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PE-led consortium to take Hong Kong’s ESR Group private in $7.09bn deal

Private Equity Wire

A consortium led by private equity firms Starwood Capital Group and Warburg Pincus has made a HKD55.19bn ($7.09bn) bid to take Hong Kong-based real estate investment firm ESR Group private, according to a report by Reuters citing a company announcement on Wednesday. The offer represents a 55.7% The consortium stated that 51.2%

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Bain Capital buys Brazilian steakhouse chain Fogo de Chão in $1.1bn deal

Private Equity Insights

Prior to its sale, Rhone had explored re-listing Fogo de Chão’s shares on stock exchanges. The restaurant chain confidentially submitted paperwork for an initial public offering to regulators in late 2021, the sources said. However, it started exploring a sale instead as the U.S.

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Move Over, Walmart and Chipotle: Wall Street Has a New Stock-Split Stock

The Motley Fool

Forward-stock splits are designed to make a company's shares more nominally affordable for everyday investors who may not have access to fractional-share purchases with their online broker. Meanwhile, reverse-stock splits aim to increase a company's share price to ensure it meets the minimum listing requirements on a major stock exchange.

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IK Partners inks £269m takeover of Medica

Private Equity Insights

IK Partners has confirmed its £269m acquisition of Medica Group, de-listing it from the London Stock Exchange in the latest sign of a public-to-private frenzy in the UK. The private equity house tabled a bid for Medica in late April and said this morning that IK IX Fund has now completed the deal.

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PE majors eyeing $15bn schools group Nord Anglia

Private Equity Wire

The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the process, as coffering that final bids for a majority stake in the London-based group are due later this month, potentially valuing the business at up to $15bn. Other bidders might still enter the fray, one source cautioned.

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Is It Too Late to Buy Disney Stock?

The Motley Fool

Goldman Sachs co-led The Walt Disney Company 's (NYSE: DIS) initial public offering in 1957, when the entertainment giant landed on the New York Stock Exchange at $13.88 Disney's stock has increased by nearly 5,000% since then as it attracted hundreds of millions of people to the box office and its theme parks.

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JX Metals secures $3bn in Japan’s largest IPO since SoftBank

Private Equity Insights

The stock is set to debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on March 19. The strong pricing signals confidence for other Japanese firms eyeing public listings, despite market volatility driven by global trade tensions.