by Sebastian | Feb 1, 2022 | News
Apollo and Legendary Entertainment announced a $760m equity investment in Legendary, a global media company led by CEO Joshua Grode that develops, produces, distributes and finances major motion picture and TV projects across multiple platforms and maintains leading...
by Sebastian | Jan 31, 2022 | News
The value of takeovers of listed companies in the UK more than doubled to £61.8bn in 2021, fuelled by a growing appetite for assets from private equity buyers. The biggest plc takeover to complete last year was the £7.28bn buyout of RSA Insurance by a pair of...
by Sebastian | Jan 31, 2022 | News
Major cryptocurrency exchange FTX raised $400m from investors including SoftBank at a valuation of $32bn, it said on Monday, making the platform one of the most valuable start-ups in the fast-growing digital currency sector. The funding round also included investments...
by Sebastian | Jan 31, 2022 | News
Nonantum Capital Partners announced the recent closing of its second private equity fund at its hard cap of $575m in limited partner capital commitments, concluding a fundraising process that launched in the fourth quarter of 2021. Nonantum will continue the strategy...
by Sebastian | Jan 31, 2022 | News
Outsourcing and professional services firm Capita PLC has announced that it has agreed a deal to sell IT services business Trustmarque to US private equity house One Equity Partners for £111m. The sale, which forms part of Capita’s plan to dispose of non-core...