Private Equity Insights

MAY 10, 2024

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up Other prominent players in the sector went public through mergers with so-called special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) last year.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 8, 2024

The mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape saw 38 deals at $1.1 Read more Wealthy Families Fuel $20bn Private Equity Buyout Wave Ultra-rich individuals and families worth more than $150bn are helping drive a resurgence in. stake in the supermarket to existing owners. Source: SME Futures Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 18, 2023

Buyout firm Boyu Capital has agreed to acquire Quasar in a deal that values the medical device maker at more than $600 million, people familiar with the matter said, marking another transaction in the health-care sector which has become a rare bright spot for dealmakers. Source: BNN Bloomberg Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

The company’s current parent Teijin separately said it will sell all of its 58% stake in Infocom for 134.4 billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed. The tender offer will amount to 141.4 billion yen, Infocom said. M&A in Japan reached a record $35.5 billion in 2023, LSEG data shows.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 14, 2023

The background on the deal In late 2021, one of Buffett's investment managers accumulated a $975 million stake in Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) , believing that the stock was undervalued. He also pointed out that the stake was purchased several months before the deal was announced. Here's how Buffett did it. of Activision stock.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2023

“We are excited about the next chapter in our company’s future with the pending acquisition by Sycamore Partners. per share in cash – a value that’s 65% higher than the closing price of the retailer’s common stock ahead of the acquisition announcement. in merger-related costs during the third quarter.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

A high-stakes clash between private equity titans KKR and Bain Capital over a $4bn buyout of Fuji Soft is reshaping the landscape of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Japan, and could become a blueprint for more aggressive dealmaking in the country, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Professional

JANUARY 8, 2025

BlackRock made headlines in late 2024 through the firms acquisition of HPS Investment Partners , backed by their expectation that the private debt market will more than double to $4.5 2] While BlackRocks acquisition dominated the news cycle, other firms have already made it their prerogative to jump into the private credit pool.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (Paul Weiss) has appointed Christopher Sullivan as a partner in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice in the Corporate Department based in London. A cross-border M&A specialist, Sullivan joins from Clifford Chance where he led the UK private equity practice.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

The company’s current parent Teijin separately said it will sell all of its 58% stake in Infocom for 134.4 billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed. The tender offer will amount to 141.4 billion yen, Infocom said. M&A in Japan reached a record $35.5 billion in 2023, LSEG data shows.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Macy's (NYSE: M) could reportedly be the target of an acquisition bid, while Cigna Group (NYSE: CI) called a potential deal off. Cigna says no to a Humana buyout, pays shareholders instead Meanwhile, shares of Cigna climbed 13% early Monday. Nevertheless, shareholders in both companies are happy with the potential outcomes.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 8, 2024

Private equity giant Bain Capital is said to be considering an acquisition of education software provider PowerSchool Holdings (NYSE: PWSC). Vista and another private equity firm, Onex, still own stakes in the company. Is PowerSchool a buy on the merger reports? Is PowerSchool going private again?

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The Motley Fool

JULY 16, 2024

Like many companies that went public through special-purpose acquisition mergers, the electric automaker overpromised and underdelivered as interest rates rose and market conditions tightened. As of May, the PIF owns a 60% stake in Lucid. Let's dig deeper into what the next five years could have in store.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Recent moves include the acquisition of HDFC Credila, a stake in Indira IVF, and investment in AIG Hospitals. Earlier this year, the BPEA EQT MMG fund raised $1.6bn, with plans to focus on mid-market buyouts in India, Southeast Asia, Japan, and Australia.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In other news, Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports OMERS' private equity arm buys IT firm Integris from Frontenac: Omers Private Equity is buying a majority stake in Integris, a US cybersecurity and IT consulting company, from Chicago-based Frontenac Company LLC for an undisclosed amount. Poirier has to say.

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Hedgestone

JULY 11, 2023

The purchase price will depend on various factors, including the business’s current value, the departing owner’s stake, and any agreements that may be in place. Negotiate the terms: Once you know the value of the business, you’ll need to negotiate the terms of the buyout with the departing owner.

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Axial

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

” Visit SouthWorth’s Profile “Cottonwood Acquisitions is a family office partnership focused on investing in small to mid-sized businesses. ” Visit Northwoods’ Profile “Meraki Investments, LLC is a private investment firm focused on small to medium-sized acquisitions of established quality businesses.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 15, 2023

Bill Mann for you can you think of any really successful mega mergers? Thinking back on the mega mergers recent or historic that really worked well and that you're having to think that hard suggests these aren't often great outcomes. Bill Mann: Mergers of equal? I'm thinking like Sysco the food services giant.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

CPP Investments will remain an investor with a 24% stake in a newly formed open-ended logistics core fund, which will house KDV I’s stabilized assets. CPP Investments will remain an investor with a 24% stake in a newly formed open-ended logistics core fund, which will house KDV I’s stabilized assets.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 25, 2024

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports Canada pension fund's credit head wants to take advantage of leveraged buyout boom: Canada’s largest pension fund plans to nearly double the size of its credit holdings over the next five years, and it’s counting on an upturn in leveraged buyouts to generate some of that growth. There’s pent-up demand.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

MAM and PSP Investments have sold their 88% stake in AirTrunk. MAM and PSP Investments acquired a majority stake in AirTrunk in 2020. billion, the deal is the largest buyout in Australia this year and one of the biggest in recent history. Macquarie’s fund and PSP will sell their AirTrunk stakes in full.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 22, 2024

billion in NetCo, Italy's largest fixed telecoms network; and the sale of its stake in the Hohe See and Albatros wind farms off the shores of Germany for $374 million in proceeds. Invested C$534 million in KPN, bringing our ownership stake to 2.9%. Japan, increasing our ownership stake to 3%.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

per cent of CPP’s overall portfolio is in China, said the fund uses several tools to carefully evaluate its investments and avoids stakes in “companies involved in wrongdoings, especially violations of human rights.” “The stake in Commerzbank, one of the largest banks in Germany serving retail and small business customers.

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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. So, by the time I got there, it was well beyond just, you know, financing customer acquisitions of appliances. Tell us about the merger in the early days that gave us General Electric, and who ran that company.

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