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  • Saga looks to sell off insurance business to help pay down £721m debt

    Insurance

    Saga is reportedly seeking to sell its in-house insurance business in a bid to raise £90m to help pay down its huge £721m debt. The London-listed company, which offers cruises, package holidays, insurance, and financial services to the over-50s, is looking for buyers for its underwriting arm, according to The Sunday Times. Any sale of [...]

  • EXCL – Why Private Equity’s appetite for aggressive takeovers will only increase in 2023

    2023 in focus - City deals

    It’s no surprise that economic turmoil often drives consolidation. Companies may be struggling to survive and looking to M&A as a way to drive value. Not to mention the current weak pound that makes UK-based businesses, especially those with a global footprint, more attractive to overseas buyers. City experts don’t expect that to change in [...]

  • Saturday Sitdown: ‘Private equity keep everything simple’, says City M&A chief

    weekend exclusive

    It’s no surprise that economic turmoil often drives consolidation. Companies may be struggling to survive and looking to M&A as a way to drive value. Not to mention the current weak pound that makes UK-based businesses, especially those with a global footprint, more attractive to overseas buyers. According to recent ONS data, Q2 this year saw [...]

  • Biffa CFO to leave waste management firm for packaging manufacturer DS Smith

    November 18, 2022

    Biffa’s financial chief has stepped down from his position as the waste management firm’s chief financial officer to join packaging manufacturer DS Smith. Biffa CFO Richard Pike is set to leave his position after four years at the UK’s second largest waste manager. Pike’s exit comes after US private equity firm Energy Capital Partners (ECP) [...]

  • Value of private equity-backed ‘carve outs’ triples due to Covid and war in Ukraine

    September 20, 2022

    The value of private equity-backed “carve out” deals, through which funds buy up an entire business line, subsidiary, or unit, has more than tripled over the past year. The value of carve out acquisitions by private equity funds jumped threefold from £3.8bn last year to £13.4bn in the year running up to 31 August 2022, [...]

  • Rolls-Royce finalises £1.5bn sale of Spanish subsidiary to Bain

    September 15, 2022

    Rolls-Royce has finalised the €1.8bn (£1.5bn) sale of Spanish subsidiary ITP Aero to a group of investors led by private equity giant Bain.  Following the £1.5bn sale, shares went up 3 per cent.  “ITP Aero will remain a key strategic supplier and partner for Rolls-Royce across both Civil Aerospace and Defence programmes,” Rolls Royce said [...]

  • Keeping up with private equity: Kim Kardashian launches investment firm with former Carlyle exec

    September 7, 2022

    Having dabbled in the world of crypto, Kim Kardashian is now turning her hand to private equity.

  • GB Group shares surge as it confirms takeover interest

    September 7, 2022

    Shares in software firm GB Group surged today as it confirmed a potential takeover swoop from US private equity firm GTCR, making it the latest British tech firm to fall into the sights of a foreign buyer.

  • London set for private equity takeover frenzy as market settles

    August 17, 2022

    London is set for a flurry of takeover deals as flush-with-cash private equity firms put money to use as market turbulence begins to settle, analysts have said.

  • Carlyle chief’s sudden exit is ’empire striking back’, say analysts

    August 9, 2022

    The abrupt departure of Carlyle group chief Kewsong Lee may be a case of the “empire striking back”, analysts have suggested, as co-founder Bill Conway steps back in as interim chief executive.

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