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BBVA sells its US operations to PNC in second-biggest banking deal after the financial crisis

Download PDF BBVA (MCE: BBVA.MC) – market cap as of 27th November 2020: €26.34bn PNC (NYSE: PNC) – market cap as of 27th November 2020: $53.23bn Introduction On November 16th BBVA, Spain’s second-largest bank, and PNC Financial Services Group announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for PNC to Read more…

By BSIC, 2 years2 years ago
Corporate Finance

Nexi – SIA, the newborn Italian champion in the payments industry

Download PDF   Nexi (BIT:NEXI) – market cap as of 30th October 2020: €8.41bn SIA Group – Private Company   Introduction On the 5th of October 2020, Nexi SpA and SIA SpA, two Italian financial companies specialising in payment solutions, announced a €15bn all-share merger, creating an Italian PayTech champion. Read more…

By BSIC, 2 years2 years ago
Corporate Finance

A tale of national consolidation: CaixaBank’s merger with Bankia

Download PDF CaixaBank (MCE: CABK.MC) – market cap as of 2/10/2020: €10.3bn Bankia (MCE: BKIA.MC) – market cap as of 2/10/2020: €3.55bn   Introduction On the 18th of September, CaixaBank, a Spanish financial company, agreed to acquire in an all-share deal Bankia, a Spanish bank, valuing it at €4.3bn, a Read more…

By BSIC, 2 years2 years ago
Corporate Finance

When a sweet deal doesn’t sound sweet enough: Temenos to acquire Fidessa for £1.4bn in cash

Temenos Group (SWX:TEMN) – market cap as of 23/02/2018: CHF7.60bn Fidessa Group (LON:FDSA) – market cap as of 23/02/2018: GBP1.47bn Introduction On February 21st, 2018, the boards of both Temenos and Fidessa have reached an agreement for the takeover of the former over the latter for £1.4 billion. The two Read more…

By BSIC, 4 years4 years ago
Corporate Finance

Cerberus buys major share in BBVA’s real estate assets riding the wave of the Spanish roaring housing market

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. (BBVA:MCE) – market cap as of 1/12/2017: €47.17bn Introduction On November 29, 2017, it was announced that BBVA had sold to the American fund Cerberus the bulk of its real estate business in Spain. Through this operation, the Spanish bank will reduce by 70% its Read more…

By BSIC, 5 years ago
Corporate Finance

Total buys Engie’s LNG assets for $1.5bn in a race to boost its gas business

Total S.A. (NYSE: TOT) – market cap as of 17/11/2017: $138.514bn Engie S.A. (PAR: ENGI) – market cap as of 17/11/2017: $34.837bn Introduction On November 08, 2017, the French multinational oil and gas company Total announced that it entered into an agreement to buy the Liquefied Natural Gas assets of Read more…

By BSIC, 5 years ago
Corporate Finance

FirstRand and Aldermore: a GBP 1.1bn merger across South Africa and UK

FirstRand Ltd (FSR:SJ) – market cap as of 11/10/2017: ZAR295.3bn Aldermore Group Plc (ALD:LN) – market cap as of 11/10/2017: GBP1.07bn Introduction FirstRand and Aldermore, as of 6 November 2017, have agreed upon merging in a £1.1bn deal, at 313 pence per share in cash which implies a 22% premium Read more…

By BSIC, 5 years ago
Corporate Finance Debt Deals Equity Deals

Report on the Italian Banking System: NPL, Bad Bank and M&A Wave

Introduction Markets all around the world have been characterized by high volatility and unsatisfying returns in recent weeks, primarily because of the dramatic drop in oil prices and the alarming data on China’s growth, which has failed to meet analysts’ expectations for the fourth quarter of 2015 by about one Read more…

