Deals
Carlyle Group has joined JPMorgan Chase and Andreessen Horowitz in a more than $1bn funding round for defence technology company Castelion, highlighting growing PE and institutional investor interest in next-generation weapons manufacturing, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
A consortium of five private equity firms is exploring a sale of EverBank, just three years after acquiring the Florida-based digital bank from TIAA, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
CVC Capital Partners is preparing a potential offer for UK challenger bank Aldermore, adding to a growing list of bidders circling the lender as parent company FirstRand looks to exit the business, according to a report by Sky News.
Carlyle-backed alternative data and analytics provider YipitData is exploring a potential sale that could value the business at between $2.5bn and $3bn, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
KKR-backed sports investment firm Arctos Partners is in discussions to acquire a 10% minority interest in NFL franchise the Atlanta Falcons, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Swedish private equity firm EQT has acquired a majority interest in Australian rugby league club Melbourne Storm, marking its first direct investment in a professional sports team according to a report by the Financial Times.
UK-listed automotive software provider Pinewood Technologies is set to leave the public markets after agreeing to a £545m ($739m) takeover by US private equity firm Ridgeview, according to a report by Reuters.
EQT is exploring a potential sale of two English language education businesses in Vietnam that could together command a valuation of about $500m, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter.
Private equity firms could be on the verge of joining the global M&A resurgence, with buyout groups sitting on around $1.5tn of capital that could increasingly be deployed into acquisitions, according to a report by Bloomberg citing comments from a senior Goldman Sachs executive.
KKR has made a roughly $9bn offer to acquire UGI, the Pennsylvania-based natural gas and electricity distributor, in a move that could give the private equity firm exposure to rising demand for reliable power from artificial intelligence data centres, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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