Financing Strategies
United States
While conditions in the US are becoming increasingly fertile for M&A activity, at the same time we are also seeing a major upswing in share buybacks. The recent spike in share...
2010-03-10United States
The pledge by the newly-founded 'Invest In America Alliance', a grouping of 24 US-based venture capital firms, to invest US$3.5bn in US-based start-ups over the next two years will...
2010-03-01During recent years, issuers seeking access to funding have become increasingly focused on offering formats that do not involve traditional marketing approaches. Having observed...
2010-01-19United States
US private label food group TreeHouse Foods has signed a deal to purchase Sturm Foods from US private equity business HM Capital Partners. The acquisition, which will cost US$660mn...
2010-01-06United States
After a quiet year in Silicon Valley, the US technology sector is set to rebound strongly in 2010 - according to an annual tech investment survey conducted by research firm 451 Group...
2010-01-05Fisker Automotive, which is a two-year-old cleantech business, which still has not sold a car, has just received US$528mn in federal government funding. This article examines the...
2009-12-15Gordon Brown may have spelled the end of the City after imposing a 50% tax on banker bonuses in his Pre-Budget Report for 2010, thereby risking a mass exodus of City bankers to Wall...
2009-12-14United States
Texas-based Denbury Resources has agreed to acquire fellow US independent Encore Acquisition for a total of around US$4.5bn. The deal will create one of the largest tertiary extraction...
2009-11-04
