Deal of the Week

If the Shoe fits... wear it. Private equity firms have struggled making exits from their portfolio investments this year, but Capital Partners ' sale of high-end show firm Jimmy Choo... 2011-05-25

Analysts at Exane BMP Paribas have suggested that cosmetics giant L'Oreal could use its considerable cash pile to fund large takeovers in an effort to make the firm a less attractive... 2010-12-29

CFW welcomes news that the US Treasury has sold its remaining stock in bailed out bank Citigroup for US$10.5bn, booking a US$6.85bn profit for the taxpayer and bringing the... 2010-12-09

Winter is here. Buyout firm KSL Capital Partners has hit the slopes with the acquisition of the bulk of the shares in Squaw Valley Development Company , the owner of California's... 2010-12-01

French luxury goods company LVMH pulled off quite a coup de théâtre when it announced that it has amassed a 17.1% stake in posh handbag maker Hermès . The French market regulator,... 2010-10-27

With 2010 IPO activity continuing to gather steam, the market for new listings has dominated the headlines this week. However, more broadly speaking the overall level of equity capital... 2010-10-07

SABMiller's Chief Executive Graham Mackay has admitted that the firm will 'have a look at Foster's'. A planned de-merging of Foster's beer and wine businesses is... 2010-09-27

Once again during a time of economic uncertainty, investors are flocking to the safe-haven asset of gold. Indeed, Newcrest Mining 's US$8bn acquisition of Papau New Guinea-based... 2010-09-01

M&A is heating up. In what may become the biggest takeover of 2010, BHP Billiton , the world's largest mining company, has made a hostile US$38.6mn bid for Canadian fertiliser... 2010-08-19

What defining characteristic constrained deal activity in the first half? In our view: a deteriorating macroeconomic backdrop. And going forward, although a number of economic fundamentals... 2010-07-01