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UK’s Morrison rejects $7.6b takeover proposal from CD&R

Bloomberg Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc rejected as undervalued an unsolicited proposal from US buyout firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC that valued the UK grocery chain at about 5.5 billion pounds ($7.6 billion). Morrison received a proposed cash offer at 230 pence a share on June 14 and rejected it three days later after discussions with its adviser Rothschild & ...

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Ares sued by Millette’s Hudson debt fund over aircraft loan

Bloomberg Ares Management was sued by a specialist credit fund co-founded by a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc partner over the sale of collateral on a loan to a struggling Norwegian airline. Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd claims that several Ares funds that held the notes directed that aircraft used as collateral be sold to an Ares affiliate, despite a ...

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Private jet sales boom as rich buy up

Bloomberg The coronavirus pandemic has created an overhang of pent-up travel demand and left unspent money burning holes in the pockets of the well-to-do. Put the two together and the result is a hunger for private jets. Buyers have scooped up so many of the good used planes out there that they’re now getting on waiting lists to purchase new ...

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