M&A Analysis

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO)'s bulk strategy is rolling ahead with the Russian firm acquiring a stake in MetizTrans. Further expansion is on the cards for the company, with FESCO... 2011-07-27

UK acquisition targets will soon be able to breath a sigh of relief. Despite consistent lobbying from the PE industry and from firm's with aggressive acquisitive growth strategies,... 2011-07-25

BC Partners, a private equity firm, signed an agreement to buy the Swedish cable operator Com Hem. Com Hem, Sweden's largest TV provider at YE10 with a 46.7% market share, is currently... 2011-07-22

Ireland-based retail group Musgrave has agreed a deal to buy local rival Superquinn out of receivership. Superquinn was put up for sale by receivers KPMG after struggling to contend... 2011-07-20

UK-based automotive supplier GKN has acquired German counterpart Stromag for GBP174mn (US$280.61mn). The acquisition will enable GKN to strengthen its growth in the renewable energy... 2011-07-20

In a M&A deal which has served to add to credence to two of CFW 's long-held views and broken a record in Polish loan markets, Vodafone Group has agreed to sell its minority... 2011-07-06

It looks like the merger between the bourses in developed markets is set to continue and is even spreading to emerging markets. Most recently, the two Moscow bourses,

Cross-border acquisitions of UK corporates by foreign firms have been busy making the headlines over the past few years. However, although the overseas corporate raiders are still at... 2011-06-14

In the recovery, investors have been busy looking for ways to profit form the uptick in global M&A activity. One such access point has been merger arbitrage, which sees investors... 2011-05-18

UK mutuals are busy grouping together in order to survive. Indeed, the ongoing flurry of building society mergers is re-shaping the landscape of the industry by further concentrating... 2011-05-04