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  • Monday, 25 October, 2021
    Zooplus AG
    Private equity rivals join up with €3.7bn bid for petcare group Zooplus

    Move brings an end to bidding war between Hellman & Friedman and EQT

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    ASDA Group Ltd
    Asda piles high with debt after petrol station deal collapses

    Plugging a £750m hole leaves the supermarket chain in a weaker position in a tough economy

  • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
    PwC
    PwC to sell mobility unit to private equity group CD&R for $2.2bn

    Sale of global services business is Big Four group’s largest for almost two decades

  • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
    Football
    Banks compete for role in Uefa’s €7bn football rescue fund

    Shortlisted financial groups race to meet deadline for plans to provide post-pandemic cash to Europe’s top clubs

  • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
    News in-depthBen Houchen
    Johnson ally’s regeneration plan sets up battle with Brookfield

    Houchen’s move to secure control of ports company is far from assured of success

  • Monday, 18 October, 2021
    EG Group
    Asda to take on extra £500m debt after petrol station sale collapses

    Supermarket will also shell out £250m as result of failed deal with its owners EG Group

  • Friday, 15 October, 2021
    News in-depthThe Hut Group
    What does SoftBank see in THG?

    The UK tech sensation is struggling to explain its business

  • Thursday, 14 October, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Sunak warned pension fee cap plan more help to financiers than savers

    UK chancellor eyeing shake-up in bid to channel more money into aiding ‘levelling up’ agenda

  • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
    Media
    Blackstone tunes into Hipgnosis strategy with $1bn music investment

    Private equity group also buys stake in Merck Mercuriadis’s company as valuations boom

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  • Monday, 11 October, 2021
    FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
    American Industrial Partners: the buyout firm taking on Sanjeev Gupta

    Little-known US company says it has taken control of industrialist’s top European asset

  • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
    Private equity
    Private equity pays record premiums for public companies

    Buyouts at as much as 70% above undisturbed share prices show valuation gulf

  • Thursday, 23 September, 2021
    Investing in Xi’s China
    Collapsed Blackstone deal shows that ‘everything is political’ in China

    Failed property bet has ‘chilling effect’ as overseas investors try to guess Beijing’s next target

  • Sunday, 19 September, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Labour plans crackdown on private equity tax loophole

    UK opposition would cancel ‘carried interest’ break that allows buyout executives to keep bigger bonuses

  • Thursday, 16 September, 2021
    Philip Morris International Inc
    Tobacco group Philip Morris wins control of inhaler company Vectura

    Cigarette maker secures majority of shares in UK-based medical device manufacturer

  • Tuesday, 14 September, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Bain Capital snaps up suburban bakery-and-café group Gail’s

    Luke Johnson retains 15% stake in deal he says values UK business at £200m

  • Tuesday, 14 September, 2021
    Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
    CD&R wins over Morrisons pension trustees with property pledge

    Private equity group offers legal claim over extra real estate as it battles for control of UK grocer

  • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
    888 Holdings PLC
    Online betting group 888 in talks to buy William Hill’s European assets

    A deal would hand London-listed company 1,500 UK shops and operations in likes of Spain and Italy

  • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
    Deutsche Telekom AG
    Deutsche Telekom deepens bet on US market with SoftBank deal

    Japanese group will become third-biggest shareholder in German telecoms operator as part of T-Mobile US agreement

  • Monday, 6 September, 2021
    Private equity
    Silver Lake continues shopping spree with stake in UK’s RAC

    Latest move by US PE group to buy into established companies in bid to improve their digital offerings

  • Monday, 6 September, 2021
    Transcript
    Bridgepoint’s hidden executive pay

    How a prominent British private equity firm went public but kept its executive pay opaque. Plus, 2021 dealmaking is on track to break records, and Japan’s future is uncertain after Yoshihide Suga abruptly announced his departure

  • Monday, 6 September, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Bridgepoint went public, but kept executive rewards private

    The first UK private equity firm to list in decades has kept lucrative carried interest payments under wraps

  • Friday, 3 September, 2021
    News in-depthBridgepoint Capital Ltd
    Bridgepoint went public. Executive rewards stayed private

    The first UK private equity firm to list in decades has kept lucrative carried interest payments under wraps

  • Friday, 27 August, 2021
    Digital Media
    Axel Springer proves global intent with Politico deal

    German publisher expected to seek to press further into English-language markets

  • Thursday, 26 August, 2021
    Media
    Forbes to merge with Spac as Axel Springer buys Politico

    Two deals are the latest in a series of media sector transactions

  • Friday, 20 August, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Vectura investors under the microscope as Philip Morris hunts victory

    Shareholders in UK inhaler maker will have final say in a takeover battle that has divided opinion

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