Sobi Targeted by Advent For a Potential Acquisition

Sobi Targeted by Advent For a Potential Acquisition

Advent International, a private equity firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, is considering a buyout deal for drugmaker Swedish Orphan Biovitrum. Advent has approached other buyout firms including Permira in an attempt to lead a consortium for the acquisition of the...
Blackstone Makes a $5bn Bet on Housing Low-Income Americans

Blackstone Makes a $5bn Bet on Housing Low-Income Americans

Last month RiseBoro, a landlord learnt that AIG’s disputed stake in its building in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn would be sold to Blackstone, part of a pending $5bn deal that represents the investment group’s most politically charged incursion into the US housing...