Also in this week’s newsletter, English football’s casino league and Aston Villa’s grand ambitions
Plus, FTX account holders get a payday and how Deutsche Bank’s DWS inflated its assets
Private equity group concludes smaller investments made during the pandemic landed in ‘the regret zone’
Ordinary shareholders could feel like faceless extras in the entertainment group’s go-private sale
Shares of Ari Emanuel’s Hollywood powerhouse have declined in three years since IPO
Nasdaq-listed Viavi has turned to Silver Lake for investment to back its £1bn deal to buy Spirent
3G’s acquisition of Burger King and the purchase of VMware have proved to be among the most profitable industry transactions
Plus, Silver Lake and Michael Dell extract billions from a decade of deals and KKR reorganises its finances
Investors’ decade-old deal pays off in ‘one of the huge private equity successes’
EQT, Cinven and General Atlantic among those involved in take-private deals for businesses floated two years ago
Shareholders should gird themselves for a fight with the sharp-elbowed private equity group and Ari Emanuel
Value of Ari Emanuel’s group jumps to $14bn as it says it is exploring strategic alternatives
Fortress, Charlesbank and Clearlake take control of marketing group representing campus teams and athletes
Plus, private credit swoops in on loan books
Tech-focused buyout group to make ‘handful or two of large, really important investments a year’
Competing approaches for German enterprise software group could lead to a stalemate
Top investor cites conflict of interest as US private equity firms compete for Software AG
Plus, SoftBank nears a deal to sell Fortress and Adani Group boosts its defences after being hit by a short seller
Shares in the enterprise software developer rose by half at Monday’s open
Qualtrics eventually sold for $12.5bn to Silver Lake and CPP in largest leveraged buyout of year
Specialist buyers may not get massive returns but high management fees can make up the difference
Plus, Wirecard’s hard-partying executive on trial
Buyout with Canada’s largest pension fund is expected to be one of biggest this year
Markets have changed their minds about high-growth, low-profit companies
Deal for survey software group would be one of largest this year
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