Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 7, 2023

Bain Capital is moving closer toward a potential takeover of data centre operator Chindata Group Houp Talks between private equity firm Bain and Chindata’s board, which is evaluating an $8 per ADS offer from Bain, are now centred on determining a valuation, according to a Bloomberg report on Sunday, which cited people familiar with the matter.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2024

Private equity firm KKR plans to cut its stake in Kokusai Electric, two people familiar with the matter said, cashing in after a blistering run for shares in the Japanese chip equipment maker. read more The post KKR to Sell about $1.6bn worth of its Stake in Kokusai Electric appeared first on Private Equity Insights.

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 10, 2024

Toshiba Corp is considering a $20 billion offer from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to take it private, a person familiar with the matter said, as the Japanese industrial conglomerate faces pressure from activist shareholders to improve governance. Other deals by the private equity firm include the $1.5

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The private equity firm is speaking with potential advisers as it prepares to gauge buyer interest in Apleona, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential information. PAI agreed to buy Apleona from Swedish investment firm EQT AB for about €1.6bn in 2020. stake in Indian cancer.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2024

Hahn & Co, a South Korean private equity firm founded by former Morgan Stanley banker Scott Sang-Won Hahn, has raised $3.4bn for a new buyout fund, making it the largest single-country focused vehicle in Asia this year, according to a report by Bloomberg. says it has signed a deal to be acquired by U.S.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 12, 2024

Axel Springer Chief Executive Mathias Doepfner and private equity group KKR KKR.N are in talks to break up the media conglomerate, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. A potential deal would separate the group’s media assets from its digital classifieds operation, the report said.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 18, 2023

There is no agreement to participate in the management of Toshiba but Rohm would be open to partnership with the conglomerate in the future, it said. Read more Apollo To Target Top Family Offices Global buyout firm Apollo Global Management is building out a new team to target family offices as. Source: Reuters Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 7, 2023

Toshiba said on Monday a group led by private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) would launch a $14bn tender offer on Aug 8th to take the industrial conglomerate private and put it in domestic hands. It was originally scheduled to start in late July, but was pushed back due to a regulatory delay.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Private equity firm Partners Group Holding AG has shown initial interest in Hamilton Island as the family owners of the holiday destination in Australia conduct a strategic review for the asset, according to people familiar with the matter. an investment firm backed by Malaysian conglomerate Mulpha International Bhd.,

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 13, 2023

It was part of British conglomerate Granada Group and later acquired by private equity firm Permia in 2003 before being sold to Dubai International Capital for £675m in 2006. Travelodge has changed hands over a number of occasions since it opened its first UK location in 1985. It was then taken over by GoldenTree in 2012.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Teijin, a conglomerate with chemical, healthcare and internet businesses, said it will book a 105 billion yen profit on a consolidated basis from the sale of Infocom in the current financial year ending in March 2025.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 17, 2024

. “Even though competition is increasing, if you look at the number of potential deals, there are actually not enough general partners to do them,” he said, referring to private equity firms and their executives. Carlyle will probably announce another two or three transactions in Japan this year, Yamada said.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2023

had a 71.43% stake in the firm, while SK Holdings, the holding company of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, retained a 16.4% is a private equity firm focused on corporate acquisitions and investments in South Korea, according to its website. It counts more than $10.5bn of private equity assets under management.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 23, 2024

It's a conglomerate that just so happens to use much of its idle cash to hold stocks of publicly traded companies. Just as the name suggests, private equity firms supply promising up-and-coming companies with capital, usually in the form of a loan, but sometimes in exchange for an equity stake in a company.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

It recently sent the prospectus of Londian Wason, which owns 100% of China-based Wason Copper Foil, to multiple global private equity firms. 2 conglomerate has been streamlining its investment portfolios to enhance its financial health and raise funding for new growth drivers such as AI, biotech and semiconductors.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Epiris and Newlat are said to have seen off competition from rival bidders including Lone Star Funds, the Texas-based private equity firm, and One Rock Capital Partners, another financial investor. An earlier process conducted this year failed to draw interest at a sufficiently attractive price.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Indian conglomerate Tata Group-owned Tata Consumer Products is reportedly in talks to acquire stakes in snack maker Haldiram’s. The report added that Haldiram’s is also engaging with private equity firms, including Bain Capital, to sell a 10% stake.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

SellerX, once valued at $1 billion, was among dozens of startups with audacious plans to become digital age consumer conglomerates. BlackRock and Victory Park Capital provided loans to multiple firms. In an earnings call earlier this month, BlackRock said it was in discussions with SellerX stakeholders to find a “path to recovery.”

