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KKR in talks to buy stake in Veritas business valued at close to $11bn

A potential deal for healthcare technology company Cotiviti comes after earlier bid from Carlyle fell through

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KKR hires bankers after approaches for its song rights catalogue

An auction would test Wall Street’s appetite for music royalties as higher rates hit valuations

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Rising rates rock private equity’s billion-dollar bets on music

Wall Street firms that had been vying to snap up song rights have slowed their buying considerably

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Musk told lenders they would not lose money on Twitter deal

Banks are facing serious losses on the debt as social media platform’s business deteriorates

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How SoftBank’s bet on US mortgage lender Better backfired

Multibillion-dollar investment in start-up soured as interest rates rose and Spac craze ended

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Berkshire Hathaway settles dispute over value of Pilot Travel Centers

Conglomerate averts trial after reaching undisclosed deal for full settlement of lawsuit

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Adam Neumann seeks to buy WeWork out of bankruptcy

Entrepreneur says he is partnering with Third Point but hedge fund says it has not committed to participating in any deal

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Adam Neumann won’t go away

Plus, Carlyle’s make-or-break year under Harvey Schwartz and Saudi Arabia’s advisers testify

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Creditors question Adam Neumann’s plans for a WeWork comeback

The co-working entrepreneur has made a late entry into an already complex bankruptcy process

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway pares its stake in Apple

Share sale follows investor’s admission that an earlier cut to its holding may have been a mistake

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Billionaire Michael Dell backs ex-Goldman executives’ new credit firm

Family office to provide first outside funding for credit asset manager 5C Investment Partners

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Barclays boss has a bold turnaround plan. Will it work?

Plus, two credit card lenders strike a megamerger and private lending gets another thumbs up from Michael Dell

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Buffett admits Berkshire’s days of ‘eye-popping’ gains are over

Investor warns there are ‘essentially no candidates for capital deployment’ outside US as cash pile hits record high

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Banks strike back at private credit in ‘aggressive’ push to win deals

About $10bn of loans have been refinanced in public markets as conditions improve due to rate cuts being on the horizon

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Buffett sounds wildfire alarm as utilities industry enters new era

Berkshire Hathaway ‘will not knowingly throw good money after bad’, billionaire says as damages pile up

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Cracks widen in Israel’s war cabinet

Senior minister Benny Gantz’s White House visit lays bare growing tensions within Israel’s war cabinet

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Luxury gym chain Equinox raises $1.8bn to avert cash crunch

Indebted New York fitness group needed to refinance $1.2bn in debt after pandemic closures led to a liquidity crunch

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US home sale fees set to fall after real estate group settles lawsuits

National Association of Realtors has agreed to pay $418mn in damages in a deal that sent brokerage shares lower

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Barings sues Nomura-backed private credit firm over ‘one of largest corporate...

MassMutual arm files for temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction after 20 employees defect

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The daring raid on Barings that has shaken $1.7tn private credit market

More than 20 senior executives have defected to a brand new business set up by an Australian property executive

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Adam Neumann makes conditional offer to regain control of WeWork

Co-working group’s co-founder says he has ‘half a dozen’ partners to finance a potential bid of about $600mn

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Bain Capital promotes top dealmaker to co-managing partner

David Gross appointed to jointly lead the private equity group from April

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Goldman Sachs expands private credit reach with Kennedy Lewis stake

Bank’s Petershill Partners unit reaches deal that values investment firm at more than $1bn

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Brookfield in talks to buy majority stake in $22bn airline lender

Castlelake’s aircraft leasing focus fits private capital industry’s interest in asset-backed debts

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High-speed trader Jane Street raked in $4.4bn at start of 2024

Trading revenue for secretive New York firm rivals sums generated by Wall Street banks

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