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Deal between buyout group and Esken ends months of wrangling over future of Southend airport
Expert known for bullish calls is latest executive from investment bank to join private capital group
Firms to provide £125mn package for retail and financial services group
Esken considers new funding deal for struggling Southend airport in exchange for giving up control
Cash cow, or fantasy economics?
Plus, Carlyle’s UK airport drama and the money machine fuelled by Ozempic
Carlyle is pursuing the owner of London Southend through the courts over a £125mn loan
Europe’s CVC Capital Partners and US-based Haveli Investments agree to buy ‘RuneScape’ developer
Chief executive Harvey Schwartz lays out new financial benchmarks alongside better than expected results
After a bungled succession, the former Goldman Sachs banker is a year into his bid to rejuvenate the US private equity house
Plus, Carlyle co-founder gets into baseball, football’s transfer market tanks
With Chinese tariffs expected to end in 2024, wine oversupply should diminish
Accolade to be restructured as sector prepares for China trade to reopen
Investor group behind $1.73bn deal would also include Ares Management CEO Michael Arougheti
US private equity group and aviation group Esken have been embroiled in a legal row for months over convertible loan
US buyout groups consider joining thriving market for UK corporate pension deals
Citic Capital to remain majority shareholder in fast-food chain’s local operation
Plus, European start-ups look to challenge OpenAI and Disney runs into trouble on the cricket pitch
Buyout firms’ contrasting outcomes linked to handling of risky succession from founding partners
The firms that used the era of cheap money to become the new financial titans are wrestling with rising interest costs
A lot of capital is being sought relative to its market value, but investments should bear fruit soon
Virginia’s Republican governor has become the dream candidate for many in the donor class
Cambridge-based creator of titles including ‘RuneScape’ had been seen as a candidate for London listing
Chief executive Harvey Schwartz vows to be ‘disciplined’ in plotting recovery for buyout group
Companies with challenged business models that take on expensive debt can be good bets
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