BREAKINGVIEWS-Electronic Arts takeover resets the buyout game: podcast
By Jonathan Guilford
NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Follow on Apple or Spotify. Listen on the Reuters app. Read the episode transcript.
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Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund and private equity firm Silver Lake are pouring vast resources into their $55 bln acquisition of the ‘FC’ videogame developer. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss how the record deal turns received M&A wisdom on its head.
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FURTHER READING
Electronic Arts allows for a buyout high score
Saudi’s EA buyout looks like risky mission creep
Saudi megafund’s success rests on fuzzy local bets
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