The Finance Ministry is considering an earlier proposal to merge the three state-owned general insurance companies into a single entity, following their improved financial health, to achieve better efficiency and scale...
BHP walks away from last stab at Anglo American takeover
BHP on Monday pulled back from a last-ditch effort to buy Anglo American and bolster its dominance in copper, just two weeks before shareholders at Anglo and Canada’s Teck Resources were set to vote on a $60...
Australia’s Macquarie bids $7.5 billion for logistics group Qube
Shares of Australian industrial logistics group Qube Holdings hit an all-time high on Monday after it said it received an A$11.6 billion ($7.5 billion) buyout bid from Macquarie Asset Management (MAM). Shares in Qube...
Blue Owl considers reviving merger of private credit funds, contingent on fund’s share price, sources say
Blue Owl Capital is considering reviving a plan to merge two of its private credit funds if the share price of the larger fund improves, as the alternative asset manager evaluates its options after facing investor...
Portugal says only Europe’s three largest airlines showed interest in TAP privatisation
Portugal’s state holding company Parpublica said on Saturday it had received only three expressions of interest in a minority stake in flag carrier TAP, all from Europe’s largest airlines and none from...
Daily Mail owner strikes $650 million deal to buy the Telegraph
Daily Mail owner DMGT said on Saturday it had struck a 500 million pound ($650 million) deal to buy rival newspaper The Telegraph in a tie-up that would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in...
Australia’s Webjet Group draws sweetened buyout bid from BGH Capital as bidding war brews
Australia’s Webjet Group became the centre of a potential takeover tussle on Friday after private equity firm BGH Capital lifted its bid to A$0.91 a share, edging past a rival approach from Helloworld Travel...
Atkore’s board to consider options for sale of electric component maker
Electric component maker Atkore said on Thursday its board and management team are considering its options, including a sale or merger of the company, sending its shares down 15%. Bloomberg News had reported, in...
France’s Veolia to buy hazardous waste group Clean Earth for $3 billion
French water management, waste management and energy services group Veolia said on Friday it had agreed to buy U.S.-based hazardous waste company Clean Earth from Enviri for $3 billion. “Following this...
Callaway selling majority stake in Topgolf at $1.1B valuation
Callaway has sold 60 percent of Topgolf to Los Angeles private-equity firm Leonard Green & Partners in a deal that values the business at approximately $1.1 billion. It brings an end to a promising combination of...
Palo Alto Networks to buy Chronosphere for $3.35 billion, raises annual forecasts
Palo Alto Networks said on Wednesday it will buy cloud management and monitoring company Chronosphere for $3.35 billion, as the cybersecurity firm looks to strengthen its AI offerings. The Santa Clara, California-based...
Blockfusion to list in New York via $450 million SPAC deal
Data center operator Blockfusion said on Wednesday it would list in the United States through a merger with blank-check firm Blue Acquisition Corp in a deal valued at $450 million, as investor appetite for the sector...
