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

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 23, 2024

But, but I think if I was to go back through my career, that moment in time, you know, when there is this big wave coming, because it was the start of the high yield market, the leverage loan market grew dramatically, you know, from 200 billion in the mid nineties to $5 trillion today, high yield and leverage loans. And still growing.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

There would’ve been no bid. And I think a lot of investors and, and lenders and really lost their way and agreed to terms and conditions that in under today’s market environment would not be acceptable levels of leverage that would not work. But for you guys, there’s no bid. 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

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. Gone are the days of an auction with 45 bids, two pre-empts and—I’d say—some aggressive dealmaking,” Ranjan said in a Bloomberg Television interview Wednesday.

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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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