Merlin Entertainments: Madame Tussauds owner thanks London tourists for ‘record’ sales March 25, 2024 The owner of the London Eye and Madame Tussauds said one in four visitors who came to the capital visited one of its attractions, helping boost yearly sales to a record high.
Is the great private equity raid on London over? October 10, 2023 A predicted deals raid in London by private equity firms may have already fizzled out this year as dealmakers turn their attention to the cheap unlisted firms, new research has suggested.
Hipgnosis says fund manager refuses to drop option to buy its songs January 23, 2024 Embattled Hipgnosis has said its investment adviser Merck Mercuriadis refused to drop the "call option" from their advisory agreement after "cherry picking" the music rights fund's best performing songs to sell to another fund he managed.
Why private equity is yet to pounce on the London Stock Exchange this year May 18, 2024 As private equity firms bounced around London auditioning advisors and lawyers late last year, top dealmakers were looking forward to a return to action. But so far, they're yet to rear their head.
Deal agreed to sell 235-acre failed Britishvolt site to US private equity giant Blackstone April 15, 2024 A deal has been agreed to sell the site of failed EV battery business Britishvolt in Northumberland to a US private equity giant.
Mark Kleinman: A remix at Hipgnosis and accountancy drama April 25, 2024 Mark Kleinman gets the City talking with his weekly column
Blackstone backs London with new Mayfair base October 8, 2022 Blackstone will build its new European headquarters in London at its Mayfair base, in a fresh boost for the for the capital.
Vistry flogs £800m worth of units to Blackstone funds in pivot to affordable homes November 7, 2023 Vistry has sold £819m worth of homes to Leaf Living and Sage Homes, both backed by alternative asset management giant Blackstone, as the company shifts to becoming a solely affordable housebuilder.
Center Parcs put up for sale with owner Brookfield eyeing a £5bn price tag May 15, 2023 Center Parcs’ owner Brookfield has reportedly put the UK holiday resort up for sale. The Toronto-based private equity firm is hoping to fetch between £4bn and £5bn for the company, the Financial Times reported today. Center Parcs operates six major holiday villages in the UK and Ireland, in counties including Wiltshire, Cumbria and Bedfordshire. The [...]
Fire sale UK plc: Goldman Sachs to snap up British assets on the cheap as panicky UK pension funds flee October 11, 2022 In a near-unprecedented rush by British pension funds to raise their cash holdings, Goldman Sachs and a range of other investment giants are planning to snap up UK assets at discounts of up to 30 per cent. Since Kwasi Kwarteng’s disastrously received mini-budget at the end of September, UK pension funds are rushing to improve [...]