M&A Analysis

South Korea's top credit card firm by revenue, Shinhan Card, plans to sell a 14.9% stake in BC Card to KT, the country's second largest mobile operator, by year-end 2010. The... 2010-08-18

General Motors Company (GM)'s sale of its Nexteer Automotive steering unit to a Chinese joint venture (JV) is another acquisition geared towards bringing international standard technology... 2010-07-14

Looking to exploit growing European and North American fish and seafood demand, Philippine canned tuna firm Alliance Tuna International (ATI) is to acquire a majority stake in Vietnamese... 2010-07-07

Japanese beer and soft drinks giant Suntory is reportedly thinking about buying companies in the emerging Europe (EE) and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions as it looks to... 2010-07-07

It is starting to look as though the second half of 2010 could be an M&A bonanza for Middle East and African (MENA) telecoms companies. There is a lot of talk of potentially big... 2010-06-30

US-Chinese joint venture (JV) ChinaTel is looking at a number of ways to expand its presence in the Latin American broadband market. The company already has a presence in Peru where... 2010-06-23

Rumours of interest in a 25% stake in India's Reliance Communications by the UAE's Etisalat have seen the former's share rise as much as 10%. Reliance states that the rumours are... 2010-06-04

The Middle East region's largest dairy firm by annual sales Almarai is believed to be lining up an acquisitional entry into Pakistan with reports linking it to Haleeb Foods. While Almarai... 2010-06-02

Cathay Pacific Airways has announced plans to divest its stake in Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl). The move will allow the carrier to increase its exposure to the East Asian... 2010-06-02

Two leading Asian sovereign wealth funds, China Investment Corporation (CIC) and Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) are considering a US$900mn investment in US natural gas producer... 2010-05-26