Deals
Mergermarket Said to Have Rejected Private Equity Interest
- Company’s owner, BC Partners, rebuffed talks over price
- Carlyle planned to combine with portfolio company Dealogic
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Mergermarket Group, the subscription financial news and data company owned by private equity firm BC Partners, rebuffed takeover interest it received over the past few months because of differences over valuation, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Carlyle Group LP and Hellman & Friedman were among a number of private equity firms and strategics to have expressed interest in bidding for the company since January, said the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.