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…
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…
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…
(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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
– 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…
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,…
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…
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…
– 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…
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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