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Britain’s National Grid announced on Monday that it has agreed to sell its US onshore renewables business to Canadian alternative investment giant Brookfield Asset Management and its partners in a deal worth $1.74bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters.
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Private equity firms Apollo Global Management and Sycamore Partners are among the contenders vying to acquire Family Dollar, the discount retail chain owned by Dollar Tree, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
Rapid Read
February 2025 | Having put steady faith in the buyout market for years, spurred on by an environment of cheap debt and booming valuations, investors have been pushed to diversify their alternative exposures recently. And as they diversify, the need for an digitalised experience has become paramount – to track their portfolios’ performance and risk at their fingertips. This report dives deeper into these trends.
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Private equity giant KKR has increased its stake in Japan’s Fuji Soft to nearly 58% following the second stage of a tender offer, effectively ending a heated takeover battle with rival buyout firm Bain Capital for the software developer, according to a report by Reuters.
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KKR is grappling with a projected €449m earnings shortfall at FiberCop, the Italian telecom network business it acquired from Telecom Italia last year in a landmark €22bn carve-out deal, according to a report by the Financial Times.
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General Atlantic has partnered with KAYALI Co-Founder Mona Kattan to acquire the fragrance brand from Dubai-based Huda Beauty in a deal that involves buying back a stake held by private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners since 2017, according to a report by Reuters.
Insight
STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION | Investments in agriculture faced a challenging year in 2024, continuing the steep downturn that began in 2023. In August, the aggregate deal value had fallen 48.7% year-on-year to around $1.5bn from just over $3bn – according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. In contrast, the total aggregate deal value in 2022 stood just shy of $25bn.
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Clayton Dubilier & Rice is exploring the sale of a significant minority stake in Motor Fuel Group, the UK’s largest independent forecourt operator, in a deal that could value the company at approximately £7bn ($8.8bn), according to a report by Sky News.
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Bain Capital has agreed to acquire Apleona, a German integrated facilities management provider, from private equity firm PAI Partners, in a deal led by Bain Capital’s European Private Equity team with a reported value of around €4bn ($4.2bn).
Awards
The winners of the Private Equity Wire European Emerging Manager Awards, which recognise excellence among private equity emerging fund managers and service providers, were announced at an exclusive ceremony and networking event today (14 November), at etc.venues, County Hall, London.
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12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
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