Coronavirus

Apollo Global Management and KKR are among the private equity firms expressing interest in possibly investing in Germany's national soccer league DFL following the suspension of several matches due to the coronavirus, reported Bloomberg.

LPs default during the COVID-19 crisis and Ares is putting Unified Women's Healthcare on the block.

Moelis and Barclays are said to have scored the sell-side advisor mandate shortly before coronavirus-related fears drove U.S. financial markets into extreme volatility.

After being forced to cancel shows because of the coronavirus, Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil, the live entertainment company, is exploring debt restructuring options, which include bankruptcy, reported Reuters.

Despite the coronavirus crisis, business still goes on at some PE firms: Hillhouse is seeking to raise up to $13 billion for its next fund while HGGC is scouring for new M&A ventures.

HGGC sees opportunities to back dislocated assets in the public markets and also eyes win-win partnership transactions.

While Varma is supportive of a shutdown, he said the medical damage to patients with other diseases is going to become insurmountable.

PE firms move slowly into offense mode amid the coronavirus crisis and Thoma Bravo shelves its sale of Imprivata.

Despite the current coronavirus crisis, deals are being prepped.

Thomas Friedman recently argued that “the coronavirus will create a new historical divide: before-Corona (BC) and after-Corona (AC).”