M&A News

On October 20 the US's biggest nuclear power plant operator, Chicago-based Exelon, made an unsolicited US$6.2bn offer for all outstanding shares of NRG Energy, in a move which if... 2008-10-21

The Bolivian government has signed a document agreeing to compensate US-based Ashmore Energy International for its 25% stake in the Transredes pipeline company that the government... 2008-10-21

Brazilian regulator Anatel has approved changes to the Plano Geral de Outorgas (PGO, Plan for Concessions and Licences), marking a big step towards the long anticipated merger of... 2008-10-21

Canadian independent EnCana has put on hold its plans to divide the company into two entities, focusing respectively on natural gas and oil sands, citing 'uncertainty and volatility... 2008-10-20

On October 13, real estate investment trust Agree Realty confirmed that it had received a US$328.7mn, US$27.50 per share offer from Compson Holding, an affiliate of commercial real... 2008-10-16

Spanish banking giant Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) confirmed on October 15 that it has sold its Argentine healthcare provider unit, Consolidar Salud, to local health and... 2008-10-16

Banco Santander, the biggest bank in the Eurozone, has continued its relentless expansion plan by picking up the remaining 75% of troubled US lender Sovereign Bancorp for only US$1.9bn.... 2008-10-16

On October 14, investment firm Banking & Trading Group (BTG) said it will buy the Brazilian units of bankrupt securities firm Lehman Brothers for an undisclosed sum, in a move... 2008-10-15

UK-based pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has continued its EM expansion plan with the US$210mn acquisition of Bristol-Myers Squibb's Egyptian mature products businesses.... 2008-10-15

The Dubai Mercantile Exchange received another big-name investor on October 14, when US banking giant JP Morgan Chase took a minority stake in the nascent exchange. Fresh from its... 2008-10-14