By Pamela Barbaglia and David French LONDON/NEW YORK – Battered by a near 50% plunge in its shares over the last 12 months, Nexi, Europe’s biggest payments processor, has not …
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By Makiko Yamazaki and Yuki Nitta TOKYO – Mizuho Financial Group plans to beef up its U.S. operations for M&A advisory and equity underwriting, its chief executive said, as Japan’s …
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By Tatiana Bautzer SAO PAULO – Latin American bankers expect investors to overlook political worries in the region this year and keep investing in local companies, buoyed by strong commodities …
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(Reuters) – Citigroup Inc on Monday named Tony Osmond as chair of its Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory (BCMA) unit in Australia and New Zealand, and Alex Cartel to be …
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By Anirban Sen and Pamela Barbaglia (Reuters) – The value of global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity took a 29% hit in the first quarter of 2022 as market volatility …
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SEOUL – The CEO of South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix said on Monday that its largest shareholder, SK Square, is considering merger and acquisition deals involving chip companies. “We are …
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MILAN – As Europe steps up its military spending after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri expects to expand its defence business, but sees M&A activity halted for now, …
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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss, David French and Krystal Hu NEW ORLEANS – Mergers and acquisitions activity has tailed off after a record-breaking 2021, as the war in Ukraine adds to a …
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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON – Acquisition platform Acacia Research Corp, backed by activist fund Starboard Value and a recent bidder for retailer Kohl’s Corp, appointed one of the hedge fund’s …
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– Barclays appointed Ihsan Essaid as co-head of its global mergers and acquisitions business, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Thursday. Essaid is a veteran of about three …
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By Nichola Saminather TORONTO – TD Bank’s planned $13.4 billion purchase of First Horizon Corp would give it access to one of the fastest growing regions in the United States, …
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By Yousef Saba DUBAI – E&, the UAE telecoms group formerly called Etisalat, is looking to expand into new markets in Africa, Europe and Asia and in areas outside telecoms …
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By Juliette Portala -Worldline’s fourth-quarter sales surpassed market expectations, prompting the French payments company to herald a new year of “conquest” in Europe, with shares rising more than 9%. The …
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– Unilever unveiled plans on Tuesday to cut about 1,500 management jobs in an overhaul aimed at easing shareholders’ concerns after a failed acquisition and news an activist investor had …
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By Carolina Mandl and Tatiana Bautzer SAO PAULO – A frenzy of talks for mergers and acquisitions has caught some Brazilian bankers off-guard in the early weeks of 2022. With …
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SHANGHAI – Property developer shares rose on Tuesday after a Chinese lender unveiled a plan to issue debt to fund real estate acquisitions – the first bank to do so …
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– Dealmaking in the U.S. oil and gas industry halved in value in the fourth quarter from the third, with the annual total falling short of the pre-pandemic average, according …
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HONG KONG – Chinese policymakers plan to exclude debt accrued from acquiring distressed assets when calculating property developers’ compliance with the “three red lines”, financial intelligence provider REDD reported on …
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By Shariq Khan and Maiya Keidan – Low interest rates, and strong debt and equity markets that propelled Canadian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to an all-time high in 2021 would …
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By Niket Nishant – Global dealmaking is set to maintain its scorching pace next year, after a historic year for merger and acquisition (M&A) activity that was fueled largely by …
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BEIJING – Mergers and acquisitions in the Chinese property market will help firms lower their debt, Zou Lan, head of financial markets at the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), said …
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FRANKFURT – Deutsche Bank’s merger and acquisition advisory business in the United States has been “extremely strong” in the fourth quarter, a bank executive said on Wednesday, adding that he …
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By Carolyn Cohn LONDON – The cost of insurance to cover problems involving M&A has nearly doubled in just two years, underwriters and brokers said, after an explosion of global …
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By David French NEW YORK – The White House’s delay in nominating the Federal Reserve’s new regulatory chief is likely to compound a logjam in approving bank tie-ups that have …
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By Stephen Nellis – Newly independent VMware Inc will look to pursue deeper deals with cloud computing providers and consider “large scale” acquisitions that could help the company grow, Chief …