Catherine Badour
Global asset manager Bain Capital’s specialty finance arm on Tuesday filed for an initial public offering, seeking to list on the New York stock exchange under the symbol “BCSF," Reuters reported.
German generic drugmaker Stada (STAGn.DE) is vying with a group of European buyout funds for control of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (BMY.N) French over-the-counter drugs business, sources told Reuters.
Plastic packaging maker RPC Group (RPC.L) said on Monday that it had given two private equity firms that are considering rival takeover offers more time to make bids.
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the kingdom’s main sovereign wealth fund (PIF) will surpass its target of increasing its assets to $600 billion by 2020, as part of a plan to reduce the economy’s dependence on oil.
Energy drinks maker Osotspa Pcl (OSP.BK) on Friday priced the initial public offering of its shares at the high end of the proposed range, valuing the century-old company at 75 billion baht ($2.29 billion) in the largest corporate listing in Thailand this year, Reuters reported.
Westwing, the “home and living” company backed by Germany’s Rocket Internet, is expected to price its initial public offering in the upper half of its indicative price range, one of the bookrunners organizing the flotation said on Friday, Reuters reported.
Change Healthcare LLC, a healthcare technology company majority-owned by U.S. drug wholesaler McKesson Corp (MCK.N), has hired underwriters for an initial public offering that could value it at as much as $12 billion, including debt, sources told Reuters.
Private equity firm KKR & Co Inc and Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd are acquiring a minority stake in the financial technology arm of Philippines’ PLDT Inc, the companies said on Thursday.
Smiths Group (SMIN.L) said on Thursday it would buy United Flexible Inc, a U.S.-based maker of parts for aircraft engines, from private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners for an enterprise value of $345 million.
Shares in Altice Europe (ATCA.AS) rose sharply on Wednesday after Bloomberg News reported that private equity firms had expressed an interest in acquiring its fiber asset.