Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 22, 2023

A previous report by Reuters earlier this month revealed that private equity firms TDR Capital and Sycamore Partners were in talks over a joint bid to acquire Subway, after the family-owned firm said in February it was exploring a possible sale of the business. Like this article?

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

But because these are really good businesses, which got levered, they got leveraged through these leverage buyouts. Whatever you can get for it, hit the bid. Early nineties was the start of the modern high yield leverage buyout business done at scale. There’s leverage. And still growing.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

And what was interesting was the first leveraged buyout of a public company happened when I was in graduate school. KLINSKY: In 1979, it was the first leveraged buyout of a public company. We had sold the family business, maybe buy another family business one day through a leveraged buyout. KLINSKY: Yeah.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

There would’ve been no bid. 00:34:48 [Speaker Changed] And, and you mentioned, you know, at times you’re unpopular, but like we talked about earlier in oh 8, 0 9, 0 7, if you are the only bid, I would think people would be grateful that hey, at least somebody’s on the other side of the trade. That’s an example.

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 22, 2023

billion-plus bidding war for Compass Datacenters: Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP (BIP.N) Brookfield and DigitalBridge are leading opposing bidding consortia in the auction for privately held Compass, the sources said, adding an outcome is expected by next month. Clearly Brookfield won that bidding war paying more than $5.5

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 7, 2025

Other significant transactions include HongShan Capital Groups bid for a $400m loan to acquire Swedens Marshall Group AB and Bain Capitals efforts to raise a $341m facility to purchase Blackstones Singapore-based worker dormitory company, Avery Lodge.

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Private Equity Insights

MARCH 4, 2025

While fee income from private equity is expected to decline modestly in 2025, Carlyles latest US buyout funds posted strong returns of 15% and 21% respectively. High interest rates have tempered large leveraged buyouts, but Wise emphasized Carlyle’s willingness to execute major deals in the current environment.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 30, 2023

That’s roughly triple the deal tallies of buyout firms like Apollo Global Management Inc., has unveiled just one major public-company takeover bid this year. Brookfield’s ascendance comes as some private equity firms struggle to complete buyouts amid shaky financing markets and rich price demands from sellers. KKR & Co.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 3, 2025

Private equity is the final piece of the puzzle with investments dominated by the buyout program. In September last year, after analysing performance and deal flow, Berg decided to switch to fund investing in Asia and Europe and to focus on buyouts in North America. We decided to focus on our buyout efforts in North America.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, I graduated from business school in 1987 and went to GE Capital for two years, financing leveraged buyouts. I mean, you know, I probably shouldn’t have been doing it because I had been a journalist covering public schools and knew nothing about leveraged buyouts. And you know, you guys make your bids.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 7, 2025

But when you’re doing larger businesses, and we have clients that are pan regional, that are European, pan-European buyout players, or that are global buyout players that do global deals, US and Europe. Leverage buyouts requires leverage. But they do ’em for larger businesses.

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