Private equity firm KKR & Co LP is working with a money manager to launch a closed-end fund that accepts commitments as small as $10,000 and may make shares available on a platform operated by Nasdaq Private Market, a regulatory filing showed Thursday.
1 min read · 02 May 2014
Tradeshift, which operates a platform to help businesses interact, announced it has launched Tradeshift Studio. The company, which raised $75 million in funding in February, said Tradeshift Studio will provide technology and design consulting and expertise for app development, as well as funding and resources for third-party developers. Acting like an incubator, Tradeshift will provide guidance, resources and funding for developers.
3 min read · 02 May 2014
Spanish call center operator Atento SA, owned by Bain Capital Partners LLC, filed with U.S. regulators to raise up to $300 million in an initial public offering of its ordinary shares, Reuters reported.
1 min read · 01 May 2014
Northill Capital, the independent asset manager backed by the Bertarelli family, said on Thursday it had acquired a majority stake in fellow independent asset manager Longview Partners, Reuters reported.
1 min read · 01 May 2014
Private equity firm Golden Gate Capital is in advanced talks to acquire Phillips-Medisize Corp, a provider of medical device manufacturing services, from buyout firm Kohlberg & Co LLC for close to $800 million, according to people familiar with the matter.
1 min read · 01 May 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating whether private equity fund advisers are illegally charging fees that are not disclosed to investors, the agency's top enforcement chief said on Wednesday.
3 min read · 01 May 2014
UK clothing chain Fatface is to list on the London Stock Exchange, writes Reuters. The retailer is targeting a market value of at least 440 million pounds ($743 million).
1 min read · 01 May 2014
Over-50s holidays to insurance group Saga has set out plans for a 2.2 billion pound ($3.7 billion) stock market flotation, seeking a sizeable sale to retail investors in one of London's biggest listings so far this year, Reuters reported.
3 min read · 30 April 2014
A consortium of RRJ Capital and Temasek Holdings have agreed to invest 1.3 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in ING Groep's European and Japanese insurance and investment management unit ahead of its planned IPO, the Dutch financial services firm said in a statement on Wednesday.
1 min read · 30 April 2014
Twitter Inc reported lackluster user and usage growth for the second consecutive quarter on Tuesday, deepening investor concerns about its struggle to gain a mass following.
2 min read · 30 April 2014
