Simpson Thacher and HSF target Luxembourg in private equity push

Top law firms are opening new European bases as investment grows

World - Financial Times - 7 hours ago

Private equity eyes a deal with Reeves on carried interest

Labour’s agenda highlights tension between raising taxes and courting internationally mobile financiers

World - Financial Times - October 29

Why These Fast-Growing Companies Turned to Private Equity

PE firms get a bad rap. These CEOs partnered with them anyway.

Business - Inc. - November 7

Japanese lift maker Fujitec explores sale to private equity

Talks with multiple groups including Sweden’s EQT have taken place in recent months

World - Financial Times - October 30

UK hits wealthy with raids on non-doms, private equity and estates

Chancellor pressed ahead with contentious changes to offshore trusts used by rich foreigners

Business - Financial Times - October 30

How will UK tax rises on private equity’s carried interest work?

Changes unveiled in Rachel Reeves’ Budget mean the performance fee will be treated as income from 2026

Business - Financial Times - October 31

Outgoing Manulife CEO says more scrutiny of private equity deals ‘welcome’

Roy Gori says increased oversight would be a way to reinforce confidence in the insurance industry

Business - Financial Times - November 18

Unilever shelves planned sale of its ice cream business to private equity

Chief executive Hein Schumacher wants to separate division as part of turnaround plan

Business - Financial Times - 6 days ago

Grant Thornton UK picks private equity over US merger

Accounting firm agrees to sell stake to buyout group Cinven

World - Financial Times - 6 days ago

Private equity landlords' screening process discriminated against renters, lawsuits contend

Two large private equity-backed landlords discriminated against prospective tenants by relying on faulty screening systems, according to two lawsuits.

SG Fleet Receives $780 Million Private-Equity Takeover Proposal

SG’s stock jumped 20% on the announcement, which came five weeks after the company reiterated guidance for an annual underlying profit of between A$88 million and A$95 million.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 2 days ago

How private equity convinced Labour to go easy on its multimillion pound tax perk

The lobbying coup of the decade saw a major climbdown on the chancellor’s planned raid on carried interest. Nils Pratley: Rachel Reeves’s most irritating manifesto fudge “I’m glad I don’t have ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Economists warn Trump’s policies will trigger inflation

US president-elect won on claims he could rid of high prices yet many analysts think he will do the opposite

World - Financial Times - November 6

How to devalue the dollar (a guide for Trump)

Greenback attack

World - Financial Times - November 6

Private equity can now invest in NFL teams. Here's what it could mean for the league

In recent years, valuations of professional football teams have skyrocketed, boosted in part by soaring media rights packages.

Business - CNBC - November 13

Watch for more Jersey Mike’s sub shops as it wins backing from private-equity giant Blackstone

The New Jersey-based sub giant, reportedly valued at $8 billion, aims to grow beyond 3,000 locations in the U.S.

Business - MarketWatch - November 19

Abortion activists target Latino voters in final push for Florida’s abortion amendment

With an amendment aiming to enshrine abortion rights in Florida on the Nov. 5 ballot, advocacy groups on both side of the measure are seeking to cut through the noise in trying to persuade Latino ...

Politics - The Hill - November 2

Israel hits Hezbollah targets in Beirut amid cease-fire push

Israel launched more airstrikes on Hezbollah targets Friday, completely leveling a building in Beirut. The strikes come after a top Iranian official committed to support Lebanon as the U.S. ...

Pushing UK pensions into private markets would deliver ‘tiny’ gains, forecasts show

Ministers have argued higher fund allocations to private equity and infrastructure would generate better returns

World - Financial Times - Yesterday

Luxembourg's Juncker calls for end to border checks in EU

World - Yahoo News - 3 days ago

Nissan to warn jobs at risk as UK EV targets push car industry to ‘crisis point’

Carmakers fear goals unreachable as consumer demand softens

Business - Financial Times - November 16

PSNI not 'rigorous enough' in investigating Simpson death

For several months, Katie Simpson’s death in 2020 was treated by detectives as a suicide.

Milhouse voice actress retires from The Simpsons

Pamela Hayden also voiced Ned Flanders' sons Rod and Todd and school bully Jimbo Jones.

Hank Azaria of ‘The Simpsons’ on the key to getting your parents to help you financially

The actor, who has voiced many a memorable character on the long-running animated series, is now heading up a Bruce Springsteen tribute band.

Business - MarketWatch - October 28

'The Simpsons' will be part of Monday Night Football alternate broadcast on Dec. 9

Bart and Homer Simpson, meet “Monday Night Football.”

Sports - ABC News - October 28

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