Axis Capital Holdings Ltd., the reinsurer seeking to grow its business after losing a bidding war for PartnerRe, is looking for more partnerships and may try another comparable takeover, its chief executive officer said...
CMA Approves Tullett Prebon’s Bid for ICAP Voice Broking Unit
Tullett Prebon Plc will complete its $1.5 billion acquisition of ICAP Plc’s voice broking business after successfully allayed antitrust concerns raised by the U.K.’s competition watchdog. The companies can proceed with...
Japan’s Mizuho Plans Saudi Expansion as Aramco IPO Tempts Banks
Mizuho Financial Group Inc., the fourth-largest lender to Saudi Arabia, is expanding advisory services in the kingdom, as banks jockey for a role in Saudi Aramco’s expected $100 billion initial public offering...
HPE to Merge Software With Micro Focus in $8.8 Billion Deal
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is combining some software assets with Micro Focus International Plc of the U.K. in a deal valued at about $8.8 billion as Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman takes further steps to slim...
Greenhill Faces Challenges Replenishing Deal Pipeline Post-Teva
For independent investment banks that count on mergers and acquisitions for their livelihood, it’s all about the deal pipeline. At Greenhill & Co., that pipeline is looking a little thin. The New York-based...
Indian Billionaire’s Vaccine Maker Hunts for Acquisitions
The chief executive officer of Asia’s largest vaccine maker said he will consider selling a stake to private equity investors as he hunts for acquisitions in preparation for a bout of consolidation to hit the industry...
Fresenius to Buy Quironsalud Hospitals for $6.42 Billion
Fresenius SE, Europe’s biggest publicly traded health-care provider, will pay $6.42 billion (5.76 billion euros) for Spain’s largest private hospital company, IDC Salud Holding S.L.U., also known as Quironsalud...
Russia aiming for over $11 billion from Rosneft stake sale
Russia hopes to fetch more than $11 billion for a minority stake in the Kremlin’s flagship oil producer Rosneft before the end of the year to plug budget holes caused by low crude prices, an industry source told...
Musk Talked Merger With SolarCity CEO Before Sale of Stock
It was February when Elon Musk suggested to his cousin that they merge their companies, Tesla Motors Inc. and SolarCity Corp. — three months before the electric-car maker sold $1.4 billion in stock in a secondary...
Hershey’s Failed Deal Renews Image as a Company Not for Sale
The latest failed acquisition of Hershey Co. has renewed the chocolate maker’s reputation as a company that can’t be bought. After Mondelez International Inc. abandoned merger discussions on Monday, Hershey shares...
Michael Dell Plans to Keep On Making Deals After EMC Acquisition
Michael Dell, who is preparing to complete the largest merger in technology history after taking his own company private three years ago, says there’s even more deal-making in his future. “We’ll continue to do...
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s Drugs May Be M&A Targets, Huang Says
Treatments for neurodegenerative diseases could emerge as the next hot spot in health-care mergers and acquisitions, Morgan Stanley’s head of M&A for the Americas said. “Several years out, demographics would point...
