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  • Friday, 31 March, 2023
    LexJapanese business & finance
    GIC/Works Human: Japan’s reliance on floppy disks creates a need for cloud cover

    The pace of digital transformation could be set to pick up

  • Friday, 31 March, 2023
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Dealmaking at 10-year low in first quarter as bank crisis hits confidence

    Value of mergers and acquisitions drops 45% year on year to $550.5bn

  • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
    Leon Black
    Lawyers for Leon Black accuser seek to quit sexual assault case

    Wigdor had represented Guzel Ganieva in rape lawsuit filed against former Apollo chief

  • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
    LexFinancial services
    Jefferies: direct lenders chip away at investment bank franchise Premium content

    More companies are getting their loans from private credit funds

  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    Private credit
    Big debt investors dealt blow in mattress maker bankruptcy ruling

    Serta Simmons court decision is milestone in ‘creditor-on-creditor violence’ litigation

  • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
    Aerospace & Defence
    European private equity funds scout for defence deals

    Buyout groups and venture funds seek to capitalise on rise in military spending following Ukraine invasion

  • Saturday, 25 March, 2023
    On Wall StreetWilliam Cohan
    Wall Street’s big shift raises case for a new regulatory stance

    Private investment groups such as Apollo, KKR and Blackstone are increasingly challenging traditional banks in the credit world

  • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
    Silicon Valley Bank
    Credit funds scrutinise ‘mythical, enormous’ Silicon Valley Bank loan book

    Bids for collapsed US lender’s $74bn portfolio are due on Friday

  • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
    Toshiba Corp
    Toshiba approves $15bn buyout offer from Japanese private equity fund

    Sale of struggling conglomerate would be country’s largest take-private deal

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    Renewable energy
    Brookfield buys out KKR’s stake in Spanish solar company

    Canadian investors to take full control of X-ELIO in Europe renewable energy push

  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
    MindGeek
    Pornhub owner sold to Canadian private equity firm Ethical Capital

    MindGeek acquired for undisclosed sum as it is being sued over sexually explicit videos of minors

  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
    Lex
    Leveraged buyouts: big funds flaunt their equity muscle Premium content

    Specialist buyers may not get massive returns but high management fees can make up the difference

  • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
    Lex
    Private credit: locked-in capital locks out market panic Premium content

    It is no coincidence that alternative asset groups are among the chief pursuers of SVB’s loan books

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    Due Diligence
    Private equity leans into the SVB wreckage Premium content

    Plus, Wirecard’s hard-partying executive on trial

  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    Silicon Valley Bank
    Buyout titans weigh purchases from SVB loan book

    Apollo, Blackstone and KKR among private capital groups eyeing $74bn portfolio

  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    LexApollo Global Management LLC
    Lottomatica IPO: listing will boost gambling group’s acquisition pot Premium content

    Italian group needs to sell shares to reduce leverage and to use as a currency for future acquisitions

  • Monday, 13 March, 2023
    Qualtrics LLC
    Silver Lake to acquire software company Qualtrics in $12.5bn deal

    Buyout with Canada’s largest pension fund is expected to be one of biggest this year

  • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
    On Wall StreetMark Vandevelde
    Highland court saga tests fact vs fiction

    Dallas judge’s novel that features a financier is raised in court battle

  • Friday, 10 March, 2023
    UK tax
    UK loses £600mn a year by under-taxing private equity executives, says lawyer

    Payouts should be treated as income rather than capital gains to tackle carried interest ‘loophole’, analysis argues

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    Private investing
    Private company valuations defy fall in listed stocks, adviser says

    Hamilton Lane warns venture capital-backed companies face downgrades

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    Arif Naqvi
    Abraaj founder fails in final attempt to prevent extradition to the US

    Lawyers for Arif Naqvi claimed he risked being subject to intimidation if he was extradited

  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    Due Diligence
    The new rainmakers on Wall Street Premium content

    Plus, Mudrick cashes in on vapes and the internal tensions that sparked an employee exodus at German fintech N26

  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    Apollo Global Management LLC
    Apollo’s fourth takeover offer ‘continues to undervalue’ Wood Group

    Scottish company says board is ‘minded to reject’ US private equity group’s latest proposal

  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    News in-depthPrivate credit
    Private credit groups cut out banks with largest direct loan

    Apollo and Blackstone among those poised to provide $5.5bn of debt to buyout group for purchase of 50% stake in Cotiviti

  • Monday, 6 March, 2023
    LexMergers & Acquisitions
    SAP/Qualtrics: valuation is a victim of market history in the making Premium content

    Markets have changed their minds about high-growth, low-profit companies

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