Tide banking valued at $650m, after securing $100m in funding July 12, 2021 Tide Banking, the UK fintech startup, has raised over $100m in Series C funding, bringing its valuation to over $650m (£468m), the company announced today. The four-year-old startup has raised a total of $200m to date including the latest funding. The injection of cash will allow the company to grow its market share, and expand [...]
KKR sets up dedicated team for snapping up UK companies July 6, 2021 KKR will set up a team of dealmakers who will specifically target more UK takeover deals, as the private equity “raid” on British companies reaches record highs. The private equity giant has announced it will expand its global operations to include a new team of five British dealmakers who will focus on snapping up companies [...]
Top Morrisons investor says CD&R should up its bid to £6.5bn June 30, 2021 A top Morrisons shareholder said that New York bidder Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) must pay “a fair price” for the supermarket. One of Morrison’s top 10 investors J O Hambro has said that any potential bidder for the supermarket should raise its offer to £6.5bn if it wants the takeover to succeed. Shares in [...]
Private equity firm CC Capital refutes claims it plans to bid for IWG June 29, 2021 CC Capital will not make a takeover bid for office space provider IWG, the U.S. private equity firm said, following a Sky News report of deal talks between the two. IWG shares jumped as much as eight per cent on hopes of a bid, which claimed CC Capital and IWG were in talks that would value the [...]
Private equity firm Bridgepoint unveils plans for London IPO June 29, 2021 Private equity firm Bridgepoint today unveiled plans to list on the London Stock Exchange, marking the latest boost for the capital’s IPO market. The buyout group, which has around €27.4bn of assets under management across equity and debt funds, said it will seek to sell around a quarter of its shares while a further 15 [...]
Lone Star bows out of Senior takeover race after final £840m bid is rejected June 24, 2021 Lone Star today said it had backed out from its bid to take over aerospace engineer Senior after the private equity firm’s fifth offer was rejected. Earlier in the week, Senior said there was no basis for it to engage with Lone Star after the fund said its 200p per share offer could only be [...]
Blackstone sweetens buyout offer for property developer St Modwen by £50m June 24, 2021 Private equity firm Blackstone has offered to pay £50m more for property developer St Modwen, bringing its total takeover offer to £1.25bn. The 560 pence per share cash offer for St Modwen is the final offer, the companies said today, adding that Blackstone could make another proposal if another suitor for St Modwen emerged. Last [...]
Private equity reaping pandemic windfall as US economy is hottest since 1984 June 23, 2021 Private equity firms are up 27 per cent this year, making them among of the best performing segments in the global markets so far in 2021. Many private equity firms provided crucial financial assistance to their portfolio companies during the crisis months of the pandemic and, according to Peter Garnry, analyst and head of equity [...]
Government mulls privatisation of Channel 4 next year June 17, 2021 The government could sell Channel 4 as early as next year, as the UK culture secretary seeks the “best model” for the broadcaster. Ministers are planning to launch a consultation within weeks to explore what is next for the 39-year-old company, the Financial Times reports this evening. Youth-oriented Channel 4 is owned by the government [...]
Deadline extended on Blackstone’s £1.2bn takeover of property developer St Modwen June 16, 2021 Private equity firm Blackstone and British property investment and development group St Modwen have been granted an extension to finalise a £1.2bn takeover deal. In a statement today St Modwen said it had reached an agreement on the terms of the takeover bid by Brighton Bidco, a newly former company of funds advised by Blackstone. [...]
