Microsoft Corp plans to acquire Israeli cyber security company Adallom for $320 million, the Calcalist financial newspaper reported on Monday.
1 min read · 20 July 2015
Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) has agreed to buy United Technologies Corp's (UTX.N) Sikorsky Aircraft for over $8 billion, two sources said on Sunday, cementing a deal that would confirm Lockheed's dominance in weapons making and giving the Black Hawk helicopter to the maker of the F-35 fighter jet, Reuters reported.
4 min read · 20 July 2015
Austria has taken a major step in winding down its failed lender Hypo Alpe Adria by closing the sale of its Balkan network to U.S. private equity firm Advent and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
1 min read · 17 July 2015
Buyout group Cinven is preparing for the flotation of CeramTec, which could value the German industrial ceramics company at more than 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion), sources told Reuters.
1 min read · 17 July 2015
U.S. private equity giant Carlyle has mandated Morgan Stanley to look into the sale or the stock market listing of its budget hotel chain B&B Hotel Group in the Autumn, French daily Les Echos reported on Friday.
1 min read · 17 July 2015
Macquarie Group, U.S. private equity giant Carlyle and China's HNA Group are among the bidders shortlisted for ANZ Banking Group's $6 billion-plus car and equipment loan book, five sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
1 min read · 17 July 2015
Private equity firm PAI wants to list Perstorp in a deal that could value the Swedish chemicals firm at more than 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion) including debt, while also working to refinance that debt, sources told Reuters.
2 min read · 16 July 2015
E-commerce company eBay Inc (EBAY.O) said it was selling its enterprise business to a consortium led by private equity firm Permira for $925 million, as it streamlines its operations ahead of the separation from PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPLV.O).
2 min read · 16 July 2015
E-commerce company eBay Inc is nearing a deal to sell its enterprise business to a consortium led by private equity firm Permira for about $900 million, the Wall Street Journal reported.
1 min read · 16 July 2015
US investment fund Apollo Global Management is interested in buying Raiffeisen's bank in Slovenia, daily newspaper Finance reported on Wednesday.
1 min read · 15 July 2015