Private Equity

HONG KONG, June 17 (Reuters) - News and developments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for the week ending June 14. JUNE 14 CERBERUS CAPITAL Management LP publicly questioned the management of Seibu Holdings, hoping to garner support for its...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand broadcaster MediaWorks Ltd was placed in receivership on Monday after its private equity owners and bankers failed to agree on a refinancing deal, but new owners have been lined up. Investors led by Australian...

BRUSSELS, June 14 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS -- Diversified U.S. manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. to acquire mobile...

(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Friday its private equity unit, One Equity Partners, will become independent, as the largest U.S. bank increases its focus on client businesses. One Equity Partners, which manages $4.5 billion of investments,...

June 14 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Friday: ** China's Sinopec is negotiating to join a $20 billion liquefied natural gas project run by Russia's Novatek, a source close to the talks...

With businessman Bruce Rauner running for Illinois governor, his experience in the world of private equity is likely to sound familiar to voters. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had a similar background, which became fodder for debate during...

June 13 (Reuters) - Envision Healthcare Holdings Inc, the parent of the largest U.S. provider of ambulance services formerly known as Emergency Medical Services Corp (EMSC), filed with regulators to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering...

BRUSSELS, June 13 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS -- German investor Joh A Benckiser (JAB) to buy Dutch coffee and tea maker D.E. Master...

LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - Private equity firms are sitting on $116 billion of assets trapped in so-called zombie funds that lie dormant but still rake in fees from investors, research showed on Thursday. Almost 1,200 private equity funds can be classed...

LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity firms are sitting on $116 billion of assets trapped in so-called zombie funds that lie dormant but still rake in fees from investors, research showed on Thursday. Almost 1,200 private equity funds can be classed as...

By Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK, June 13 (Reuters) - Yankee Candle Co Inc said on Thursday it had withdrawn a plan to borrow money in order to pay a dividend to its private equity owner, a sign that a wave of such lucrative deals may be coming to an end....

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Private equity firm BC Partners is on the verge of clinching the purchase of German publisher Springer Science for somewhere in excess of 3 billion euros, two persons familiar with the negotiations said on Thursday. BC Partners is...