Dealmaking

Vista Equity Partners to buy Mindbody in a $1.9 billion deal: Reuters

Mindbody Inc (MB.O), a maker of software to help run fitness and yoga studios, said on Monday it agreed to be bought by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners in a deal valued at about $1.9 billion in cash, about three years after going public.

PE HUB First Read

First Read starts the holiday week with news that JD.com's founder Richard Liu will not be charged with sexual assault, the NASDAQ confirms it's in a bear market, and 72 hours after cancer surgery, Judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg is up and working.

GP confidence high moving into 2019, even as markets flail

Q4 M&A exit markets are strongest of 2018

PE HUB Second Opinion

Second Opinion closes out this turbulent week with news that KKR is making a $493 million bid for Spain's Telepizza, Softbank's Vision Fund is preparing to invest $1 billion in Grab and Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg is recovering after having malignant nodules removed from her lung.

KKR launches $493 million offer for Spain's Telepizza: Reuters

U.S. private equity giant KKR (KKR.N) has launched a 431.7 million euro ($493 mln) takeover offer for Spain’s Telepizza (TPZ.MC) after buying around a quarter of the fast-food restaurant chain’s shares, Reuters reported.

Japanese asset manager Rheos Capital Works postpones $159 mln IPO: Reuters

Japanese asset management firm Rheos Capital Works said on Thursday that it had shelved plans for an 17.7 billion yen ($158.96 million) initial public offering (IPO) next week, saying it identified corporate governance matters that it needed to address, Reuters reported.

PE HUB Wire Highlights, 12.21.18

More transparency, CalPERS, Buyers emerge in big TH Lee fund revamp, Brazil's new president and private equity

PE HUB First Read

First Read wraps up the week with news that Zynga is acquiring Small Giant Games for $700 mln, Nike's stock soars after the company crushes earnings expectations and Vision Fund nears $1.5 bln investment in SE Asian ride-hailing company Grab.

2018 in Asia: The rise and rise of mega-funds

Record fundraising by pan-Asia buyout funds, less China state-backed dealmaking and a sharp drop in the country's outbound M&A were key themes.