Kuaishou Technology, the Chinese short-video startup, has attracted BlackRock Inc. and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority as cornerstone investors in its Hong Kong initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The Bountiful Co., a nutritional supplements maker owned by private equity firm KKR & Co., is preparing to go public as soon as this year, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Apollo Global Management Inc.’s talks to acquire the vinyl business of Orbia Advance Corporation SAB de CV, the conglomerate formerly known as Mexichem, have collapsed, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

AT&T Inc. is holding exclusive talks to sell a significant stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG, the latest stage of a monthslong push to unload at least part of the struggling pay-TV business, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Workspace Property Trust, an office and industrial landlord that abandoned an effort to go public in 2018, is exploring raising fresh capital, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Blackstone Group Inc. raised $272 million through an initial public offering of Patria Investments Ltd., one of Latin America’s biggest asset-management firms.

Private equity firm Long Point Capital Inc. and independent trust company GreatBanc Trust Co. are accused of orchestrating an illegal $44 million transaction that allowed the firm to unload its shares in a portfolio company to the company’s workers at an unfair price, according to a proposed class action filed in the Northern District of Illinois.