By BSIC, 6 years6 years ago
Markets Single Stocks Special Report

Special Report: European Investment Banks – Not All Gloom and Doom

The European banking sector has been facing significant changes in the post crisis era. Regulatory headwinds, a myriad of litigation charges and the lack of a credible strategy at many institutions have seen the sector fall out of favor with equity investors. Though, admittedly, these challenges might not have been Read more…

By BSIC, 7 years7 years ago
Commodities Currencies Equity Indices Fixed Income Macroeconomic Views Markets

MARKET RECAP 21/02/2015

US  Big news has struck the US economy this week and in particular the ones oil-related has had a strong effect on the market. The US economy has been once again the main driver of the fall in oil prices this week as the country’s stockpiles of crude last week Read more…

By BSIC, 7 years7 years ago
Currencies Equity Indices Fixed Income Macroeconomic Views Markets

MARKET RECAP 6/12/2014

US The week ended with a boom for the US economy as the November jobs report was released on Friday. 321,000 new jobs were created in the last month, well ahead of economists’ forecasts of 230,000. This piece of news puts the US economy on track to achieve the best Read more…

By BSIC, 8 years7 years ago
Currencies Equity Indices Macroeconomic Views Markets

MARKET RECAP 29/11/2014

US The week just past us was one of slight gains in US equity markets, with most volume on Tuesday and Wednesday due to the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. The week opened with a soft print of the US services PMI, then trading became jittery for the S&P 500 as Read more…

By BSIC, 8 years8 years ago
Currencies Equity Indices Macroeconomic Views Markets

MARKET RECAP 15/11/2014

US US equities continued to trade sideways in the last week due to the lack of news catalysts. The only major pieces of news out were the number of initial and continuing jobless claims diffused on Thursday and the retail sales figures released on Friday. The anticipation of the former Read more…

By BSIC, 8 years8 years ago
Commodities Markets Trade Ideas

Can silver rise when gold falls? This is the question

On normal market days, the (positive) correlation between gold and silver is quite high. Looking at the chart below, it looks like silver gives chase to the movements in gold and follows them quite closely. One thing we can observe though is that downside changes in gold reflect more heavily Read more…

By BSIC, 8 years8 years ago
Currencies Equity Indices Macroeconomic Views Markets

MARKET RECAP 08/11/2014

US It has been a busy week for US markets, filled with plenty of data and the outcome of the midterms on November 4th. The result of these was a Republican takeover of the Senate, and in all the expression of dissatisfaction or anger at Mr Obama’s performance. The S&P Read more…

By BSIC, 8 years8 years ago

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Financial Innovation Through M&A: 14 April 2022, 1 Financial Innovation Through M&A: 14 April 2022, 18:00, Microsoft Teams. 

CFO of Nexi Group Bernardo Mingrone, Head of M&A of Intesa Sanpaolo Flavio Gianetti, and Non-Executive Director of Nexi Group Elisa Corghi will join BSIC to discuss how financial intermediaries can innovate through M&A, going through some of the most relevant recent transactions in the industry. The event is moderated by Prof. Massimo Della Ragione, ex Goldman Sachs. Sign up at:

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Financial Innovation Through M&A: 14 April 2022, 1 Financial Innovation Through M&A: 14 April 2022, 18:00, Microsoft Teams. 

CFO of Nexi Group Bernardo Mingrone, Head of M&A of Intesa Sanpaolo Flavio Gianetti, and Non-Executive Director of Nexi Group Elisa Corghi will join BSIC to discuss how financial intermediaries can innovate through M&A, going through some of the most relevant recent transactions in the industry. The event is moderated by Prof. Massimo Della Ragione, ex Goldman Sachs. Sign up at:

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On Thursday 14 April, 6:00 pm, CFO of Nexi Group Bernardo Mingrone, Head of M&A of Intesa Sanpaolo Flavio Gianetti and Non-Executive Director of Nexi Group Elisa Corghi will join BSIC to discuss how financial intermediaries innovate through M&A, going through some of the most relevant recent transactions in the industry. 

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