Chicken-and-biscuits restaurant chain Bojangles' Inc said its initial public offering of common shares was priced at $19, valuing the company at about $680 million. (35,903,836 shares outstanding).
1 min read · 08 May 2015
Private equity group EQT is likely to launch the initial public offering (IPO) of its German women's fashion group CBR next month, two sources familiar with the potential 1.2 billion euro ($1.35 billion) told Reuters.
1 min read · 08 May 2015
Buyout group Advent is bringing forward the planned flotation of German perfume retail chain Douglas, anxious not to miss the right moment for such a deal, which hinges on the mood of equity markets, Reuters reported.
1 min read · 08 May 2015
Alibaba Group Holding is in talks with India's Micromax Informatics (IPO-MINF.NS) to buy an about 20 percent stake in the smartphone maker, helping the Chinese e-commerce giant expand in one of the world's fastest growing markets for the devices, sources told Reuters
2 min read · 08 May 2015
Fitbit Inc, a maker of wearable fitness tracking devices, filed with U.S. regulators on Thursday for an initial public offering of its shares.
2 min read · 08 May 2015
At least five senior Statoil executives and engineers have left the Norwegian oil giant’s North Dakota unit to form their own U.S. exploration and production company backed by $500 million in private equity.
3 min read · 08 May 2015
U.S. regulators approved a new study on Wednesday that calls for widening the increments, or "ticks," at which smaller companies' stocks are priced to see if this helps improve market liquidity.
2 min read · 07 May 2015
Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) has secured $17 billion from investors for its latest global private equity fund in just seven months, the biggest so-called first close of a buyout fund ever, sources told Reuters.
2 min read · 07 May 2015
German retail group Metro has made a tentative bid for private equity-owned, Singapore-based Classic Fine Foods in a deal potentially worth $300-$400 million including debt, sources told Reuters.
1 min read · 07 May 2015
Buyout firm CVC has sold another 4.7 percent stake in German chemicals group Evonik at 31.85 euros a share as it continues its gradual exit from the German chemicals group, according to the bookrunners, Reuters reported.
1 min read · 07 May 2015
