Deutsche Börse-London Stock Exchange (DB1-LSE): DB1 expects the deal to be investigated under a phase ll approach, referring to the more complex process regulators use when they ar
Stocks rose on Tuesday, with a potential trans-Atlantic corporate takeover boosting sentiment already buoyed by a growing conviction that the first rise in U.S. interest rates since 2006 won't come until after the summer.
Florian Siegfried, head of precious metals and mining investments with Switzerland-based AgaNola Ltd., knows where the music is playing in the mining M&A space.
Princess Diana famously remarked that there were three people in her marriage to Prince Charles once you included Camilla Parker Bowles, whom he later married. Companies seeking cross-border mergers in Europe need to be wary of ending up in similarly overcrowded relationships as governments start to demand dowries and a share of the marital bed.
A revival in M&A activity has been much anticipated and discussed almost since the start of the global financial crisis five years ago. With few exceptions, boosts in deal making have proven unsustainable.
In both the securities and derivatives worlds, new rivals have emerged to offer comparable services for similar transactions. Here we question whether exchange mergers can stem the gains made by those alternatives.
