Global buyout giant KKR has led a consortium to file a record $14.8bn bid for Australian hospital operator Ramsay Health Care, making it potentially the biggest private equity-backed buyout deal for an Australian company. The
European private equity major EQT is reportedly eyeing its biggest-ever buyout through an acquisition of €9.5bn-valued Dutch telecommunications business Royal KPN.
Private equity heavyweights Carlyle and Pacific Equity Partners have sent shares in Link Administration Holdings soaring after submitting a A$2.76bn ($2bn) buyout offer for the business.
BC Partners is looking to make an aggressive £3bn takeover of UK security business G4S through its portfolio business Gardaworld.
Private equity house Thoma Bravo has upped its previously agreed deal for cloud insurance software provider Majesco to $729m amid rival interest from a new suitor.
A string of private equity houses have reportedly made it to the next round of bidding for Nestle's Chinese unit Yinlu Foods Group.
The battle to buy coroanvirus-stricken airline Virgin Australia is over after Bain Capital won the bidding war to buy the business.
