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When US hedge fund Saba Capital Management launched its attack on the UK investment trust industry, one firm got particularly savage treatment:...
Does America always have to be home to the global leaders in every industry? Former Italian premier Mario Draghi has been calling for Europe to take a...
A little more than a year after legendary Enron short-seller Jim Chanos threw in the towel on activist short selling, the equally famous Hindenburg...
The recent selloff in gilts and sterling has left some sectors of the UK stock market trading at levels last seen in 2023, reinforcing the perception...
US hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein is taking brickbats for highlighting the flaws of the UK’s sleepy investment-trust industry and attempting to...
There is little sign that the rot in the UK stock market is stopping. Companies have continued to succumb to takeovers by private equity funds and...
If these are good times for mergers and acquisitions bankers, they’re great for those whose Rolodex is stuffed with contacts in asset management...
An acquisition of Hershey Co. would mark the pinnacle of confectionary deal making. It would also be one of the sector’s most challenging takeovers...
Big deals are risky in most industries but especially in advertising — that’s why it’s so rare to see the so-called Mad Men give them a go. But...
The trend is your friend. Or, in Larry Fink’s case, your primary acquisition tickbox. The chief executive officer of asset management giant...
Vivendi SE’s plan to split into four companies is going badly. The media conglomerate’s separation has become a bitter battle, and hopes that it...
The company behind 7-Eleven will at last be called “7-Eleven.” That was one notable feature of the unofficial defense strategy outlined by...
Patrick Drahi caused outrage in March when he suggested the creditors owed nearly €25 billion ($27 billion) by his French telecoms empire should...
The first question at the beginning of any German takeover is what the ending looks like. Buying a Frankfurt-listed company is typically a tortuous...
Rarely has a transaction had such high stakes as BC Partners’ forthcoming €4.5 billion ($5 billion) initial public offering of Springer Nature....
Rupert Murdoch has so far made it easy for Rightmove Plc to resist his takeover bid. Three weak overtures have put little pressure on the UK real...
Trump’s backers in tech see him as a fellow victim of the state and a shield they need to escape accountability.
There’s opportunism — and there’s Qualcomm Inc.’s approach to buy Intel Corp. The acquisitive semiconductor giant has an opening to attempt...
Dividing the assets of a marriage fairly in a divorce is rarely easy. But the carve-up of Politico publisher Axel Springer SE between buyout firm...
Everyone agrees the takeover battle for the Japanese owner of 7-Eleven is a watershed moment that could prove the Tokyo market is now open to...
The stock market’s verdict is hard to ignore. Danish logistics firm DSV A/S gained 10%, or $4 billion, in value this week as it closed in on a...
The view from Canary Wharf is brighter than it was in January. But the east London financial and leisure district still has a big problem. Its £4...
For a brief moment, Paramount Global shareholders enjoyed the possibility that Edgar Bronfman would usurp the fiddly merger agreed with producer...
Market forces have done their job. An alternative to David Ellison’s takeover bid for Hollywood studio Paramount Global has finally surfaced. The...
Barely weeks after the Japanese stock market’s stunning roller-coaster ride, here comes a hugely ambitious takeover approach for a target whose...
When markets gyrated at the turn of the month, US and Japanese stocks had the cushion of an earlier surge to fall back on. In Europe, the rout hit...
It won’t use up much of KKR & Co.’s pile of dry powder. But Wednesday’s deal to take control of public-relations firm FGS Global will certainly...
What do they see that everyone else has missed? First activist investor Nelson Peltz took a stake in UK pest-control business Rentokil Initial Plc,...
Pressure is again mounting on the proxy advisory firms that recommend how investors should vote on executive pay and other corporate matters....
The saga around the future of Paramount Global has gone on too long. Shareholders may nevertheless hope that there’s one last twist in the script....