Tag: Investment
US: Dow divests US$1.1b seed business
As part of The Dow Chemical Company’s journey to merge with DuPont, the US multinational is divesting a portion of its Brazilian corn hybrid...
EU: Activist funds try to block $20bn Clariant-Huntsman merger
Activist investor Corvex and roofing maker Standard Industries' investment arm have joined forces to take a 7.2% stake in Clariant, urging the Swiss chemical...
US: Broadcom wins antitrust consent to buy Brocade with conditions
On Monday the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Chipmaker Broadcom has received US antitrust approval to buy Brocade Communications Systems.
The buyout had already...
UK: Regulator calls for radical shake-up of asset managers
A radical shake-up of the UK’s GB£7bn trillion (US$9.06 trillion) investment market has been ordered by Britain’s financial regulator in an attempt to stamp...
US: Pandora looking to find buyer in 30 days
Pandorais actively trying to sell itself and believes it can get a deal done within 30 days, sources told CNBC.
KKR — an investment firm...
US: Parexel exploring a sale
Contract drug research firm Parexel International is exploring a sale, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.
Boston-based Parexel had a market value...
Canada: Investment firm takes SOE private for $3.6 billion
Investment firm Vista Equity Partners said on Monday that it would buy Canada's DH in a deal valued at $3.6 billion. The deal is...
Abu Dhabi: $125bln fund created in merger
Abu Dhabi's government on Saturday merged two of its top investment funds, Mubadala Development and International Petroleum Investment, to strengthen their financial clout in...
US: Bayer-Monsanto to invest US$8b in US if merger is approved
German chemicals giant Bayer will invest about US$8 billion in the United States in agriculture research in conjunction with Monsanto, which it is purchasing,...
