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  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Due Diligence
    Meet the hedge fund gobbling up local newspapers Premium

    Alden Global Capital is on a shopping spree. Its intentions are a subject of debate

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  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Hipgnosis Songs Fund
    The music keeps on playing at Hipgnosis

    The acquisitive song royalty fund shows no sign of shifting tempo.

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    O2 PLC
    UK watchdog to probe O2-Virgin deal over risk of higher prices

    Competition regulator outlines areas of potential harm in proposed £31bn telecoms merger 

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Financial services
    Listed private capital: Dyal it up Premium

    Owl Rock and buyout firm have little in common as businesses, but in one respect they are a perfect fit

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Hipgnosis Songs Fund
    Hipgnosis issues new shares to fuel music rights buying spree

    London-listed group also scoops up Metallica producer’s catalogue as frenetic pace of acquisitions continues

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Derivatives
    IG expands in US with $1bn Tastytrade acquisition

    UK spread-betting specialist strengthens foothold in world’s biggest derivatives market

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Due Diligence
    Wall Street banks: winners and losers from 2020 Premium

    Q4 earnings drew a line between the haves and the have-nots in a year unlike any other for investment bankers

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    International Airlines Group
    BA owner agrees cut-price deal of €500m for Air Europa

    IAG pays half original amount for Spanish carrier and defers payment for six years

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Due Diligence
    Private equity: everyone’s a winner, baby Premium

    The industry’s hottest trend: buying their own portfolio companies

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  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    MGM Resorts International
    MGM walks away from Entain after failed £8bn bid

    Wide divergence on valuation expectations between the two ends takeover attempt

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Glencore
    Glencore sells Zambia copper unit to state in $1.5bn deal

    Miner also pulls out of Tanzania nickel project as it moves to trim long tail of assets

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Office Depot Inc
    Office Depot rejects $2.1bn takeover bid from rival Staples

    Company says latest proposal is not in shareholders’ interests but is open to negotiations

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    #fintechFT
    Funding mega-rounds highlight investor ‘fomo’ Premium

    Would-be Stripe rivals Checkout.com and Rapyd raise $750m in a week

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Due Diligence
    M&A banker turned French president nixes mega-deal Premium

     ‘Economic patriotism’ re-enters France’s dealmaking psyche

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    European banks
    European bank dealmaking raises hopes for cross-border M&A

    Average size of tie-ups between continent’s lenders hits highest level since 2008

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Birkenstock explores sale to private equity group CVC

    Deal could value family-owned German company at more than €4bn

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Thyssenkrupp AG
    Thyssenkrupp considers spin-off of troubled steel business

    News sends shares in German group up more than 7%

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    LexSuez
    Suez/Veolia: the jape of water Premium

    The intervention of Ardian/GIP may force bidder and target together

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc
    How Couche-Tard’s ambitious bid for Carrefour was cut down

    Canadian group pitched its €16.2bn plan as a chance to forge a French-speaking retail giant

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Akzo NV
    Paint manufacturer Akzo Nobel offers €1.4bn for Tikkurila

    Dutch company’s move for Finnish group aims to trump rival bid from PPG of US

  • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
    Suez ready to talk to Veolia in takeover battle after alternative proposal lands

    Proposal means French waste and water group is ‘willing to open a dialogue’ with rival

  • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
    G4S PLC
    US state officials call for greater scrutiny of potential G4S takeover

    Fears that private-equity backed deal could harm conditions for security guards

  • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
    Lex
    Visa/Plaid: held in check Premium

    Blocking takeovers is easier than breaking up over-dominant companies

  • Saturday, 16 January, 2021
    Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc
    Canada’s Couche-Tard ends €16.2bn takeover talks with Carrefour

    Last-minute intervention by Quebec’s economy minister fails to win round French government

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Travel & leisure industry
    Blackstone in talks to buy Butlin’s owner Bourne Leisure

    Private equity group makes bets on UK groups in industries hit hard by pandemic

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