Saban Capital Group

Apax Partners, Saban Capital Group and Mori Arkin have upped their stake in the privatised telecom company. The investor group acquired a 30 percent stake in Bezeq in 2005.

The Haim Saban-led investment firm has hired former Blueprint Ventures principal Richard Yen to help direct its expansion into non-traditional media.

A report from Moody's Corporate Finance reveals an increase in private equity-backed companies that are electing to use their payment-in-kind option to make interest payments.

PIK structures, frequently found in LBO-related debt offerings and currently being exercised by firms including KKR, Bain and Permira, may be staving off inevitable default to the detriment of debt-holders, according to Standard & Poor’s.

Millennium Technology Ventures has bolstered its senior investment team as its founders prepare for a spike in secondary opportunities they expect from an eventual market downturn.

Millennium Technology Ventures has bolstered its senior investment team as its founders prepare for a spike in secondary opportunities they expect from an eventual market downturn.

Millennium Technology Ventures has bolstered its senior investment team as its founders prepare for a spike in secondary opportunities they expect from an eventual market downturn.

The two buyout groups have seen off rival bidders to take a control stake in ProSieben-Sat.1, a German broadcaster, which ultimately they plan to merge with SBS Broadcasting, a European TV rival and portfolio business.

Spanish-language US media leader Univision Communications and a private equity consortium—including a firm led by the executive producer of the “Power Rangers” television series—announced a landmark $13.7bn acquisition of the publicly traded media giant.

The acquisition of a 30 percent stake in Israeli telecoms company Bezeq by a private equity consortium is the largest privatisation seen in the country so far this decade.