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  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
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    MGM walks away from Entain after failed £8bn bid

    Wide divergence on valuation expectations between the two ends takeover attempt

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Birkenstock explores sale to private equity group CVC

    Deal could value family-owned German company at more than €4bn

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Football
    Inter Milan owners in talks over private equity sale

    BC Partners and EQT among groups vying for some or all of Suning’s majority holding in Italian club valued at up to €900m

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Insurance
    Sixth Street to back Catlin insurance start-up with $500m funding

    Industry veteran’s Convex has now raised over $3bn as it seeks to shake up sector

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
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    ‘M&A machine’ Cellnex reviews next move after tower dealmaking bonanza

    Spanish group has amassed a vast mast empire but faces growing debt and competition

  • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    M&A rebounds sharply to hit $3.6tn in 2020

    Deals were halted by the coronavirus but big transactions returned in the last few months

  • Monday, 28 December, 2020
    Sport
    Private capital’s rush into the business of sport

    Institutional investors see long-term opportunities from short-term disruption, but there are risks

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    Special purpose acquisition companies
    SoftBank launches Spac and may buy one of its own investments

    Masayoshi Son’s conglomerate to raise up to $604m for blank-cheque vehicle

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Oneweb Global Ltd
    OneWeb set to raise $400m as satellites launched into orbit

    Executive chairman expects to complete first fundraising since rescue within weeks

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  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    Eaton Vance Corp
    JPMorgan was losing bidder in $7bn battle for asset manager Eaton Vance

    Revelation underscores competition among banks to bolster investment management divisions

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    AstraZeneca PLC
    AstraZeneca’s $39bn Alexion deal marks shift from prey to predator

    Purchase of US rare disease specialist comes 6 years after pharma group saw off Pfizer takeover bid

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    Games industry
    Electronic Arts makes £945m counter-offer for Codemasters

    California group’s move disrupts UK games maker’s £759m planned deal with US rival Take-Two

  • Saturday, 12 December, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    AstraZeneca to buy Alexion in $39bn immunology deal

    UK drugmaker to acquire US biotech specialising in rare disease treatment

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Advisers rack up $1.1bn in fees for LSE-Refinitiv deal

    Bankers and lawyers including Goldman and Freshfields set for one of biggest paydays for a UK acquisition

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    Teneo Holdings
    Teneo co-founder and former Clinton adviser Doug Band quits PR firm

    Resignation comes after Vanity Fair interview detailing split with ex-president

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Credit Suisse Group AG
    Credit Suisse picks António Horta-Osório as chairman

    Appointment of outgoing Lloyds Bank chief comes as Swiss lender reveals potential $680m losses from US civil suit

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
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    How SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son struggled with his crystal ball purchase

    The purchase of Arm Holdings did not turn out quite as he hoped

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    Co-operative Bank
    Co-op Bank receives offer from Cerberus

    Struggling UK lender approached by US private equity firm shortly after arrival of new CEO

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Global M&A recovers on vaccine hopes and US political stability

    Companies announce $40bn of deals in one day as executives put cheap debt and cash piles to work

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    News in-depthUK business & economy
    UK takes aim at China with revamp of takeover rules

    Boris Johnson wants greater powers to block deals on national security grounds

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    SoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank’s Vision Fund unit considers move to Abu Dhabi from UK

    Fund head Rajeev Misra looks for home in Gulf emirate as Japanese group debates relocation

  • Monday, 9 November, 2020
    SoftBank Group Corp
    SoftBank removes Rajeev Misra and Marcelo Claure from board

    Japanese conglomerate also books a $1.3bn loss on its Nasdaq trades over the summer

  • Thursday, 5 November, 2020
    RSA Insurance Group PLC
    UK insurer RSA in talks to be acquired for £7.2bn

    Canada’s Intact Financial and Denmark’s Tryg have made a joint bid for the 300-year-old group

  • Monday, 2 November, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Nexi in exclusive talks to buy Nordic payments rival Nets for €7.2bn

    Two sides enter 10 days of negotiations after Global Payments exits race

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
    Financial services
    Greensill Capital rebuffed in search for new auditor

    Move comes as controversial SoftBank-backed finance company considers stock market listing

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