Coca-Cola held last-ditch talks with private equity firm TDR Capital over the weekend in a bid to to salvage the proposed deal for the sale of Costa Coffee after negotiations stalled over price, according to a report by the Financial Times.
US-based private investment firm SK Capital is to acquire a majority stake in Swixx Biopharma from HBM Healthcare Investments AG and other investors including PE firm Mérieux Equity Partners in a deal that values the pharmaceutical services group at over €1.5bn.
Japan’s mergers and acquisitions market is expected to remain strong through 2026, supported by larger deal sizes and increasingly sophisticated financing structures involving private capital, according to a report by Reuters citing a Goldman Sachs executive.
Sports-focussed private investment firm Apex has launched a new fund aimed at acquiring minority stakes in smaller European sports teams and leagues, targeting assets valued between €50m and €500m, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Ares Management CEO Michael Arougheti says the firm has deliberately avoided the wave of partnerships between alt asset managers and traditional investment houses aimed at accelerating access to retail investors — particularly in the fast-evolving 401(k) channel, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity firm Carnelian Energy Capital is seeking to sell six North American oil and gas investments, in a move that would represent the bulk of its oil and gas portfolio and roughly 40% of its overall investments, according to a report by Reuters citing people familiar with the matter.
Jean-Marie Laurent Josi, CEO of Brussels-based private equity firm Cobepa, has warned that the private equity industry faces a potential downturn, with only the thriving secondaries market preventing a major correction, according to a report by Bloomberg.
CVC has created a new President role, appointing Peter Rutland, as the firm accelerates succession planning ahead of its next fundraising, according to a report by the Financial Times citing people familiar with the matter. Rutland currently leads financial services buyouts at the firm.
Lumexa Imaging, a US diagnostic imaging services provider backed by private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS), has raised $462.5m through an initial public offering, according to a report by Reuters. The flotation values the Raleigh, North Carolina-based business at $1.75bn.
Apollo Global Management has moved its rapidly expanding complex lending business out of its private equity buyout division, underlining the firm’s strategic pivot toward private credit, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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