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  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Due Diligence
    Elliott and Carlyle’s multibillion-dollar brawl Premium content

    Plus, private equity firm 3i enjoys a big payday and how the 777 fiasco spurred Bermuda’s financial regulator to crack down

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  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Elliott Management Corp
    Elliott and Carlyle square off in $4bn debt dispute over software company

    Clash over tech group Veritas portends future stand-offs between private equity and distressed debt investors

    Paul Singer
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    LexHertz Global Holdings Inc
    Private equity swerves to avoid another costly Hertz bankruptcy Premium content

    Fresh cash will buy some breathing room but the costs involved will soak up much of any subsequent value creation

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  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Carlyle Group LP
    Buyout firm Carlyle to build Mediterranean oil and gas group

    Ex-BP boss Tony Hayward will run group after buyout firm acquires assets in Italy, Egypt and Croatia from Energean

    Energean offshore facility near Israel
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    3i Group PLC
    3i set for €1bn windfall as debt-backed payouts soar

    ‘Dividend recapitalisations’ hit record rate as private equity owners take advantage of easy credit conditions

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  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Private credit
    Carlyle and KKR vie for Discover’s $10bn portfolio of US student loans

    Deal would feed growing appetite for credit as bidders expand beyond their private equity roots

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  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Markets InsightJeff Meli
    The ‘equitification’ of credit

    Public and private markets are seeing big changes that provide new options for investors

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    News in-depthIPOs
    Permira’s last-minute decision to kill the Golden Goose IPO

    Buyout group’s pullout followed fractious talks with advisers

    Golden Goose trainers
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Luxury goods
    Luxury sports brand Golden Goose postpones plans for Milan listing

    Company expresses concern about market conditions following European elections and calling of French poll

    Golden Goose’s flagship ’distressed’ trainers
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    ExplainerUK general election 2024
    Why UK private equity is ‘encouraged’ by Labour’s signals on promised tax crackdown

    Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves’s comments were received well by those who believe she has opened the door to less harsh options

    The HSBC building in Canary Wharf, London
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Hargreaves Lansdown PLC
    Hargreaves Lansdown backs £5.4bn private equity takeover

    Consortium led by CVC makes improved offer for UK’s largest retail investment platform

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  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Labour’s private equity tax crackdown to exempt bosses who risk their own capital

    If executives invest their own money in a deal, earnings would be taxed as a capital gain rather than income

    Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Due Diligence
    Private credit’s ‘damage control’ moment Premium content

    Plus, Deutsche Bank goes on a hiring spree to beef up dealmaking and UBS tries to fix Credit Suisse’s Greensill mess

    The Due Diligence logo
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    News in-depthPrivate credit
    A buyout gone wrong creates fireworks in the private credit market

    Lenders are considering their options at Pluralsight, a distressed company owned by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners

    A worker looks at a computer screen with the Pluralsight logo on it
  • Saturday, 15 June, 2024
    Hargreaves Lansdown PLC
    Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder says price ‘not main consideration’ for selling business

    Stephen Lansdown says he wants to know what any new owner would do with the retail investment site

    Stephen Lansdown
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Utilities
    Carlyle explores sale of electric power producer Cogentrix

    Generation facilities have become sought after assets as AI is expected to drive strong demand for electricity supply

    A petrochemical plant in Baytown, Texas
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Lightspeed Management Co LLC
    Silicon Valley’s Lightspeed shifts focus to secondary markets

    Move is a sign of how traditional investment models are under threat by a challenging VC environment

    Montage of Bejul Somaia and Ravi Mhatre and lightspeed logo
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Due Diligence
    Private equity gets carried away in the UK Premium content

    Plus, how David Ellison’s bid for Paramount collapsed and the steep geopolitical battle to buy a US ammunitions maker

    The Due Diligence logo
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    Due Diligence
    Private equity group Permira’s new bosses Premium content

    Plus, Golden Goose gears up for its roughly €2bn IPO and social media app BeReal’s real price

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  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    Private equity firms have amassed $1tn in ‘carry’ fees as taxation debate mounts

    Oxford professor first to estimate magnitude of buyout managers’ incentive fees taxed at lower capital gains rate

    A montage of the logos of Carlyle, CVC, Blackstone, KKR and Bain Capital
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Labour will consult on plan to raise tax on private equity bosses

    Sir Keir Starmer to promise to put ‘wealth creation’ at heart of his election manifesto

    Rachel Reeves, shadow chancellor, with party leader Sir Keir Starmer
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Permira Holdings Ltd
    Permira appoints co-CEOs to succeed Kurt Björklund

    Brian Ruder and Dipan Patel to take reins at €80bn private equity group as outgoing chief moves to executive chair

    Brian Ruder, left, Kurt Björklund, centre and Dipan Patel
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Due Diligence
    How would you spend GameStop’s $4bn? Premium content

    Plus, private equity circles even more accounting firms and Citi’s new top hires spur succession speculation

    The Due Diligence logo
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    LexPrivate credit
    Life is getting tougher for private credit funds Premium content

    Direct lenders are coming under increased competitive pressure

    New York financial district
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Accounting & Consulting services
    Private equity groups poised to own one in three top US accounting firms

    A wave of talks with financial bidders comes as regulators voice concern about audit quality and ‘tone’

    The skyline of midtown Manhattan
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