The private equity firms are reportedly in talks with Daito Trust Construction to buy the apartment builder. Daito said it was considering its “capital” position but refused to speculate on the issue.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Leveraged loans from buyouts are selling at a steep discount. According to reports, KKR and Permira have purchased more than €100m of portfolio company ProSiebenSat.1’s leveraged loans and banks are struggling to offload Clear Channel debt.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The financial services private equity firm is working with China's sovereign wealth fund and the major US bank on a joint bid, according to a report from the Financial Times.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
The global buyout group is in exclusive talks with credit checking giant Experian to buy its French electronic payments business, in a week in which the firm has already executed two Latin American deals and a Japanese fund close.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Announcing plans to save the investment bank from collapse, Lehman Brothers will separate its balance-sheet real estate assets into a new public company, as well as sell a 55 percent stake in an investment management unit that includes Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking and Lehman Brothers Real Estate.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Announcing plans to save the investment bank from collapse, Lehman Brothers will separate its balance-sheet real estate assets into a new public company, as well as sell a 55 percent stake in an investment management unit that includes Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking and Lehman Brothers Real Estate.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Announcing plans to save the investment bank from collapse, Lehman Brothers has confirmed speculation it will sell a majority stake in its investment management unit, which includes Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking, Lehman Brothers Real Estate and groups managing venture capital, infrastructure, credit and funds of funds.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Private equity firms are holding on to their portfolio companies longer and expecting more bolt-on acquisitions, possibly employing some ‘wishful thinking’, according to a recent survey which also found a great divergence in valuations.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
Announcing plans to save the investment bank from collapse, Lehman Brothers has confirmed speculation it will sell a majority stake in its investment management unit, which includes Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking, Lehman Brothers Real Estate and groups managing venture capital, infrastructure, credit and funds of funds.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The reduced takeover offer for Informa, publisher of Lloyd's List, by Providence Equity Partners, The Carlyle Group and The Blackstone Group has come after a shake-up in the original consortium that offered £2.15bn for the company in late June.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
