SWF Analysis
United Kingdom
UK online grocery retailer Ocado has completed a listing on the UK stock market, raising around GBP200mn at a price that values it at GBP937mn. However, the IPO was to some extent overshadowed...
2010-07-28Spain
The Spanish savings bank, Bilbao Bizkaia Kutax (BBK) won the auction to take over the Spanish government owned Cajasur. BKK will be backed by the Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring...
2010-07-19Greece
Piraeus Bank, the fourth largest bank by assets in Greece, announced on July 15th that it has offered to buy the Greek government's stakes in ATEbank and the Hellenic Postbank . Pireaus...
2010-07-16United Kingdom
Right now, covered bonds appear to offer the short-term solution for European financial institutions in need of refinancing. This week saw Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) raise EUR1.3bn...
2010-06-10United Kingdom
US food giant Kraft's GBP11.6bn (US$18.2bn) takeover of UK confectioner Cadbury has created a new global confectionery giant. Analysts are already speculating as to what the impact...
2010-02-17This week, CFW highlights two non-deals as opposed to a deal. Private equity (PE) giant Blackstone has pulled out two of its investments from the IPO market. It just postponed a plan...
2010-02-12United Kingdom
Following five months of heated rhetoric US food giant Kraft looks set to absorb UK-confectionary firm Cadbury after upping its bid and winning the backing of the company's board....
2010-01-20Until now, it looked like no one other than Russian state banks would be willing to become involved in the Hong Kong IPO of Russian aluminium producer Rusal. Well, the doomsayers...
2009-12-29
