Nestlé SA Market Cap (as of 14/02/14): CHF 213.2bn L’Oréal SA Market Cap (as of 14/02/14): € 74.2bn The much-anticipated decoupling of French cosmetics company L’Oréal from Nestlé, the Swiss food giant, captured headlines at the beginning of the week in light of L’Oréal’s announcement that it reached a deal Read more…
The US media and technology conglomerate, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has reached an agreement in merging with competitor Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) on Feb. 13, 2014, for a price of $45.2bn. The deal will be a stock-for-stock transaction with TWC’s investors receiving 2.875 Comcast stock for each of their Read more…
Merck KGaA Market Cap (as of 06/12/13): €27.84bn AZ Electronic Materials SA Market Cap (as of 06/12/13): €1.79bn On December 5, 2013 the Darmstadt-based German drug and chemicals company, Merck KGaA, announced an agreement with the Board of Directors of AZ Electronic Materials SA (AZ) regarding a recommended $2.57bn all-cash Read more…
Moncler S.p.A Market Cap (as of 30/11/13): N/A Moncler, the Italian maker of luxury down jackets, is expected to go public on the Milan Stock exchange by mid-December, after the approval received on Tuesday by Consob, the Italian stock market regulator. It aims to raise about €800mln, with an IPO Read more…
BMPS:IM Market Cap (as of 29/11/13): €2.18bn On November 26, 2013 Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (“MPS”), the world’s oldest bank (founded in 1472) and Italy’s third biggest lender, has agreed to submit a proposal to the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting for a capital increase, for up to a maximum Read more…
Cinda Market Cap (as of 22/11/13): N/A News surfaced on Thursday, November 21st that Chinese bad bank Cinda is finalizing the details of its long awaited Hong Kong IPO, which is expected to bring in up to HK$19bn (US$2.45bn) in fresh equity financing. The company will offer around 5bn shares Read more…
T-Mobile US, Inc. Market Cap (as of 23/11/13): $19.2bn T-Mobile US, Deutsche Telecom majority-owned mobile operator is raising $2bn in an effort to increase its footprint in the 4G LTE market. T-Mobile is the fourth mobile operator in the US with 45M customers ranking after Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility and Read more…
Months of rumours have finally come to an end: Twitter is joining the ranks of listed internet companies with an IPO in Q4 2013. The market is hyped up and ready to go, but is this offering destined for ridicule as Facebook’s was? Correctly valuing Twitter is of paramount importance Read more…
AGL Market Cap: 1.6 bn WDF Market Cap: 2.0 bn On the 1st of October 2013, Autogrill S.p.A. completed the spin-off of Travel Retail & Duty Free (TR&DF) that is now controlled by World Duty Free S.p.A. WDF started to trade at a price of €7.13 with AGL trading at Read more…
Sotheby’s Market Cap (as of 4/10/13): $ 3.46bn Daniel Loeb, CEO of the hedge fund Third Point LLC, announced on the 2nd of October that he has upped his stake in the arts auctioneering firm Sotheby’s to 9.3%, making him the firm’s biggest shareholder. Mr Loeb now holds 6.8m shares Read more…
Commerzbank Market Cap (as of 17/05/13): €4.42bn Deal Type: €2.5bn Rights Issue On Tuesday Commerzbank announced the details of the rights issue it previously declared in March. This rights issue will aim to raise €2.5bn in line with Basel III capital requirements. An earlier vote of the Board of Directors Read more…
Third Point LLC, Asset Under Management (as of 17/05/13): $12.9bn Sony Corporation (SNE), Market Capitalization (as of 17/05/13): $20.37bn Deal type: Spin-off Proposal via IPO Mr. Daniel Seth Loeb, manager and founder of the NY based hedge fund Third Point LLC, has recently turned his attention toward Japan and Sony Read more…
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. Market Cap (as of May 4th 2013) : $ 3.1bn The Blackstone Group , AUM (as of May 4th 2013) : $ 218.0bn On the 19th of April SeaWorld Entertainment opened for trading on the NYSE under the thicker symbol “SEAS”. The initial public offering of 29.9 Read more…
Apple, Inc. Market Cap (as of 26/04/13): $391.61bn Transaction Size: $100bn over three years (program to end in late 2015) On the 23rd of April, Apple reported its quarterly earnings, with revenues on the rise YoY albeit paired with a lower net income. The results were largely in line with Read more…
Banco Do Brasil Market Cap (as of April 26th 2013) : € 27.94 bn BB Seguridade Market Cap (as of April 26th 2013) : € 10.91 bn Deal size: € 3.27 bn (30% of total shares), € 3.76 bn with Greenshoe option fully exercised On April 26th it was announced Read more…