San Francisco-based fund pushes for change with Japan seen as next leg of sector’s development
Graduates, banks and private equity firms are locked in a tussle for talent that inflicts pain all round
The dumbest PE performance metric still bamboozles some investors
The asset class is not the simple panacea that policymakers and investors might want
It is not hard to see why public and private behemoths are teaming up
Markets in insurance unit overshadow strong fundraising in private equity
Focus on self-reliance and reshaping economic model increases attractiveness for investment, PE firm executive says
Strategies will span loans, corporate buyouts, and infrastructure and property deals
US private equity firm is preferred bidder for UK utility trying to avert renationalisation
CIA veteran to help spearhead private equity group’s expansion in oil-rich region
Does PE firm KKR’s model add up to real reform or a one-off windfall? Read the article and consider the questions raised
US private equity group beats rival bid from PAI Partners for Stockholm-based healthcare company
Assura rejects rival offer that would have kept it in the public markets
Financiers thought Trump would usher in a pro-business era but financial stocks have stumbled as tariff plans became clear
Private equity interest comes as UK’s largest water utility fights to avoid renationalisation
The US buyout giant bought bikemaker Accell at the peak of a pandemic-era deals boom. It has just completed a painful restructuring
Potential investors are ‘hanging round the hoop’ with four parties said to be most committed to the process
Owner of doctors’ surgeries and healthcare centres in the UK has rejected four earlier approaches from buyout group
Plus, the SEC cracks down on ESG engagement and once high-flying Nikola collapses into bankruptcy
Private equity firm plans to keep debt-laden utility in one piece, in contrast to other bidders
Private equity group clashed with management over diverging forecasts for telecoms business
Plus, new rules shake up corporations in Delaware and hedge funds target a corporate bond arbitrage
Private equity firm says it will not launch planned tender offer for IT services company after protracted bidding war
Some say the adtech start-up should be added as a member to an augmented Magnificent Eight
Marelli says it needs to fill ‘working capital gap’ as it grapples with $4.2bn in debt and falling demand from carmakers
