The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Friday including ITC Holdings, Dave & Buster, Time Warner Cable, Banca Etruria, Cube Capital, Cargolux, Simon Property and Versace.
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Indian tech incubator BitChemy invests $6M in three startups -report
Hyderabad, India-based tech incubator BitChemy Ventures poured in $6 million in three startups - 3LOQ Labs, Cafyne Inc, and Altiux Innovations, according to a report.
Carlyle, KKR in talks to acquire Brazilian healthcare firm Fleury for $1.2B
Private equity funds Carlyle Group LP and KKR & Co are in discussion to purchase troubled Brazil-based medical services provider Fleury SA in a deal worth BRL2.9 billion ($1.2 billion), according to three sources familiar with the matter.
Former US senator Joseph Lieberman joins private equity firm Victory Park Capital
Joseph Lieberman, a former US senator from Connecticut and onetime vice-presidential candidate, will join private equity firm Victory Park Capital Advisors LLC as chairman of its executive board.
Private equity funds seek to diversify to achieve return targets
Private equity firms are increasingly seeking to partner with U.S. companies rather than buying them outright, as they struggle to find ways to put their huge piles of money to work at a time when frothy markets have made takeovers expensive.
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Hospitality Staffing Solutions said it had obtained approval from the court to sell its assets to HS Solutions Corporation. Financial details about the deal were not disclosed.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Wednesday, including Fortum, National Vision, Saipem, CTT, MTS, Southern Pacific, Warrnambool, Verbund, Bakkafrost, Popular and Marathon Oil.
KKR & Co LP and Carlyle Group LP are competing for National Vision Inc, the fourth-largest U.S. retailer of eyeglasses and contact lenses, in an auction that could fetch up to $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said this week.
Together with international asset chaser Martin Kenney, New York-based hedge fund Platinum Partners is planning to invest in the recovery of Brazilian fraud claims, a report from the Financial Times said.
A report said the dearth of women in the leadership ranks of the private equity industry can be solved in the natural evolution of the private equity business model.
Austin-based real estate investment firm World Class Capital Group announced today that it has acquired San Antonio shopping center Culebra Crossing for an undisclosed sum.
Illinois-based sterilization services provider Sterigenics International LLC signed a definitive agreement to acquire Florida-based firm Food Technology Service Inc in a deal priced at USD7.23 per share.
Critics of the new rules requiring short-sellers to report their positions said the European Union's requirements had not made the hedge fund industry more competitive.
Livingstone has sold Illinois-based shopping center security solutions provider IPC International Corp to Universal Protection Service LLC for USD24 million in cash following a bankruptcy auction.
