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FTSE foibles: stopping London losing
2024 started with 98% of TUI shareholders voting to leave the London Stock Exchange in favour of a dual listing in Hanover and Frankfurt. The company, Europe’s largest travel operator (and a former member of the FTSE...
The future of M&A in beauty: why newness is…
The beauty sector may have reached peak saturation. Over the past few years, it has seemed like everyone – from online influencers to top-tier financiers – has staked their claim in the market, launching brands,...
PE and the EPL: The changing face of football…
August is a big month for football. The English Premier League kicked off last night, and in Australia, the quarter finals of the Women’s World Cup take place today. Against this backdrop, it feels like the right time...
Progress in private equity: tracking consumer sector investment priorities…
Last summer, The MBS Group undertook research to better understand how Covid-19 had impacted the private equity landscape in the consumer-facing sector. Our report – Responding to Covid-19: A new talent landscape, and...
Opportunity amid the disruption? Exploring private equity’s appetite for…
Covid-19 has caused never-before-seen disruption for the hundreds of private equity funds which invest in consumer industries across Europe. During this time, funds have been required to provide huge packages of...
The alternative asset class looks to alternative investment strategies
Private equity firms have more cash than ever before. The success of the asset class over the past five decades and the increasing difficulty of generating impressive returns in the conventional financial markets have...
The business case for investing in ethical companies
‘Ethical’, while not a dirty word in business, certainly has some way to go to rehabilitate its reputation in the corporate community. Though CSR initiatives and departments have multiplied in recent years, the fact...
Q&A with Level 20 founder Jennifer Dunstan
As part of my research for our latest white paper on the case for gender diversity in private equity, I spoke with Jennifer Dunstan, founder of Level 20, to talk about how the industry can, should, and is changing to...
The Case for Gender Diversity in Private Equity
At the SuperReturn conference in Berlin in 2017, Advent International managing director James Brocklebank got up on stage to declare ‘There not enough women in the industry’. Indeed, in 2017 the number of women in...
Latest Private Equity News
Canadian private equity firm Kilmer Sports Ventures in talks with French football club Kilmer Sports has entered exclusive negotiations with shareholders to acquire AS Saint-Etienne, a French professional football club. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Read more.
Blackstone-led consortium mulls deal for Indian Haldiram’s Haldiram's, which runs 150 restaurants in India as well as a popular snacking business, is in talks to sell a $8.5bn stake to a group of investors including Blackstone, Singapore state fund GIC and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Read more.
Graphite Capital sells Compass Community to Cap10 Partners Graphite Capital has announced the sale of Compass Community, which provides fostering services and children's residential care. Compass has significantly expanded under Graphite's ownership. Read more.
SCP acquires majority stake in premium chocolate business Spire Capital Partners has taken a majority stake in Chocolissimo, a premium chocolate confectionery business. Chocolissimo specialises in personalised chocolate gifts. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read more.
Punch reports ‘encouraging’ trading The Fortress Investment Group-backed pub group has reported strong trading for the third quarter, with profitability ahead of the prior year. For the 28 weeks to 25 February, total revenue was £165.1m, compared to £158.1m in the prior year period. Read more.
Private equity firms consider Peloton buy-out deal The New York-based fitness company is reportedly in talks with a number of private equity firms for a possible takeover deal. The company has seen its market capitalisation dip from $49.3bn in 2021 to about $1.3bn this week. Read more.
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