(Bloomberg) — A proposed leveraged buyout of video-game publisher Electronic Arts Inc (EA). by a group of investors including the Saudi sovereign wealth fund highlights challenges in the broader gaming industry, which has struggled in recent years to find new avenues of growth. A group including Silver Lake Management and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which already owns 10% of Electronic Arts, is said to be in talks to acquire the company in what could amount to one of the biggest leveraged buyou ...

(Bloomberg) — A proposed leveraged buyout of video-game publisher Electronic Arts Inc (EA). by a group of investors including the Saudi sovereign wealth fund highlights challenges in the broader gaming industry, which has struggled in recent years to find new avenues of growth.A group including Silver Lake Management and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which already owns 10% of Electronic Arts, is said to be in talks to acquire the company in what could amount to one of the biggest leveraged buyouts ...

By Milana Vinn and Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) -Electronic Arts, the videogame publisher behind titles such as "FC" and "Battlefield", is in advanced talks to go private at a valuation of roughly $50 billion, according to sources familiar with the matter. A group of investors including private equity firm Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners could unveil a deal for the publisher as soon as next week, the sources said on Friday. If it goes through, the dea ...

Investors including Silver Lake are eyeing a deal that would likely be the largest leveraged buyout ever. ...

(Corrects advisory to say SSP Group's share move and response added in paragraphs 6 and 7, not 5 and 6) (Reuters) -Activist hedge fund Irenic Capital Management is trying to drum up interest in a take-private deal for Upper Crust owner SSP Group after boosting its stake in the food-to-go operator, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. Irenic Capital Management declined to comment. The New York-based hedge fund is encouraging private equity groups to launch takeover bids for the London-listed company ...