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PE/VC investments nearly doubled to $5.4 bn in May led by Jio Platforms dealsThe investments have nearly doubled as compared to the year-ago period's USD 2.8 billion, and the biggest deal recorded during the month was buyout major KKR's USD 1.5 billion investment in Jio, consultancy firm EY said in a report. |
Cherwell Software Announces Board AppointmentsCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #ESM--Cherwell Software, a global leader in enterprise service management solutions, today welcomed Rob Salvagno, co-head of KKR’s Next Generation Technology Growth team in North America, and Drew Harman, managing director with Insight Venture Partners, to its Board of Managers. In addition, Dave Welsh, member of the board since 2018 and head of TMT Growth Equity at KKR, has been named Chairman of the Board for Cherwell. Effective as of May 27, 2020, Salvagno |
KKR, Ambersand Capital in joint bid for Oxford Immunotec -sourcesA consortium of private equity firms KKR & Co Inc and Ampersand Capital Partners has approached Oxford Immunotec Global Plc, a medical diagnostics company that develops tests to identify tuberculosis, with a $400 million acquisition offer, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The offer is preliminary and was submitted to Oxford Immunotec in the last few days, the sources said. It comes after the company explored a potential sale to large healthcare peers over the course of the last year, but failed to agree on terms, the sources added. |
Amazon Eyes $2 Billion Stake in Bharti Airtel: Report(Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc. is in preliminary talks to buy a stake in No. 2 Indian carrier Bharti Airtel Ltd. for at least $2 billion, Reuters reported, joining Facebook Inc. and other U.S. giants in betting on one of the world’s fastest-growing internet arenas.The U.S. online retailer is in early-stage discussions to buy about a 5% stake in the Indian wireless operator, Reuters said, citing anonymous sources. A deal will help Amazon access Bharti’s 300 million subscribers -- a user base akin to the entire U.S. population.American technology and investment giants have been buying stakes in Indian companies to build their presence in Asia’s second-most populous nation. Facebook agreed to invest about $5.7 billion into a unit of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. in April, while ... |
Reliance Industries closes $7 bln rights issue, India's largest everIndia's oil-to-telecoms giant Reliance Industries on Wednesday closed a $7 billion rights issue, India's largest ever, luring buyers in with a rare deferred payment offer. The issue was subscribed about 1.6 times, in "a vote of confidence, by both domestic investors, foreign investors and small retail shareholders, in the intrinsic strength of the Indian economy", billionaire owner Mukesh Ambani said a statement late on Wednesday. Also, in a first, Reliance said the partly paid up shares could be traded on stock exchanges, giving investors a chance to buy more of the discounted issue than the entitlement and making it an attractive bet for arbitrage players. |
U.S. clears private equity as investment option for retirement plansThe U.S. Department of Labor issued guidance on Wednesday that allows private equity investments to be offered to U.S. retirement plans as part of diversified investment funds, a move that the leveraged buyout industry has long called for. Employee-sponsored defined benefit plans, such as the pension funds of public sector workers, have long been allowed to include buyout funds in their investment portfolios, turning private equity into a multi-trillion-dollar industry. |
FOCUS-Amid pandemic, investors bet on India's Jio and its giant-killer playbookFrom its Silicon Valley-like campus near Mumbai, Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Jio telecom carrier is emerging as a winner from changes in the way Indian consumers plug into a digital economy made more urgent by the coronavirus pandemic. For Indian shoppers who prefer to order online, it is launching a grocery ordering service with Facebook Inc's popular WhatsApp messaging. India's 10-week lockdown has also led to a surge in demand for data, boosting Jio's phone and broadband offerings. |
KKR to Present at the Morgan Stanley Financials Conference 2020NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR) announced today that Joseph Y. Bae, Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, will present at the Morgan Stanley Financials Conference 2020 on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 9:30 AM ET. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investor Center section of KKR’s website at http://ir.kkr.com/kkr_ir/kkr_events.cfm. For those unable to listen to the live audio webcast, a replay will be available on the website shortly aft |
Is Coty a Value or a Value Trap?After forging a deal with KKR and naming yet another CEO, the cosmetics giant is beginning another transformation. |
Coty Spikes 15% Amid Talks With Kim Kardashian West For A Cosmetics Tie-UpShares in Coty jumped 15% after the cosmetics company announced that it is currently in talks with Kim Kardashian West for a possible collaboration “with respect to certain beauty products”.The stock soared to $4.80 in afternoon trading in the U.S.“There can be no assurance that an agreement for such a collaboration will be reached or as to the terms of any such agreement,” Coty said in a SEC filing. “The company does not intend to comment further on such a potential transaction unless and until it otherwise deems further disclosure is appropriate or required.”The talks come just months after the collaboration agreement with Kardashian’s sister Kylie Jenner. Coty acquired a controlling stake in Kylie Jenner’s cosmetics company, Kylie Cosmetics, for $600 million.The deal increased the co... |
