Mergers & acquisitions (M&A)
Duke-Progress deal a win for alliances, nuclear power
Duke-Progress deal a win for alliances, nuclear power
New S&P Dow Jones venture to compete with banks not index providers
Merger of S&P Indices and Dow Jones Indexes will fuel more competition with banks than other index providers, say market participants
Power and utilities M&A declines in volume but grows in value: Ernst & Young
Slow global economic recovery led to weak M&A activity in the global power and utilities sector in the first quarter of 2012, but deal value increased almost 20% from the previous quarter
Dash to leave S&P Indices ahead of merger with Dow Jones Indexes
Srikant Dash will leave S&P Indices on June 1 after 12 years at the company, to be replaced by Jim Bailey. Dash's departure will come a month ahead of the merger with Dow Jones Indexes that will see S&P's Alex Matturi take over as CEO of the merged entity
Structured Products Technology Rankings 2012
Shuffling the pack
Case study: Friends Life’s investment governance framework
Breathing new life
Marsh CRO: takeovers, outsourcing and technology are top op risks
On top of the ops
Hellman & Friedman to buy OpenLink
New-York-based commodity software firm OpenLink has announced its owners The Carlyle Group will sell it to a US private equity firm
Shifting towards specialism will provide integrated oil companies with best returns says AT Kearney
Optimum shareholder value in the oil and gas sector is likely to come from a specialist approach rather than the traditional integrated oil company model, according to a recent report by management consulting firm AT Kearney
SEC freezes $32.5 million of Swiss entities' assets
Court favours insider-trading suspicions in Arch Chemicals case
US oil and gas M&A at $39 billion
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the oil and gas sector registered a rise in average deal value, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report
Marriage counselling: the risks of software vendor mergers
Marriages of inconvenience
TD Bank looks to build market share
A consistent culture
US structurer of the year
US structurer of the year
Index innovation of the year
Index innovation of the year
Constellation/Exelon deal signals more power M&A fervour
Low power demand and gas prices drive further US power consolidation as companies try to increase margins through cost reductions
Nomura picks up on M&A theme with delta one public offer in Germany
Nomura picks up on M&A theme with delta one public offer in Germany
Deal-contingent trades see pick up in activity
The deal hunters
US power M&A: lively activity expected in 2011
US power M&A: lively activity expected in 2011
Solvency II transition measures won’t prevent consolidation in UK insurance market
Market pressures mean UK insurers will face M&A boom, despite likely granting of maximum Solvency II transition periods
Credit Suisse to launch leveraged merger arbitrage ETN
Credit Suisse to launch leveraged merger arbitrage ETN
UBS makes mergers and acquisitions investible
UBS makes mergers and acquisitions investible
BAE Norkom purchase likely to complete in “mid to late March” says Norkom CEO
Transaction will see Norkom work with 2008 acquisition, Detica
Asian Financial Forum: China tests further easing of renminbi convertibility of capital account
China's State Council is advising the Shenzhen municipal government and local regulators about permitting renminbi conversion outside of currency restrictions