Dealmaking

PE HUB Wire Highlights, 11.9.18

PE's hyper-aggressive recruiting process: your thoughts; Meet the new LP boss in Connecticut

PE HUB First Read

First Read ends the week with news that headset maker Platronics is exploring a potential sale, Toshiba plans on cutting 7,000 jobs and police investigate Antifa protest and vandalism at home of Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

PE HUB Second Opinion

In Second Opinion, Tesla selects Robyn Denholm to replace Elon Musk as chairman, Facebook claims it deleted 3 million pieces of ISIS and Al Qaeda propaganda in the third quarter of 2018 and twelve people were killed in a country and western dance hall in Thousand Oaks, California.

PE HUB Healthcare Wire Highlights, 11.8.18

MatrixCare underscores scarcity value of healthcare software deals

PE HUB Wire Highlights, 11.8.18

Dispatches from the peak: late-cycle behavior from aggressive recruiting to heavy pricing

PE HUB First Read

First Read kicks off the day with news that Virtu Financial is buying ITG for about $1 bln, Dow surges nearly 550 points in the wake of the election results and Gab comes back online and immediately gets filled with antisemitic bile.

PE HUB Second Opinion

In Second Opinion, Kraft is selling its Canadian natural cheese business to Parmalat for $1.23 billion, Mortgage applications fall to a four-year low and Jeff Sessions resigns as Attorney General.

Blackstone, LLOG looking to sell Gulf of Mexico oil exploration venture, say sources: Reuters

Buyout firm Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) and privately held LLOG Exploration Company are working with an investment bank to sell their Gulf of Mexico oil exploration joint venture for more than $2 billion, sources told Reuters.

SpaceX seeks $750 million leveraged loan: Reuters

Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp, known as SpaceX, is looking to line up a $750 million leveraged loan, sources told Reuters

AXA buys $9.4 billion U.S. real estate debt business from Quadrant: Reuters

AXA Investment Managers will acquire a U.S. debt investment team and a $9.4 billion portfolio of U.S. commercial mortgage loans from Quadrant Real Estate Advisors, AXA said on Wednesday.