Private equity firm Novacap will buy Integral Ad Science in a deal valuing the target at around $1.9 billion, the digital ad verification company said on Wednesday. Novacap, having more than $10 billion in assets under...
Angola’s diamond miner Endiama seeks minority stake in De Beers
Angola’s state diamond company Endiama has bid for a minority stake in Anglo American’s diamond unit De Beers, the African country’s Ministry of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas said on Wednesday...
UK’s IPF jumps on Basepoint’s sweetened $693 million takeover proposal
Britain’s International Personal Finance said on Wednesday it received an increased 514.9 million pounds ($693.31 million) takeover proposal from U.S.-based specialty finance group Basepoint Capital, sending its...
Singapore’s Seatrium selling Texas shipyard to Turkey’s Karpowership for $51 million
Singapore-based Seatrium Limited said on Tuesday it has a deal to sell its “surplus” AmFELS Yard shipbuilding facility in Texas for $50.67 million to an affiliate of Karpowership. AmFELS Yard, located in the...
Sempra sells $10 billion stake in unit, greenlights Port Arthur expansion project
Sempra said on Tuesday it would sell a 45% stake in its infrastructure unit for $10 billion, and has approved a $14 billion expansion of Port Arthur LNG project in Texas, sending the utility’s shares to their...
Heineken to buy FIFCO businesses for $3.2 billion in Central America push
Dutch brewer Heineken will buy the beverage and retail businesses of Costa Rica’s Florida Ice and Farm Company for $3.2 billion in cash, it said late on Monday, boosting its presence across Central America...
Morningstar to buy market data firm for $375 million to bolster index business
Morningstar said on Tuesday it will buy market data firm, the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), from the University of Chicago for $375 million, as the investment insights firm looks to expand its index...
Bank of Montreal explores sale of some US branches, WSJ reports
Bank of Montreal has recently launched a process to sell some of its U.S. branches with about $6 billion in deposits, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Canadian...
Office Depot parent to be acquired by Atlas Holdings for $1 billion
The ODP Corporation, which owns office supply retailers Office Depot and OfficeMax, agreed to be taken private by an affiliate of Atlas Holdings for approximately $1 billion, the companies said on Monday. Investment...
Spain’s BBVA bank increases Sabadell bid to 17 billion euros in takeover battle
Spanish bank BBVA said on Monday it had raised its bid for smaller rival Sabadell by 10% to 17 billion euros ($19.95 billion), as part of its attempt to create the country’s second-biggest bank by assets. BBVA...
Heineken to buy FIFCO businesses for $3.2 billion in Central America push
Dutch brewer Heineken said on Monday it will buy the beverage and retail businesses of Costa Rica’s Florida Ice and Farm Company for $3.2 billion in cash, boosting its presence across Central America. Heineken...
KBC says it’s only exploring Ethias acquisition after report on potential ABN Amro deal
KBC Group said on Monday it is only exploring an acquisition of insurer Ethias NV after Bloomberg News reported that the Belgian lender was mulling a deal for Dutch rival ABN Amro Bank. “We are continuously...
