M&A Financial News

20.09 / 10:15

M&A companies ETFs AssetCo AssetCo sells loss-making Rize ETF to Cathie Wood's ARK Invest

AssetCo chair Martin Gilbert

19.02 / 09:19

M&A companies Acquisition Mercer Mercer inks agreement to acquire SECOR Asset Management

The terms of the transaction – which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2025, subject to regulatory approvals and client consents – were not disclosed.

29.05 / 09:59

cryptocurrency M&A Halving Revenue miners ETFs Cryptoverse: Miners trudge through post-halving world

ETFs) stealing investor capital, it's been a tough year for bitcoin miners. Marathon Digital and Riot Platforms, among the biggest U.S.-listed miners, have dropped about 10% and 33% respectively so far this year, even as bitcoin has climbed 60% year-to-date to $67,859, after hitting a record level in March.

08.01 / 15:43

M&A UK companies private equity Take-private deals dominate UK M&A landscape in 2023

Peel Hunt also noted that smaller deals continued to represent the majority of transactions in 2023, with just a small minority of announced firm offers exceeding £500m equity value.

03.01 / 15:09

IPO M&A UK companies FTSE UK M&A fuelling 'relentless' de-equitisation drive

With 40 transactions worth more than £100m in 2023, Hall noted that the pace had increased throughout the year, as there had been jus three offers announced in Q1 2023 compared to 18 in Q4.

06.11 / 16:03

M&A companies Wealth Management US private equity firm becomes controlling shareholder of Titan Wealth

Andrew Fearon, joint CEO and head of M&A at Titan, said the deal supports the firm’s overall acquisition strategy, describing the transaction as 'instrumental' for its future growth plans as a business.

16.10 / 12:19

Europe M&A companies Abrdn Acquisition private equity abrdn to sell European private equity business for £60m

Stephen Bird (pictured) has been CEO of abrdn since September 2020.

26.09 / 08:53

M&A companies Results Close Brothers AM Close Brothers AM profits tumble 27% amid sale rumours

Adjusted operating profit fell to £15.9m, down from £21.7m a year ago.

05.09 / 15:31

M&A Bank of England UK companies Office for National Statistics Costs M&A activity subdued in Q2 as borrowing costs rise

The ONS highlighted the role of higher interest rates on the downturn in M&A activity during the period.

05.09 / 07:43

M&A companies financial conduct authority pension stake Caledonia Investments to sell 7IM stake to Canadian pension for £255m

Rumours about Caledonia selling 7IM have been floating since early 2022.

15.08 / 14:39

M&A UK Loans bonds ESG Alternatives Global Green bonds hit record fundraise while lending and M&A sink

The figure marks an 18% increase on the same period last year, although issuance by number dropped 10% to 484 green bonds brought to market.

02.08 / 10:33

M&A companies financial conduct authority London Stock Exchange Merger Rathbones Rathbones sets out Investec W&I merger timeline

Fani Titi, Investec Group chief executive, Paul Stockton, group chief executive officer of Rathbones Group, Iain Hooley, chief executive of Investec W&I UK

11.07 / 10:35

M&A companies M&A value drops across wealth despite rise in number of deals

Findings from the auditor's latest M&A analysis were published today (10 July) and looked at the value brought from all publicly disclosed deals between January and June.

04.07 / 10:57

M&A acquisitions companies boost Foresight Foresight Group eyes more M&A as acquisitions boost assets

Two strategic acquisitions during the year helped boost the group’s assets by £3.3bn.

09.06 / 12:13

cryptocurrency M&A BitGo Digital Asset FinTech Deal BitGo Announces Landmark Deal to Acquire Crypto Custodian Prime Trust

BitGo Holdings Inc., the renowned digital asset trust and security company, has revealed plans to acquire 100% of the equity of Prime Core Technologies, Inc., the parent company of Prime Trust.

16.02 / 17:17

M&A SBI Group Takeover Japanese Securities Giant SBI Completes Takeover of Crypto Exchange Bitpoint

The Japanese securities giant SBI has completed a takeover of the rival crypto exchange Bitpoint. The move consolidates the firm’s increasingly tight grip on the domestic crypto market – and marks the second time it has taken over a domestic rival.

12.08 / 13:19

Exchange Huobi M&A FTX Huobi Might Get a New Owner, FTX Among Potential Buyers - Report

08.08 / 12:05

Binance Exchange M&A Bollywood-like Drama Erupts as CZ Moves to Distance Binance from India’s WazirX Exchange

25.07 / 11:53

Legal M&A FTX Investment Rescue Low FTX Proposal is a 'Low-ball Bid Dressed Up as a White Knight Rescue' - Voyager

Crypto platform Voyager Digital argued that a joint offer proposed by crypto exchange FTX and linked trading firm Alameda is a “low-ball bid” that could disrupt the company’s bankruptcy process, to which FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried replied that the offer would provide Voyager customers with 100% of the remaining assets that Voyager has, as opposed to the “traditional” process under which, before customers obtain their assets, “they get fucked.”

21.07 / 13:43

MARKET M&A FTX Investment valuation 'Crypto Savior' FTX Is Reportedly Raising Fresh Capital at Latest Valuation of USD 32BN

Major crypto exchange FTX, which has positioned itself as the industry's savior, is reportedly looking to raise fresh capital at its January USD 32bn valuation.

11.07 / 11:09

Exchange Legal M&A HK Courts Today in Crypto Turmoil: Sun Readies USD 5B Spend, Celsius’ Dealings ‘Exposed,’ CoinFlex Heads to HK Courts

The Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun says he is ready to spend big on acquisitions as another week of crypto turmoil begins – and there are also developments from Celsius (CEL) (as usual!), while the exchange CoinFlex could be gearing up to flex its legal muscles on Roger Ver.

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