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February 05, 2026
Insurance Distribution M&A Deals Rise, MarshBerry Says
Mergers and acquisitions in the U.K. insurance distribution sector showed "tentative signs" of renewed activity in January, albeit from a low base, according to advisory firm MarshBerry.
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February 05, 2026
UK Miner To Raise £43M Through Placing, Subscription
Tungsten West PLC said Thursday it has launched a fundraising program worth up to £43.3 million ($58.8 million) as the U.K. group advances plans to restart operations at its metal mine in southwest England.
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February 05, 2026
Vodafone Begins €500M Share Buyback Program
Vodafone Group PLC kicked off a €500 million ($590 million) stock repurchase program on Thursday, part of its wider €4 billion buyback plan revealed in 2024.
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February 05, 2026
Shell Kicks Off $3.5B Buyback, Reports Quarterly Earnings Dip
Shell said Thursday that it will purchase $3.5 billion of its shares over the next three months to reduce its share capital as the oil giant reported financial performance for the last three months of 2025.
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February 05, 2026
Vaalco Energy To Sell Non-Core Assets For $25M
Vaalco Energy Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to sell its peripheral oil and gas-producing properties in Canada for 35 million Canadian dollars ($25.5 million) to sharpen the U.S. company's focus on its African drilling and production assets.
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February 04, 2026
Germany's Henkel Buying Coatings Maker Stahl In $2.5B Deal
Germany's Henkel said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire specialty coatings maker Stahl at a roughly $2.5 billion enterprise value from majority owner Wendel and multiple minority owners.
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February 04, 2026
Russells Beats Claim Over Alleged IP Biz Share Sale Plot
A London court struck out an executive's case on Wednesday that two of his business associates and Russells Solicitors plotted to hide plans for a $40 million takeover of a celebrity intellectual property licensing company to get him to sell his shares cheaply.
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February 04, 2026
Glencore To Sell 40% Stake In Congo Assets For $3.6B
A consortium of investors has reached a deal with Glencore to acquire a stake in the assets of the Anglo-Swiss mining giant in the Congo for approximately $3.6 billion to secure critical minerals for the U.S. and its partners.
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February 04, 2026
DLA Piper Steers Marine Biz In £55M Pension Deal With PIC
Global financial services and marine operations group Bibby Line has completed a £55 million ($75 million) buy-in transaction with Pension Insurance Corp. PLC, the insurer said Wednesday, securing the retirement benefits of 667 plan members.
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February 04, 2026
Financier Settles Libel Case Over €454M Vatican Fraud Claims
An Anglo-Italian financier has settled his libel action against a newspaper publisher in which he alleged that the paper wrongly accused him of orchestrating a €454 million ($536 million) property fraud against the Vatican.
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February 04, 2026
Trafigura Sells £132M Stake In Atalaya Mining
A subsidiary of commodities group Trafigura Ltd. has sold a 9% stake in Atalaya Mining Copper SA worth approximately £132 million ($181 million), the European metals producer said Wednesday.
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February 04, 2026
UBS Announces $3B Share Buyback As Profit Jumps
UBS unveiled a share repurchase plan of at least $3 billion on Wednesday as it disclosed a leap in its net profit.
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February 04, 2026
Santander Launches €5B Buyback, Buys US Bank For $12B
Spanish banking giant Santander said on Wednesday that it will begin a share buyback worth up to €5.03 billion ($5.9 billion) to downsize its share capital — a day after it agreed to acquire U.S. bank Webster Financial Corp. for $12.3 billion.
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February 04, 2026
Slaughter And May-Led Zurich Gets Beazley Nod On £8B Offer
Beazley has backed a sweetened £8 billion ($11 billion) takeover approach from Swiss insurance heavyweight Zurich Insurance Group Ltd., the companies said Wednesday, after the London-listed company rejected two lower bids in January.
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February 03, 2026
Wachtell Lipton, Davis Polk Steer $12B Santander Deal
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP are guiding Banco Santander SA's $12.3 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of Webster Financial Corp., according to an announcement made Tuesday.
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February 03, 2026
Aircraft Co. Settles $28M Claim Over Undersold Lessor
An aviation business has settled its $28 million claim against an aircraft lessor it alleged had suppressed its own income and profitability, causing the business to undersell its shares in the lessor.
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February 03, 2026
FCA Backs Phillip Brokerage's £6M Walker Crips Buy
Walker Crips said Tuesday the Financial Conduct Authority has approved an acquisition by a unit of Singapore-based capital markets giant Phillip Brokerage Pte Ltd., satisfying a critical condition in the wealth management and stockbroking firm's proposed takeover.
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February 03, 2026
UK Sets Financial Services Links With China To Boost London
The government said Tuesday it had secured agreements with China to boost London's position as a global financial hub during Prime Minister Keir Starmer's recent visit to the country.
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February 03, 2026
Bitcoin-Powered Web Design Biz Begins Trading On LSE
The Smarter Web Co. PLC said Tuesday that it has started to trade on the London Stock Exchange as the U.K web design and development business upgraded its listing from the Aquis growth market.
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February 03, 2026
Osborne Clarke Steers £20M Inspection Biz Pension Buyout
The U.K.'s construction certification body has completed a £20 million ($27 million) full scheme buyout with insurer Aviva, securing the pension benefits of all its members, Broadstone said Tuesday.
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February 03, 2026
Wind Farm Biz Sells Onshore Renewables Assets For €1.44B
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire the entire European onshore renewables business of Ørsted AS for €1.44 billion ($1.7 billion) as the Danish investment firm moves to expand its green energy portfolio.
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February 02, 2026
Netflix Slams HBO Max User's Challenge To Warner Bros. Deal
Netflix argued that an HBO Max subscriber lacks standing to challenge its plan to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, telling a California federal judge Friday that the subscriber doesn't show how the merger would injure her, as she's never subscribed to Netflix and doesn't say she plans to.
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February 02, 2026
Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
U.S. enforcers reached three new merger settlements, while the Federal Trade Commission successfully blocked a $945 million heart valve deal and lodged an appeal for its case targeting Meta's past acquisitions.
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February 02, 2026
Pensions Biz Chesnara Completes £260M Buy Of HSBC Life
British pensions company Chesnara PLC said Monday that it has completed the acquisition for approximately £260 million ($355 million) of the specialist life protection and investment bond provider of banking giant HSBC, boosting its assets to approximately £18 billion.
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February 02, 2026
FitzWalter Capital Pulls £491M Offer For Auction Tech Biz
Private investment firm FitzWalter Capital Ltd. said Monday that it has canceled its plans to make a formal bid for Auction Technology after the online marketplace operator rejected its proposed offer of approximately £491 million ($671 million) and denied it due diligence on Jan. 29.