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1 week ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Swetha Gopinath |Vinicy Chan |Manuel Baigorri
Blackstone Inc.’s planned sale of a stake in exhibition organizer Clarion Events is attracting interest from private equity firms including FountainVest Partners and Intermediate Capital Group Plc, people with knowledge of the matter said. FountainVest and ICG are among several parties that have submitted initial proposals about a deal for Clarion, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Swetha Gopinath |Vinicy Chan |Manuel Baigorri
Blackstone Inc.’s planned sale of a stake in exhibition organizer Clarion Events is attracting interest from private equity firms including FountainVest Partners and Intermediate Capital Group Plc, people with knowledge of the matter said. FountainVest and ICG are among several parties that have submitted initial proposals about a deal for Clarion, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Swetha Gopinath |Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro |Vinicy Chan
Schouw & Co. has picked banks to help arrange a potential Copenhagen initial public offering of Danish industrial fish feed business BioMar Group, according to people familiar with the matter. The Aarhus, Denmark-based company selected DNB Carnegie Holding AB, Morgan Stanley, Danske Bank AS and Nordea Bank Abp to lead BioMar’s share sale, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. BioMar’s valuation could be about $2 billion in an IPO, the people said.
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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Swetha Gopinath |Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro |Vinicy Chan
A bucket of feed at a salmon farm. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Schouw & Co. has picked banks to help arrange a potential Copenhagen initial public offering of Danish industrial fish feed business BioMar Group, according to people familiar with the matter.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Clara Hernanz Lizarraga |Vinicy Chan |Jillian Deutsch
KKR & Co. and GIC Pte. are among the final bidders for a stake in a fiber-optic broadband network venture owned by MasOrange and Zegona Communications Plc, according to people familiar with the matter. The two funds are among the suitors that have entered a second round of the process to buy a 40% stake in the joint venture, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private.
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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Clara Hernanz Lizarraga |Vinicy Chan |Jillian Deutsch
Multi-colored fiber optic cables connected to a terminal. (Bloomberg) -- KKR & Co. and GIC Pte. are among the final bidders for a stake in a fiber-optic broadband network venture owned by MasOrange and Zegona Communications Plc, according to people familiar with the matter. The two funds are among the suitors that have entered a second round of the process to buy a 40% stake in the joint venture, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Dinesh Nair |Vinicy Chan
UBS Group AG has hired former BNP Paribas SA banker Jacob Spens as vice chairman for global banking in the Nordic region, as the Swiss bank looks to capture more market share in one of the most attractive fee pools. The appointment will take effect on July 1 and the veteran banker will be based in Stockholm, reporting to John Nyholm, head of global banking for Nordics, according to a memo seen by Bloomberg News. A representative for UBS confirmed the contents of the memo.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Dinesh Nair |Vinicy Chan
UBS Group AG has hired former BNP Paribas SA banker Jacob Spens as vice chairman for global banking in the Nordic region, as the Swiss bank looks to capture more market share in one of the most attractive fee pools. The appointment will take effect on July 1 and the veteran banker will be based in Stockholm, reporting to John Nyholm, head of global banking for Nordics, according to a memo seen by Bloomberg News. A representative for UBS confirmed the contents of the memo.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro |Vinicy Chan |Jonas Ekblom
As fewer large companies opt to go public in Europe, the region’s stock exchanges are fighting harder to win the biggest listings. Stockholm, Amsterdam, Zurich and London recently went head-to-head to vie for Hellman & Friedman’s initial public offering of Verisure. The Swedish exchange proved triumphant due to the €20 billion ($22.8 billion) security firm’s history in the country and the strength of the local investment community, according to people familiar with the matter.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro |Vinicy Chan |Jonas Ekblom
The Euronext exchange in Amsterdam. (Bloomberg) -- As fewer large companies opt to go public in Europe, the region’s stock exchanges are fighting harder to win the biggest listings. Stockholm, Amsterdam, Zurich and London recently went head-to-head to vie for Hellman & Friedman’s initial public offering of Verisure.
