Private equity firms have reportedly been considering a buyout of Peloton. At least one firm has talked with Peloton about going private, and a number of other firms have considered an acquisition but may or may not have talked with the company, CNBC reported Tuesday...
Private equity companies are reportedly stepping up efforts to compete with banks on low-interest loans. For example, the Financial Times (FT) reported last week, Apollo Global has increased its long-term forecasts for its lending business, telling investors it expected to be able to originate more than $200 billion a...
British payments group Epos Now is running a private placement process to sell a minority stake in the business and bring on a strategic partner “for the next stage of growth.” The process will start after summer, Epos Now CEO Jacyn Heavens told PYMNTS in an email....
Canadian payments FinTech Nuvei is set to become a private company. Nuvei announced the $6.3 billion deal with private equity firm Advent International on Monday (April 1), three weeks after reports of a possible acquisition emerged. “This transaction marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Nuvei, and we are...
January 15, 2024
For corporates, especially smaller Main Street businesses, private credit (aka private debt) appears as an avenue through which they can get the capital they need. And for the lenders, the opportunity is ripe to tap into a market worth trillions of dollars. As has been noted through the past year, and as has been a […]
January 17, 2023
European private equity (PE) dealmaking defied economic headwinds in 2022. In general, dealmaking was characterized by smaller but more numerous deals, as checks and valuations got smaller and the cost...
May 08, 2024
Private equity firm Bain Capital is reportedly in discussions to purchase education-software provider PowerSchool. The proposed $6 billion deal — still weeks away from being finalized — was reported Wednesday (May 7) by Reuters, citing a source familiar with the matter. Based in Folsom, California, PowerSchool makes cloud-based software for K-12 education. Its unofficial roots, the report […]
May 07, 2024
Private equity firms have reportedly been considering a buyout of Peloton. At least one firm has talked with Peloton about going private, and a number of other firms have considered...
May 05, 2024
Private equity companies are reportedly stepping up efforts to compete with banks on low-interest loans. For example, the Financial Times (FT) reported last week, Apollo Global has increased its long-term forecasts for...
May 01, 2024
British payments group Epos Now is running a private placement process to sell a minority stake in the business and bring on a strategic partner “for the next stage of...
