by Sebastian | Feb 15, 2022 | News
Private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners said on Tuesday it would buy MoneyGram International Inc in a $1.8bn deal, seeking to turn around the fortunes of the debt-laden money transfer platform buffeted by stiff competition. Funds affiliated with Madison will...
by Sebastian | Feb 15, 2022 | News
Cloud-based security solutions provider Securonix has raised more than $1bn in a private fundraising round led by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. The capital raised will allow it to make significant investments in hiring senior talent and expand its...
by Sebastian | Feb 15, 2022 | News
Insurance provider MetLife Inc. aims to unload about $1bn in assets from its private-equity holdings through a secondary sale to lighten its balance sheet, according to people familiar with the matter. The New York insurer is creating a special-purpose vehicle to hold...
by Sebastian | Feb 14, 2022 | News
The owners of the Hard Rock hotel in Dublin are planning to put it on the market just two years after it opened for business. Apollo Global Management, an American private equity firm, is thought to be asking €80m for the 120-bedroom hotel, which also includes the...
by Sebastian | Feb 14, 2022 | News
Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the UK’s largest private pension scheme, has announced a €598m private markets mandate that it said will support its net-zero ambitions. The £82bn scheme today announced that it was aiming for the emissions associated with the...