Investment

In an effort to salvage investments which have failed to perform well on the stock exchanges, private equity firms buy back companies that they recently brought public. In the last few months, firms such as EQT Cinven and Silver Lake…

The UK boutique chain's founding directors received a sweet £280mn payout from Mars' acquisition of Hotel Chocolat last week. The acquisition also filled in a gap in the brand mix of the US-owned confectionery giant. As governments…