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  • Wednesday, 15 December, 2021
    Travel & leisure industry
    Punch Pubs bought by SoftBank-backed Fortress Investment Group

    Deal values UK company with 1,300 pubs at about £1bn

  • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    SoftBank-backed Fortress pays $3.5bn for Japan golf company

    Investment group acquires Accordia after global private equity firms balk at price

  • Saturday, 2 October, 2021
    Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
    CD&R triumphs in £10bn Morrisons battle

    US private equity group wins auction by penny-a-share increment

  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    LexWm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
    Wm Morrison: shareholders win in UK auction rules Premium content

    Process should mean a good result for supermarket’s investors but could be costly for bidders

  • Wednesday, 29 September, 2021
    Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
    Morrisons’ future set to be decided in one-day auction this weekend

    Five-round process to take place on Saturday, rules UK’s Takeover Panel

  • Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
    Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
    Morrisons takeover battle to go to auction next month

    Regulator steps in after neither of the two rival consortiums pursuing the UK supermarket group declare their offers final

  • Monday, 9 August, 2021
    LexWm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
    Wm Morrison/Fortress: weight of funds gives buyout groups impetus Premium content

    Private equity firms are sitting on mountains of ‘dry powder’ that they need to deploy

  • Monday, 9 August, 2021
    Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
    Morrisons takeover battle extended as CD&R given more time to bid

    UK regulator says private equity group has until August 20 to make an offer for supermarket chain

  • Friday, 6 August, 2021
    Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
    Fortress ups stakes in Morrisons bidding war

    Increased offer comes days before deadline and piles pressure on rival Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

  • Wednesday, 28 July, 2021
    Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
    Singapore’s GIC teams up with Fortress on £9.5bn Morrisons bid

    Sovereign wealth fund will provide £100m of funding for the bid vehicle

  • Wednesday, 28 July, 2021
    Helen Thomas
    Why Silchester’s real beef with Morrisons deal boils down to price

    Supermarket’s biggest investor takes issue with takeover structure that allows grocer to dictate timings

  • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
    Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
    Apollo drops plans to launch rival bid for Morrisons

    Private equity company instead looks at joining Fortress offer for UK supermarket group

  • Wednesday, 14 July, 2021
    ExplainerWm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
    How a private equity buyer could make the most of Morrisons

    Acquirer’s options to improve returns include property deals and asset sales

  • Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
    Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC
    Ministers to seek assurances over Morrisons takeover

    Business secretary expected to ask for a meeting with chain’s chair after it agreed to a £9.5bn private equity buyout

  • Sunday, 4 July, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Fortress-led investor group strikes £9.5bn deal to buy Morrisons

    Deal comes two weeks after Britain’s fourth-largest grocer rejected unsolicited approach from CD&R

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
    News in-depthJapanese business & finance
    Unizo battle puts Japan governance in spotlight

    Fortress claims bid target planned to fund employee scheme through asset sales

  • Sunday, 29 September, 2019
    Investor activism
    Japan property group Unizo faces shareholder revolt in deal battle

    Investors fear conditions would go against country’s new M&A guidelines

  • Thursday, 22 August, 2019
    Due Diligence
    Elliott, Fortress and the tangle over a Japanese property developer Premium content

    Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

  • Friday, 2 August, 2019
    Majestic Wine to sell retail business to asset manager Fortress 

    UK company agrees deal as it shifts focus to Naked subscription service

  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2019
    Cryptocurrencies
    SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son lost $130m in mistimed bitcoin bet

    Investment blemish for Japanese billionaire who bought into cryptocurrency near its peak

  • Monday, 21 January, 2019
    Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA
    Casino completes €1.5bn disposal plan with Fortress deal

    French hypermarket group’s agreed property sale to raise €392m upfront

  • Friday, 16 November, 2018
    Virgin Group Ltd
    Richard Branson brings Virgin brand to US rail

    Brightline, which runs services in Florida, will rename itself Virgin Trains USA

  • Friday, 20 July, 2018
    Sport
    Egypt billionaire and Fortress founder take control of Aston Villa

    Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens acquire 55% of one of English football’s oldest clubs

  • Wednesday, 4 April, 2018
    US & Canadian companies
    SoftBank waived day-to-day control of Fortress to win deal

    US regulator wanted Japanese group to keep distance before approving $3.3bn takeover

  • Monday, 15 January, 2018
    Fund management
    M&A in asset management sector climbs to 8-year high

    Trend of fewer but larger deals set to be followed by rise in cross-border mergers

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