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Private Equity Firms StonePoint, Insight to Buy Data Provider Corelogic

Property data and analytics firm CoreLogic has agreed to be acquired by two private equity firms for about $6 billion. Funds managed by Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners are set to snatch up all outstanding shares of CoreLogic for …

ProSight to Become Private Company After Being Acquired by Investors

International investment management firm TowerBrook Capital Partners and private equity firm Further Global Capital agreed to acquire 100 percent of the common stock shares of specialty insurer ProSight Global for $586 million cash. The deal, announced last Friday, means the …

New York Court Shows Leniency in Dismissal of Going-Private Buyout Claim

A four-page opinion from an appellate court in New York suggests a way to insulate companies and their boards from lawsuits in going-private transactions. The decision stems from the 2012 buyout of Kenneth Cole Productions Inc. by its namesake chairman …