilier & Rice Preps $20bn Fundraising Pitch

Clayton Dubilier & Rice Preps $20bn Fundraising Pitch

Clayton Dubilier & Rice is returning to the fundraising trail with a new buyout fund nearly a year after wrapping up its predecessor with approximately $16bn, according to four people familiar with the fundraising efforts. The firm has begun talking to investors...
EQT snaps up Baring Private Equity in $7.5bn deal

EQT snaps up Baring Private Equity in $7.5bn deal

EQT, the $80.1bn Stockholm-based private markets investment firm, will acquire Baring Private Equity Asia for €6.8bn. The addition of BPEA’s eight Asia-Pacific offices and €17.7bn in assets under management will go a long way toward achieving EQT’s strategic objective...
Bayer to sell pest control unit for $2.6 bln to Cinven

Bayer to sell pest control unit for $2.6 bln to Cinven

Bayer has agreed to sell a unit making pest control chemicals for landscaping and facility management to private equity group Cinven for $2.6bn to cut debt and focus its crop science business on its core farming clientele. Cinven said in a separate statement it would...