by Sebastian | Sep 20, 2021 | News
Steve Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs executive who served as U.S. Treasury secretary during the Trump administration, has raised $2.5bn at his private equity firm, according to a Bloomberg News report here on Monday. Most of the money raised for Washington D.C.-based...
by Sebastian | Sep 20, 2021 | News
Partners Group Holding AG told Reuters on Monday it raised $15bn for a private equity program to invest in assets such as technology, healthcare, and consumer goods companies. Partners Group amassed $6bn for its fourth flagship direct equity fund and an additional...
by Sebastian | Sep 20, 2021 | News
Private-equity deal activity involving midsize companies is running at full tilt as cash-flush lenders help buyout firms finance acquisitions, driving leverage to levels not seen since before the financial crisis. High volumes of unspent capital among both...
by Sebastian | Sep 20, 2021 | News
Brooks Automation Inc would sell its semiconductor automation business to private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners LP for $3bn in cash, scrapping earlier plans to separate the business from its life sciences unit. Shares of the company were up over 3% in premarket...
by Sebastian | Sep 20, 2021 | News
AusNet Services, an Australian power transmission and distribution company, agreed to let Brookfield Asset Management conduct due diligence after an improved $7bn takeover bid by the Canadian private equity firm. AusNet said in a statement on Monday that Brookfield’s...