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 6, 2023

billion for the Wilmington-headquartered Solenis that is owned by the New York private equity firm Platinum Equity. The all-cash deal for the publicly traded Diversey was set at $8.40 a share, totaling an acquisition price of $4.6 The purchase price was a 41% premium over Diversey’s closing price on March 7.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Disney has been exploring options to sell or find a partner for its India assets, Reuters reported in July, and has held talks with billionaires Gautam Adani and Sun TV Network-owner Kalanithi Maran as well as private equity firm Blackstone, according to various media reports.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Australia’s biggest private hospital operator Ramsay Health Care Ltd and Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd have shortlisted candidates for the sale of their hospital unit, which could fetch about US$1.5 billion in a deal, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 11, 2024

Hahn & Co, a South Korean private equity firm founded by former Morgan Stanley banker Scott Sang-Won Hahn, has raised $3.4bn for a new buyout fund, making it the largest single-country focused vehicle in Asia this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 20, 2024

Global private equity firm Carlyle Group is closing in on a deal to acquire a majority stake in Thyssenkrupp’s Marine Systems business at a value of about €1.5bn ($1.6bn) including debt, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 14, 2024

Speaking to PEI, Teisseire noted “a general interest across platforms, both private equity and private debt”, though the firm’s focus in the short term would most likely be on the latter.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Teijin, a conglomerate with chemical, healthcare and internet businesses, said it will book a 105 billion yen profit on a consolidated basis from the sale of Infocom in the current financial year ending in March 2025.

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Financial Times M&A

MAY 26, 2022

Private equity firm MBK joins bidding war for 146-year-old conglomerate

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

CVC is reportedly focusing on the Oval Invincibles, with executives from the private equity firm attending matches at the Oval this summer. The firm paid £550m for a controlling interest in the IPL’s Gujarat Titans in 2022, with the team winning the title in its debut season.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 24, 2024

Malaysia’s IHH Healthcare and Sunway are among three contenders in the race to acquire Penang-based Island Hospital from pan-Asian private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The hospital is being valued at over $800m, and a second round of bids is expected soon.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For instance, AT&T sold a 30% stake in DirecTV to a private equity firm in 2021 for $7.8 billion, putting behind it the last vestige of its attempt to become an entertainment conglomerate. This past September, the telecom divested the remaining 70% stake for $7.6 putting it on track to reach a reasonable 2.5

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Endeavor Group Holdings As the successor company to an old-school talent agency, Endeavor morphed into an omnibus entertainment conglomerate with assets in the film, TV, and sports worlds. On top of that, the broader wireless industry continues to benefit from investor bullishness on the effect of 5G services.

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FinSMEs

JUNE 6, 2024

Yukon Partners, a Minneapolis, Boston, and West Palm Beach based private equity firm, closed Yukon Capital Partners V, L.P., Investors in Fund V include domestic and international pension funds, international banking conglomerates, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, consultants, and family offices.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Layton explains how the firm is more like a large industrial conglomerate running wholly owned subsidiaries than a private equity firm buying firms to flip them at a profit. Layton talks about why he banned the word “Deal” from the company.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

Siemens AG has agreed to acquire US-based R&D software firm Dotmatics for $5.1bn from private equity firm Insight Partners, according to a report by Reuters.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 24, 2023

IMM invests in South Korean electrical battery maker Submitted 24/07/2023 - 8:40am South Korean private equity firm IMM Credit & Solutions is investing in Choil Aluminium, a South Korean maker of electric vehicle battery components, according to a report by Evertiq. Like this article?

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 8, 2024

The thing I want to follow up about though, is that there's also a lot of fish staying out of the water because it's a real pain to be a public company and there's a lot of private equity firms keeping these smaller companies private. It's a mini conglomerate that welcomes comparisons to Berkshire Hathaway.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 18, 2023

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

. ~~~ BARRY RITHOLTZ, HOST, MASTERS IN BUSINESS: This week on the podcast, another extra special guest from the world of private markets, the Partners Group is probably the largest private equity firm you’ve never heard of, perhaps because they were originally headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. in Colorado.

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