M&A Analysis

Dutch multi-national AEGON NV, one of the world's leading insurance companies has finalized the acquisition of the Turkish pension provider Ankara Emeklilik, as part of its broader... 2008-07-10

Bahrain-based Arcapita Bank has agreed to become joint partners with Singapore's Mapletree Investments in a private real estate fund, Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT). Arcapita has... 2008-07-02

Bourse M&A looks set to continue this year between developed and emerging markets. On June 25, NYSE Euronext agreed to purchase a 25% stake in Qatar's Doha Securities Market (DSM).... 2008-06-26

Dubai World, the Dubai state investment group, has been busy of late. Subsidiaries of the sovereign investment fund, have agreed to buy global logistics operations company Gazeley... 2008-06-12

South African incumbent telecoms operator Telkom SA has confirmed reports that it has received a non-binding proposal from Vodafone Group of the UK to acquire a portion of Telkom's... 2008-06-02

One of Kuwait's leading commercial banks, Burgan Bank, announced on May 12 that it had agreed to buy the holdings of Bahrain-based United Gulf Bank in four countries across the Middle... 2008-05-12

London-listed Mano River Resources announced on April 14 that it has agreed to acquire Toronto-listed African Aura Resources in an all-share deal, which CFW expects will strengthen... 2008-04-16

Just weeks after CFW wrote on Vodacom's (Black Economic Empowerment) BEE transaction (see 'Vodacom To Sell ZAR7.5bn In BEE Share Sale' 17 March 2008), Sasol has announced that it... 2008-03-26

Ghana's All-Share Equity Index continues to make strong gains, trading at 7,135.94 at one point on March 12 and we believe the index will soon push through its all-time high of 7,469.04... 2008-03-20

In a move that should help to boost foreign interest in the Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADSM) the exchange has entered into a cooperation deal with the US giant NYSE Euronext. The... 2008-03-19