Marketing collective The Independents explores $1bn stake sale
Paris-based group in talks with its investors amid slump in high-end market
Paris-based group in talks with its investors amid slump in high-end market

Shareholder’s claims of impairments put billionaire investor Oliver Samwer’s stewardship back in the spotlight

Portfolio management should be based more on themes such as innovation

But it relies on a host of rosy assumptions going in investors’ favour

Buyout groups targeting unloved assets and technology accelerated the pace of group break-ups

Buyout of With Intelligence marks latest effort to serve clients in booming private capital market

Offering seen as signal of whether large private equity groups can begin exiting largest deals