The music retailer has changed top management for the third time in four years, and the new CEO says his main goal will be to sell the company.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Archie Norman, former grocer, politician and corporate turnaround specialist, set up a new investment company, Aurigo Management, last month. Robert Venes speaks to Norman about his latest venture.
3 min read · 12 January 2013
The publicly-traded buyout and mezzanine fund has acquired the flight simulation and training center of the former Pan Am Airways for $58m.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Michael Gross, a founder and former senior partner of Apollo Management, has joined hedge fund Magnetar Capital as a senior partner, signaling Magnetar’s intention to focus on private equity investing.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
The Cleveland, Ohio-based firm’s microcap fund, which is targeting companies with EBITDA of less than $3m, has made four acquisitions in less than a month.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
Blackstone and KKR are understood to be pursuing an interest in two retail units owned by GUS, despite a recent announcement by the UK retail group to demerge the businesses.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
Neil Darke, a director at UK broker Collins Stewart, gave measured support to the Bank of England’s Financial Stability Report, which warned of the danger of increased coporate debt as companies review the amount of leverage in their balance sheets.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
VNU, owned by a private equity consortium including KKR, Blackstone and Carlyle, plans to raise $1.67 billion of new debt to finance the acquisition.
2 min read · 12 January 2013
After being recapped by JPMorgan Partners and Ares Management in 2004, House of Blues Entertainment has been sold for $350 million.
1 min read · 12 January 2013
In June, five seasoned media and communications investors gathered in Midtown Manhattan for an on-the-record discussion about opportunities in this rapidly changing market. David Snow reports on a lively exchange of views between these partners and rivals.
10 min read · 12 January 2013
