Just as we predicted earlier this year,
private equity firms are starting to pay closer attention to the retail sector.
Ironically, while
private equity firms are taking a closer look at more and more retailers, a chain that perhaps needs a private partner the most, Barnes & Noble, is about to give up on its search for a buyer, Bloomberg reports.
Justin Hutchens, CEO of Murfreesboro, Tenn. - based National Health Investors, agrees with Maddron and says
private equity firms are also coming back to the space.
«Some of the smart
private equity firms are rolling up their shirt sleeves, looking into leases, to make sure what they're about to buy is what they expected it to be,» Mullaney said.
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Private equity firms are realizing that, when you capitalize the value of the leases of the restaurant chains they're acquiring, in some cases it's as big as, or bigger than, the amount of debt,» Mullaney said.
Private equity firms are a relatively new investor group that has been particularly eager to scoop up quality MOBs, according to Martin.
Eager to deploy their funds,
private equity firms are investing in restaurants and retailers.
Private equity firms are likely buyers because they have plenty of cash, along with high hopes they can extract more value out of the chains.
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Private equity firms are trying to build platforms to sell to big companies like Almost Home and Health South,» Phillips says.
First - round bids of between # 10M and # 15M were submitted earlier this month, primarily by rival online dating businesses, but
some private equity firms are also interested.
First - round bids of between 10m and 15m were submitted earlier this month, primarily by rival online dating businesses, but
some private equity firms are also interested.
Venture capital (VC) and other
private equity firms are pools of capital, typically organized as a limited partnership, that invest in companies that show the potential for a high rate of return.
Unlike corporates, deals involving
private equity firms are extremely unlikely to include a reverse break fee.
As long as
private equity firms are unwilling to belong to any club that would have them as members, Dell won't have much company in the mega-deal society.
Big
private equity firms are vying to add women and minorities to their male - dominated workplaces as they expand beyond buyouts into larger, multifaceted money managers.
Mergers between
private equity firms are rare, with founders typically favoring shuttering their operations over selling.
The private equity firms are making an opportunistic move on Merck consumer health as they want to have options to build on the business they have with Stada, one of the sources said.
NEW YORK More acquisitions of U.S. companies by
private equity firms are being done through companies that are already owned by buyout funds, rather than the funds directly, a market report showed on Thursday, indicating this «bolt - on» strategy is catching on.
A group of well known venture capital and large
private equity firms are pooling resources to make a bid to acquire eBay - owned Skype, according to a source close to the deal.
Those commercial loans are due to be refinanced, but those hedge funds and
private equity firms are out of business now.
It's possible that large
private equity firms are more willing to consider big buyouts of struggling enterprise companies in light of the blockbuster Dell and EMC deal, a complex transaction involving Dell raising $ 45 billion in debt financing to help carry it through.
TechCrunch's Michael Arrington is reporting that an investor group consisting of venture capital and
private equity firms are combining resources to make a bid to acquire the Internet phone company from eBay.
According to Bloomberg,
the private equity firm is purchasing 7.5 % of Masan Nutri - Science, the company's meat - producing business, for $ 150 million, which values the unit at $ 2 billion.
During the economic boom a decade ago when
private equity firms were enjoying sky high valuations, they also took money from sovereign wealth funds in Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Singapore, and China.
In 2007, KKR and the other
private equity firms were betting on rising natural gas prices.
The private equity firm is reported to be plotting a three - headed bid for the Italian airline.
Lydia Jett has left her position as vice president with
private equity firm M / C Partners to join SoftBank as an investor in their West Coast office.
Treasury raised $ 486 million in fresh capital to help pay for the Diageo acquisition, but the company's market capitalisation has now soared to $ 7.8 billion, more than double what
the private equity firms were prepared to pay.
Cleaning and catering contractor Spotless Group has put an end to the debate about major shareholder Pacific Equity Partners» stake, saying
the private equity firm is free to sell 104 million shares when the market opens on November 28.
The prospect of another bidder emerging from the ranks of global
private equity firms is also high, with US - based giant Carlyle Group known to have quietly sounded out former Coca - Cola Amatil managing director Terry Davis about his appetite for running a privately backed Treasury in the past few weeks.
Private equity firms were rather cautious in making new investments; nevertheless, we observed certain successful fund - raising activities as well as considerable number of exits.
Establishing relationships with recruiters and / or venture capital /
private equity firms is a valuable marketing tool.
When
private equity firms were buying out REITs in the peak years, in many cases the investors quickly flipped the assets.
In addition to cash infusions into flagging companies and direct acquisitions of properties, another common tactic taken by
private equity firms is purchasing notes from lenders.
That private equity firm was able to increase its bid for the chain based upon what Mullaney found.
A New York - based
private equity firm is the latest investor entering the Chicago area's market for distressed homes.
Blackstone and Bain purchased Michaels for approximately $ 6 billion in a leveraged buyout in 2006, when many
private equity firms were feverishly acquiring retailers, with what proved to be mixed success.
Not exact matches
If and when
private equity arrives in your 401 (k),
be prepared: One
private equity firm, for instance,
is marketing
private equity to target date — fund designers.
Vivint and Ancestry.com
are just down the street: Both
were unicorns — startups valued at $ 1 billion or more — before
being acquired by
private equity firms.
This year, the French chairman and CEO
is joining US - based
private -
equity firm Catterton to form an investment
firm with a consumer focus.
The blockbuster deal at the Dubai Air Show
was a monster order Wednesday from a
private equity firm for 430 single - aisle Airbus jets.
At least one
private equity firm, Privateer Holdings, has
been established to focus on the «emerging legal cannabis field.»
The mining sector
is still providing abundant work opportunities for law
firms, from contract disputes to potential
private equity acquisitions.
Founder Zach Goldstein, an investment banker who formerly worked at JPMorgan and a
private equity firm in Chicago,
was frustrated with the quality of other lounge clothes on the market that he didn't feel comfortable wearing outside his house.
Grandpoint Capital
was backed by a consortium of
private equity firms including Stone Point Capital, Calera Capital, MidOcean Partners and Golden Gate Capital.
• Mednax, a U.S. healthcare network operator targeted by Elliott Management,
is facing acquisition interest from several
private equity firms, according to people familiar with the matter interviewed by Reuters.
Manbang, which
is backed by Tencent and Jack Ma's
private equity firm, hopes to raise between $ 500 million and $ 1 billion in capital to help it expand in China's growing logistics market.
Its assets and employees
are going to
private equity firm Lantern Capital Partners, but the deal also nullifies all the non-disclosure agreements that Harvey Weinstein made his accusers sign when he settled with them.
• HarbourVest Partners, a Boston, Mass. - based
private equity investment firm, is seeking $ 2.5 billion for its fifth co-investment fund, according to Private Equity Interna
private equity investment firm, is seeking $ 2.5 billion for its fifth co-investment fund, according to Private Equity Internat
equity investment
firm,
is seeking $ 2.5 billion for its fifth co-investment fund, according to
Private Equity Interna
Private Equity Internat
Equity International.
The acquirers
were two
private -
equity firms, Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners.