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CFW View: Tesoro has offered to sell its ailing 94,000b/d Hawaii refinery 'no sooner' than H212, but is unlikely to find a buyer due to difficult market conditions and the location...
2012-01-24Closing Bell
United States
And they're off… the US IPO market has started 2012 with bang, with as many as seven new filings as of January 9. After dragging its heels last year (full-year activity closed down...
2012-01-11United States
For the past few months, US equity capital markets do not seem to have known whether they are coming or going. And in spite of the economic outlook for the US looking increasingly optimistic...
2011-12-08United States
The wait is over. After a prolonged market shut down, equity capital markets (ECM) appear to be opening back up once more.
2011-11-17United States
The jury is still out on the underlying strength of the US economy. As such this week, leading US financial services firm JPMorgan joined the growing ranks of domestic financial heavyweights...
2011-08-24United States
CFW View: Tesoro has offered to sell its ailing 94,000b/d Hawaii refinery 'no sooner' than H212, but is unlikely to find a buyer due to difficult market conditions and the location...
2012-01-24United States
Apache is looking to expand its US tight oil portfolio with a US$2.85bn bid for Cordillera Energy. The acquisition will add 18,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day to the company's...
2012-01-23United States
The US dollar-denominated bond market for non-US issuers continues to build a head of steam. Building on 2011's impressive renaissance, the so-called 'yankee bond' market has started...
2012-01-18Canada
Pembina's acquisition of Provident is further evidence that midstream gas specialists are looking to capitalise on the price differential between liquids and natural gas in North America....
2012-01-17Canada
US President Barack Obama hailed the November 17 IPO of bailed-out US carmaker General Motors as a 'major milestone in the turnaround not just of an iconic company but also of the...
2010-11-22United States
The November 17 IPO of bailed-out US automotive General Motors will be a landmark on the company's journey back to normality, even if, in CFW 's view, it is too soon to tell if the...
2010-11-09Canada
Adverse market conditions have halted SNC-Lavalin's plan for an IPO and therefore put a stop the company's desire to increase its stake in the 407 toll road, Toronto, Canada The Canada...
2010-11-04United States
The upcoming IPO from US pre-paid debit card company NetSpend is indicative of our view that while US IPOs continuing to make a come-back, individual offerings could be vulnerable...
2010-10-11United States
Once again we can see that consolidation in the banking sector is not restricted to developed Europe but is also taking place in the US.
2011-11-03United States
With share prices of many energy and power companies having been hit by economic concerns there are bargains to be found. As such, a recent flurry of dealmaking activity served to make...
2011-10-25United States
New US refiner Marathon Petroleum (MPC) is looking to make immediate downstream acquisitions, according to CEO Gary Heminger.
2011-07-27Canada
State-run China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNC) has swept up Canadian oil sands developer Opti Canada, announcing on July 20 2011 that it would acquire the company for US$2.1bn.
2011-07-22United States
While CFW has recently described how exits by private equity firms on the back of rallying equity markets will give a boon to the IPO market (witness the September 4 US$1.15bn filing...
2009-09-09United States
In recent weeks we have been highlighting tentative signs of improvement in the US IPO market, arguing that one of the key factors putting upward pressure on issuance would be a move...
2009-08-21United States
July 22 saw UK based private equity (PE) firm Apax Partners agree to buy US personal finance data provider Bankrate for US$571mn, in one of the largest acquisitions by a PE investor...
2009-07-28United States
Even as a combination of intransigency by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the unexpected stock market rally in the US could yet stifle significant investment...
2009-07-15United States
The race is on. Eager to return cash to investors before capital gains taxes are hiked at the start of 2011, and in order to keep investors sweet, private equity (PE) firms are rushing...
2010-11-03Canada
Two North American private equity (PE) firms have announced funding commitments for investments in oil and gas production assets, underscoring the continuation of investment vehicles'...
2010-10-15United States
Shares in US food group Sara Lee have moved sharply higher in recent days after reports emerged that private equity (PE) firms may be eyeing the group. The New York Post reported that...
2010-10-08United States
Prior to the financial downturn, so-called 'club deals', in which buyout firms team up with one another to make large-scale acquisitions, were celebrated by private equity (PE ) firms...
2010-04-28
