Deals

The $1.7bn investment in satellite operator Intelsat will see majority owner BC Partners retain a stake alongside fellow PE house Silver Lake.

More than 6,400 votes were cast in PEI’s annual awards, recognising the firms, deals and advisors that shaped the industry in 2016.

Entry valuations of 10x earnings during 2016 exceeded crisis levels, but leverage and capital invested is still down on previous highs, says Bain & Co.

The deal for the UK's largest family law firm is the lower mid-market firm's first in the legal sector.

The Portuguese bank was bailed out in 2014 with €4.9bn from the central bank of Portugal.

The troubled US pension has sold 11 fund stakes on the secondaries market across buyout, energy and growth strategies since accepting bids in November.

Pension Investment Corporation, which was founded by Edi and Danny Truell and backed by JC Flowers, will be the third asset in CVC’s longer-hold Strategic Opportunities platform.

Softbank is in the ‘last phase’ of raising a giant tech-focused fund. How does it compare with what is out there already?

Blackstone initially considered investing out of its long-term fund, Blackstone Core Equity Partners, instead of its seventh buyout fund.

The firm reiterates intent to raise about $100bn between 2016 and 2019.