Introduction Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) have constantly been on the rise ever since the 2008 financial crisis. Year over year, increasing amounts of assets are placed in ETFs causing their market share (especially in the United States) to expand to over 25% of total open-end funds in 2018 according to Read more…
US This week saw modest gains on most American indexes, with the s&p increasing by 0.39% and Nasdaq by 0.9%. The Dow remained fairly stable with a loss of -0.02%. Overall the markets seem to be pricing in a relaxed scenario for tariffs as the deadline for trade talks between Read more…
Introduction After examining the main features of the repo market as well as some peculiar characteristics of the European credit repo market (https://bsic.it/the-invisible-gears-repo-agreement-and-the-credit-repo-market-part-1/) we would like to walk you through what happens when a repo fails (and why this might happen) and the recent reform of the CSDR, i.e. the Read more…
Navient Corp. [Nasdaq: NAVI] – Market Cap as of 28/02/2019 $3.07B Introduction: On February 18, 2019, student-loan servicer Navient rejected a $3.2 billion takeover bid from two investors, the hedge fund Canyon Capital Advisors and the private-equity firm Platinum Equity Advisors, as it believed the offer undervalued the company. Navient’s Read more…
The Blackstone Group L.P. [BX: NYSE] – Market Cap as of 26/02/2019 $41.77bn Scout24 AG [G24: XETRA] – Market Cap as of 26/02/2019 €4.96bn Introduction On Friday 15 February 2019 Scout24, the leading German online classifieds group, received a voluntary public takeover offer by Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman. At Read more…
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) – market cap as of 26/02/2019: $69.83 bn KKR & Co Inc Class A (NYSE: KKR) – market cap as of 26/02/2019: $18.97 bn Introduction On February 24th 2019,the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced a landmarked partnership between the national state-owned oil company and Read more…
Ellie Mae (NYSE:ELLI) – market cap as of 21/02/2018: $3.46bn Introduction On February 12, 2019, Ellie Mae, the leading cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Thoma Bravo LLC, a leading private equity investment firm, in an Read more…
Johnson & Johnson [JNJ: NYSE] – Market Cap as of 19/02/2019 $364.53bn Introduction On February 13th, the healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson announced the acquisition of the privately held surgical robotics firm Auris Health, for approximately $3.4 billion in cash. The terms of the agreement also include additional payments to Read more…
EUROPE During this week European indices have on average soared by 1% . In particular, the German DAX30 started the trading week at 11’267 and closed around 11’460 and the French CAC40 opened at 5’160 and closed at 5’215, both increasing around 1.5%. Differently from core countries, the most important Read more…
Description of Belt and Road Initiative The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), also known as the One Belt One Road (OBOR) or the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road, is a development strategy adopted by the Chinese government involving infrastructure and investments in European, Asian and Read more…
Morgan Stanley [NYSE: MS] – Market Cap as of 24/02/2019 $71.89bn Solium Capital Inc. [TSE: SUM] – Market Cap as of 24/02/2019 $1.08bn Introduction On February 11th, Morgan Stanley announced it had struck a definitive agreement to acquire the workplace wealth solutions’ company Solium Capital for $900m. The deal comes Read more…
Introduction On Tuesday (Feb 12, 2019), right at the deadline for the decision to be made, Banco Santander announced that it had decided not to repay its outstanding €1.5bn CoCo bonds. CoCo bonds are hybrid securities mostly belonging to Additional Tier 1 capital, introduced by regulators in the wake of Read more…
BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) – market cap as of 11/02/2019: USD 38.48bn SunTrust Banks (NYSE: STI) – market cap as of 11/02/2019: USD 29.06bn Introduction The all-stock $66 billion merger between BB&T and SunTrust banks is the biggest M&A deal for the banking industry in more than a decade, signalling Read more…
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) – market cap as of 10/2/2019: $81.98bn Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) – market cap as of 10/2/2019: $61.56bn Introduction On the 3rd of January 2019, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) announced the acquisition of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) in a cash and stock transaction with Read more…
Introduction With the fear of an imminent slowdown in the global economy and the ongoing trade war, uncertainty is currently dominating the upstage, to the detriment of M&A cross-border transactions, which so far could instead count on a positive momentum. With the looming pressure from Chinese companies pushing for acquisitions Read more…