Dealmaking

10 deals in the live entertainment sector: PE sees opportunity ahead

Providence Equity Partners, CVC and KKR are among the firms making deals in the live entertainment sector.

AEI details 7 CDI carveout sales to strategics; InTandem bets on revenue cycle management

InTandem Capital Partners acquires Healthfuse from New Capital Partners.

AEI's CDI investment: Seven divestitures, zero add-ons and reported 25x return

'Our thesis that these were all very strategic units was validated by the fact that we were able to exit all of them to a strategic home,' says Jon Nemo, AE Industrial managing partner.

Exclusive: InTandem buys RCM vendor manager Healthfuse

InTandem is acquiring Healthfuse from New Capital Partners, PE Hub can reveal.

Partners Group in energy storage deal; AI enhancements 'showing up in growth rates and margins,' says Hg's Kindt

Investcorp has agreed to acquire an alternative payments business from Bregal Milestone.

Cordillera looks to generate compelling returns with niche strategy; ICGSE: what makes a good SACV deal

Cordillera looks for niche investing opportunities, such as boat marinas, triathlon leagues, whiskey aging, agriculture lending and carbon credits.

Cordillera co-founder Ashley Marks makes the case for 'weird stuff'

'Investments in niche, non-correlated assets are often smaller in scale, less competitive, and outcomes tend to be more dependent on idiosyncratic factors such as the supply chain for whiskey, the price of carbon, or federally insured crop insurance.'

Asian giant PAG sets $1.5bn distribution target for 2025

PAG has returned around $1bn on average in recent years, PE co-head Lincoln Pan tells PEI.

Fortress raises offer for UK hospitality biz Loungers; Bridgepoint hits 75% on Esker take-private

Loungers operates café bars, café restaurants, and roadside dining across the UK through three brands: Lounge, Cosy Club and Brightside.

KKR countersues DOJ, FTC, arguing ‘classic case study of government agency overreach’

The KKR complaint says: 'Now, on the eve of a leadership transition, the Antitrust Division has threatened a final act of agency overreach: the imposition of draconian and grossly disproportionate penalties on KKR based on alleged premerger paperwork errors that were immaterial to antitrust clearance.'