Britain is putting foreign takeovers of its businesses under greater scrutiny, complicating a popular route to overseas expansion for American companies as they spend record amounts on UK acquisitions. The U.K. has for...
Controlling mergers in digital markets a challenge: CCI chief Ashok Gupta
Regulators have it tough when assessing mergers in a digital economy as large platforms can possibly collect complementary data to reinforce their market position, said Ashok Gupta, chairman of the Competition...
Deal or no deal, insurance rates soar to cover M&A boom
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 dealmaking during the COVID-19 pandemic. Potential buyers take...
Sebi amends delisting rules to make M&A more convenient
Sebi has amended rules pertaining to delisting of equity shares of a company following an open offer as part of efforts to make merger and acquisition transactions for listed companies more convenient. Under the new...
Big mergers unlikely in 2022 as Biden regulatory squeeze intensifies
Large tie-ups between publicly listed companies will be off the table in 2022, as a crackdown by the Biden administration makes securing regulatory sign-off for combinations increasingly difficult, senior dealmakers...
Cowen buys M&A advisory firm Portico to beef up investment banking
Cowen Inc said on Tuesday it would buy Portico Capital Advisors, an advisory firm focused on dealmaking in the software industry, as the financial services firm seeks to bolster its investment banking business. Cowen...
India Inc records 221 deals worth $9.2 bn in Oct; M&A highest since 2015
India Inc witnessed 221 deals worth $9.2 billion in October, an 11% increase compared to the previous month and double compared to the year-ago period, according to the Grant Thornton Bharat Dealtracker released on...
Govt to spearhead non-core asset sales
The department of public enterprises (DPE), which is now under the finance ministry, will spearhead the government’s monetization drive of non-core assets such as land and buildings of central public sector enterprises...
What’s a SPAC and how does it help startups in raising money? Decoded
SPAC is the new buzzword in the deal-making space. It stands for a special-purpose acquisition company and it is a new way for a company to list in public markets. It is becoming very popular with founders in India and...
Pandemic recovery fuels deal craze as third-quarter M&A breaks all records
Global mergers and acquisitions hit new record highs in the third quarter as companies and investors shaped their post-COVID future through transformative deals while their advisers struggled to cope with transaction...
SPAC mergers are here to stay, says Gaurav Burman, scion of Dabur family
Gaurav Burman, who hails from a billionaire Indian consumer goods family, says the boom in blank-check company mergers may have eased, but don’t expect SPACs to go away. “Obviously, there are a lot of SPACs out there...
Deal activity in India Inc slows to $40.7 billion due to Covid wave: PwC
Deal activity in India during the first half of 2021 amounted to USD 40.7 billion across 710 deals, including both private equity (PE) and strategic acquisitions (M & A), according to a report by consulting major...
