Private equity group Allegro Funds said on Monday it had received the final approval for its takeover of Scyne Advisory, PwC Australia’s former government consulting wing, clearing the way for the deal to close...
Bain close to buying consulting firm Guidehouse in $5 bln deal- WSJ
Bain Capital is close to acquiring Guidehouse, a consulting firm that advises government organizations and businesses, in a deal valuing it at $5.3 billion including debt, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. An...
Six Flags, Cedar Fair to merge with a $8 billion deal
Six Flags and Cedar Fair, two of the largest amusement park companies in the United States and Canada, are merging to combine forces in a transaction valued at $8 billion. The firms, collectively, have influence over 27...
Bunge seeks antitrust approval for Viterra merger in major jurisdictions
Bunge has filed for regulatory approvals for its merger with crop handler Viterra in “major jurisdictions” in North and South America, Europe and China, and has gotten the green light from some of its...
Australia’s Regal Partners soars as stake buy takes assets to $5.1 bln
Shares of Australia’s Regal Partners rose more than 11%, after the investment manager said it would buy a 50% stake in Taurus SM Holdings, bringing group funds under management to A$8 billion ($5.07 billion) on a...
Denbury shareholders approve merger with Exxon Mobil
Denbury said on Tuesday its shareholders approved the company’s merger with Exxon Mobil, with the deal closing expected on Nov. 2. Exxon Mobil in July agreed to buy the Plano, Texas-based Denbury for $4.9 billion...
Blackstone, Vista Equity to buy software firm Energy Exemplar
Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners said they will acquire Australia’s Energy Exemplar, a provider of energy market software, from private equity firm Riverside Company in a deal that sources noted was worth more...
X-Energy mutually terminates $2 billion deal to go public with Ares Acquisition
X-Energy and blank-check firm Ares Acquisition mutually called off a $2 billion deal to go public, nearly eleven months after an earlier agreement. The deal’s termination underscores receding enthusiasm for...
KWS Saat to sell China corn business as GMO rules overhauled
German seed producer KWS Saat said it will sell its Chinese corn business due to new regulations that could mean its conventionally bred traits would be unable to compete with genetically modified corn over the longer...
Memory chipmaker Western Digital to split into two companies
Memory chipmaker Western Digital said on Monday it would split itself into two companies that would focus on the hard drive and flash memory markets, days after talks of a merger with Japan’s Kioxia stalled...
Lenskart acquires AI-powered video analytics startup Tango Eye
Hopping on to the AI (artificial intelligence) bandwagon, omnichannel eyewear retailer Lenskart announced it will acquire Tango Eye, an AI-based computer vision startup. The Chennai-based startup already counts Lenskart...
Shein buys Missguided brand from Britain’s Frasers
Shein, the China-founded fast-fashion retailer, has bought the Missguided brand from Mike Ashley’s Frasers, the e-commerce giant’s first purchase of a British brand. Frasers said on Monday Shein would...
