Bid just highlights the underperforming group’s discount to the value of its parts
Auction attracted some of the biggest names in private credit
Private equity group’s recent offer for FGS Global was knocked back by WPP for being too low
US buyout firm to acquire UK group behind festivals including Germany’s Wacken Open Air and Cornwall’s Boardmasters
Deal would feed growing appetite for credit as bidders expand beyond their private equity roots
Buyout groups assess challenge of selling trillions of dollars worth of companies so they can return cash to investors
World’s largest active asset manager and buyout firm to make available hybrid public-private funds to wealthy investors
Fumiyuki Kanai came to value KKR as a tool for change ahead of country’s biggest IPO in five years
The funds are playing a growing role in the transformation as they chase a growing market
French TV and film company Mediawan is benefiting from EU quotas on locally produced content
Dutchman led FTSE 100 group’s push into biofuels, hydrogen and renewable power
Private equity pioneer looks to exit more investments as it pushes for goal of $1tn in assets
Plus, KKR’s Nuttall and Bae see dealmaking rebound and accountant retirees take on a private equity deal
Only those shorting the shares would be winners if KKR’s purchase is scuppered
About $10bn of loans have been refinanced in public markets as conditions improve due to rate cuts being on the horizon
Private equity group decides to not stick around as an owner of song catalogues
Small investors may find it hard to commit money for the traditional decade or so
Years of cheap money have created a bubble that risks provoking a backlash even from beneficiaries
US private equity group’s bet follows other firms’ moves into sector but largely avoids deals in China
Axel Springer payouts come after job losses threaten to heighten tensions with editorial staff
Plus, pharma dealmakers make a comeback in San Francisco confab and private equity ‘whitelists’ challenged
Buyout firms’ stranglehold over who can buy portfolio groups’ loans under threat as many lenders retrench
KKR-owned Upfield to roll out plastic-free containers
The issues facing dealmaking, private equity, financial regulation and beyond
KKR, Blackstone and Stonepeak are among managers with ambitions in nascent sector
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