Since 2012, the total number of private equity deals have increased within the healthcare sector year after year.
HarbourVest Partners has closed its oversubscribed fifth co-investment fund at a hard cap of $3 billion, beating its $2.5 billion target.
CVC Capital Partners has closed its second growth fund at $1.6 billion, beating its $1 billion target.
First Read begins the day with news that China is considering investing up to $10 billion in Aramco's IPO, HP confirms it received an offer from Xerox, and the DOJ charges two former Twitter employees with spying for Saudi Arabia.
First Read kicks off the day with news that Boeing's CEO is taking a massive pay cut, Walgreens Boots is exploring a potential take-private deal, and SoftBank is taking a $4.6 billion hit from WeWork.
First Read begins the day with news that McDonald's HR head leaves after CEO exits, Apple commits $2.5 billion to address California's housing crisis and homelessness, and dozens of companies in SoftBank's Vision fund have struggled lately
First Read begins the week with news that the U.S. added 128,000 jobs in October, Google is buying Fitbit for $2.1 billion, and Steve Easterbrook is out as McDonald's CEO and president.
Secondaries club deals help disperse risk, Pensions stay quiet on political issues
First Read closes out the week with news that Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot owner announce $48 bln merger, Altria cuts value of Juul stake by $4.5 bln and ex-President Obama decries fake 'wokeness' online culture.
No spooking investors from animal health