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Korea Lawmakers Seek M&A Reform to Protect Minority Shareholders
South Korean ruling party lawmakers proposed expanding disclosure requirements for corporate takeovers, the latest effort to strengthen minority-shareholder protections and tackle the chronic valuation gap dogging the nation's stock market. Eleven…
SIKA CLOSES ACQUISITION OF AKKIM - ACCELERATING GLOBAL EXPANSION IN ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS
SIKA CLOSES ACQUISITION OF AKKIM – ACCELERATING GLOBAL EXPANSION IN ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS Sika has closed the acquisition of Akkim, a leading global manufacturer of adhesives and sealants based in Turkey. The acquisition further strengthens…
HDFC Merger Contributed To HDFC Bank's Troubles
'Once you're wrestling with making a merger of that scale value-accretive, you're also under pressure to keep growing the balance sheet and chasing liabilities, and other things start to slip as a consequence.' Senior journalist and author Tamal…
GoPro stock surges again on merger and AI pivot news: What the heck is happening with GPRO?
It has been a wild week for GoPro's stock. Over the past five days alone, shares in GoPro, Inc. (Nasdaq: GPRO) are up more than 183%. And that's before today's current 10% boost in premarket trading. First, the company's share price was boosted…
Orrick advises French quantum computing company on SPAC merger
Pasqal received counsel from a transatlantic Orrick team on a business combination that opened its next chapter as a publicly traded company. Global law firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has advised French-headquartered quantum computing Pasqal…
Nvidia confirms $13 billion acquisition of open-weight AI platform Hugging Face
Nvidia (NVDA) on Thursday confirmed its plans to acquire the open-weight AI platform Hugging Face for roughly $13 billion, sending shares up more than 1% in early trading. The deal will see Nvidia pay $12.93 billion for the platform, per a press…
Listed player Manuka hunts cash after restarting gold mine
Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.
Berkshire CEO Greg Abel vows long-term support for Japan trading houses
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel has promised long-term support for five Japanese trading houses, after the conglomerate increased its stake in each of them to more than 10% in recent years. Abel, who was speaking from Japan in an interview with…
M&T Bank Corp. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day
Shares of M&T Bank Corp. MTB rallied 1.49% to $235.48 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.46% to 7,666.60 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising…
Riverwater Exited Perella Weinberg (PWP) as Smaller M&A Advisors Face a Tough Road Ahead
Riverwater Partners, an investment management company, released its 'Small Cap Strategy' Q2 2026 investor letter. The letter can be downloaded here. The Small Cap Strategy underperformed the Russell 2000 in the second quarter as the benchmark…
PE giant CVC buys controlling stake in $700m Ambrose Construct Group
CVC Capital Partners has come calling for Queensland-founded insurance repair business Ambrose Construct Group, in what marks the private equity giant's second bilateral deal Australia over the past year. The $343 billion PE player, led locally by…
Ingenia sells six assets for $124m to ASX-listed Eureka; raising underway
Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.
Zerodha Gets Sebi Nod For Investment Banking Biz
12:05 Leading stock broker Zerodha received approval from market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India to enter investment banking, according to data on the regulator's website. With the nod, Zerodha Corporate Advisors will be able to…
Elie Saab Is Bringing His Red-Carpet Gowns to H&M
It would be an understatement to say that Lebanese fashion designer Elie Saab has a mastery of red carpet gowns. He's dressed countless A-listers throughout his multi-decade career: To name a few, Kate Winslet, Céline Dion, Jennifer Lopez…
Deutsche Telekom Shares Rise as Elliott Pushes Against T-Mobile Merger
Deutsche Telekom shares climbed on Thursday after reports that activist investor Elliott Investment Management had accumulated a significant stake in the German telecom giant and was pushing the company to reconsider a potential full merger with…
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