Pop music icon Taylor Swift has failed in her attempt to regain control of her own music back-catalogue after it was sold to to private equity house Shamrock Capital in a reported $300m deal.
Warburg Pincus has agreed to sell commercial HVAC equipment maintenance and repair business Service Logic to fellow private equity player Leonard Green & Partners after three years in its portfolio.
European private equity major EQT's real estate arm has launched a £1bn joint venture with Sigma Capital Group to bring 3,000 new rental homes to outer London.
Apollo Global has seen a disappointing IPO for portfolio business Rackspace value the business at about $4.18bn - less than the company's $4.3bn valuation when Apollo took it private four years ago.
Apollo Global-backed home security business ADT saw its valuation surge past $14bn after Google revealed it was buying a 6.6% stake in the company.
YFM Equity Partners has made the debut deal from its £80m Buyout Fund II by backing into loss adjusting and claims management specialist GHG.
Nordic Capital-backed payments provider Trustly is getting a wave of new capital investment from big-name firms including BlackRock's private equity arm and Aberdeen Standard Investments.
Nestlé USA has agreed to sell its North American Buitoni pasta business to Brynwood Partners - the firm's eighth carve-out from the food and drink giant.
