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Bain Capital

  • Tuesday, 1 July, 2025
    Warner Music and Bain target $300mn Red Hot Chili Peppers catalogue deal

    Acquisition would be a coup for record company and private equity firm’s new song rights joint venture

    Bass guitarist Flea and drummer Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers perform on stage
  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
    Ageas SA/NV
    Belgian insurer Ageas agrees £1.3bn deal for UK’s Esure

    Acquisition will expand group’s motor and home insurance business

    Two cars involved in a head-on collision
  • Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
    Bain Capital clinches $2.6bn deal to buy Blackstone-backed HealthEdge

    Sale of US healthcare software company grants two-fold return on investment

    The Bain Capital logo
  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    Seven & i set to list North American 7-Eleven store business

    Japanese group also planning $13bn share buyback and non-core assets sale under new chief as it fights takeover

    A person exits a 7-Eleven convenience store in New York City
  • Monday, 17 February, 2025
    Fuji Soft
    Bain concedes to KKR in $4bn fight for Japan’s Fuji Soft

    Private equity firm says it will not launch planned tender offer for IT services company after protracted bidding war

    Logos of Bain Capital and KKR are displayed against a gradient background. A fan of US hundred-dollar bills is shown in the lower left corner.
  • Thursday, 13 February, 2025
    News in-depthTechnology sector
    US private equity-backed data centres fuel growth of TikTok’s Chinese owner

    Global buyout groups often do not know whether ByteDance uses their facilities to exploit a legal loophole to access chips

    Bridge Data Centre’s MY06 campus in Johor, Malaysia, with TikTok logo and chart
  • Friday, 7 February, 2025
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    Bain buys 340-year-old pharma company to fast-track Japan’s drug development

    Private equity firm expects $3.3bn acquisition of Tanabe will get boost from eased approval process for new medicine

    The Bain Capital logo on a computer screen seen through a magnifying glass
  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    Private equity
    KKR urges Fuji Soft to take legal action against Bain in $4bn takeover fight

    Public battle between private equity bidders for software company tests new ground in Japan

    Signage for Fuji Soft outside the company’s office building in Tokyo
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    IPOs
    Chipmaker Kioxia rises on debut at the end of Bain’s long road to IPO

    Private equity group finally floats Japanese flash memory provider at a valuation far below what it paid in 2018

    Memory card products on display at the entrance to Kioxia’s HQ in Tokyo
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Private equity
    Bain launches $4.3bn counterbid against KKR for Japan’s Fuji Soft

    Takeover battle between private equity firms could trigger wave of aggressive dealmaking in Tokyo

    Bain Capital logo on a blue screen
  • Monday, 18 November, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    KKR and Bain’s $4bn takeover battle set to open up M&A in Japan

    Bankers say clash of private equity titans augurs new phase of ‘hostile’ dealmaking in country

    A Fuji Soft robot
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Private equity
    Bain joins battle for control of world’s biggest zinc smelter

    Big commodities groups watching outcome as founding families vie for Korea Zinc

    Water vapour and smoke rise from the Korea Zinc smelting factory in Ulsan, South Korea
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd
    Qatar Airways agrees to buy 25% stake in Virgin Australia

    Australia’s second-largest carrier would return to long-haul flying as part of the deal

    Virgin Australia planes lined up at departure gates at Sydney airport
  • Monday, 22 July, 2024
    Personal & Household Goods
    Mubadala buys majority stake in buggy brand Bugaboo

    Bain is selling a stake in deal that values Bugaboo at several hundred million pounds

    A woman on her phone walks between red Bugaboo prams
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    Envestnet Inc
    Wall Street groups to buy software maker Envestnet for $4.5bn

    Consortium bets on growing demand for independent asset management among younger, more tech-savvy clients

    Logo of Bain Capital on a purple background
  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
    Scoreboard
    Boston Celtics NBA team goes on sale Premium content

    Plus, F1’s festival-powered future, England’s chances

  • Wednesday, 27 March, 2024
    Bain Capital promotes top dealmaker to co-managing partner

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

    Boston’s skyline
  • Saturday, 3 February, 2024
    LexAccolade Wines Australia Ltd
    Australian wine glut sinks Carlyle’s Accolade bet Premium content

    With Chinese tariffs expected to end in 2024, wine oversupply should diminish

    A worker cuts a bunch of grapes from a vine
  • Friday, 27 October, 2023
    Western Digital Corp
    Chipmaker Western Digital walks away from Kioxia merger talks

    Opposition from rival SK Hynix puts brakes on Bain Capital’s ambitions to create US-Japan chip giant

    SK Hynix solid-state drives
  • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
    Semiconductors
    Chipmaker SK Hynix says it opposes merger between Kioxia and Western Digital

    South Korean company’s sign-off is needed for Bain Capital’s attempt to create a US-Japan chip champion

    SK Hynix logo
  • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
    Due Diligence
    Why CVC is going public now Premium content

    Plus, Bain’s attempt to create a chip champion meets roadblocks and Wall Street heralds mixed investment banking results

    Due Diligence logo
  • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
    Semiconductors
    Bain Capital’s ambitions to create US-Japan chip champion in jeopardy

    Kioxia and Western Digital merger opposed by South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix

    A picture of a Western Digital building
  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
    Blackstone Group LP
    Blackstone funds legal action over soured Bain Capital deal

    US buyout firm foots bill for lawyers to assess potential claim against rival over €200mn loan loss

  • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
    Due Diligence
    Better (IPO) late than never? Premium content

    Plus, buyout groups pass distressed portfolio companies to competitors’ credit funds and Blackstone sells private equity to everyday millionaires

    Due Diligence logo
  • Monday, 24 July, 2023
    Lex
    SoftwareOne/Bain: board hostility remains bane of bidder’s life Premium content

    The whole board of Bain target SoftwareOne plans to review what will make most money for investors

    Bain Capital logo on a phone
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