Private Equity
As big private equity firms such as Apollo Global Management, Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co reach out to individuals on a variety of platforms, buyout pros are spending more time analyzing how to explain and sell the asset class to a new set of investors.
3 min read · 17 September 2015
Stern Partners, a private equity firm with investment experience in the retail industry, plans to acquire Comark, a PE-backed Canadian clothing chain that filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year.
2 min read · 22 July 2015
FullBeauty Brands Inc is exploring a sale or an initial public offering that could value the privately held plus-sized women’s and men’s fashion retailer at more than $1.5 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter, Reuters reported exclusively.
2 min read · 23 June 2015
Britain’s Poundworld, a rival discount chain to Poundland, has sold a majority stake to U.S. private equity firm TPG, securing new funds to speed up store expansion, Reuters reported.
1 min read · 14 May 2015
Carlyle Group is finding strong interest from wealthy individuals in a fund in which they can invest a minimum of $50,000. The fund, CPG Carlyle Private Equity Fund LLC, tips the scales at more than $550 million since Carlyle teamed up with Central Park Group to launch the vehicle.
4 min read · 04 May 2015
(Reuters) - Sycamore Partners has abandoned its attempt to buy apparel retailer Chico’s FAS Inc after failing to secure financing on acceptable terms, the Wall Street Journal reported quoting a person familiar with the matter.
1 min read · 25 February 2015
Big private equity players are pursuing different paths to scale a mountain of capital offered by wealthy individuals and other retail investors, with fresh initiatives under way this year.
8 min read · 23 February 2015
Deep-discount retailer Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, known for the signature catch phrase “good stuff cheap,” is preparing for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, Reuters reported.
1 min read · 10 February 2015
Apollo Global Management unveiled plans to offer credit investments to individual investors through a partnership with Oppenheimer Funds in what will be the firm’s first relationship with a so-called 40-Act mutual fund. Apollo also is working on other avenues to tap into retail investors, with more details expected later this year.
3 min read · 05 February 2015
Two jumbo M&A loans totaling $12 billion in the challenging retail sector are giving a volatile and cautious U.S. leveraged loan market its first test of the year, as increased government scrutiny makes it more difficult to syndicate riskier deals, Reuters reported.
2 min read · 03 February 2015
