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June 13, 2025
FCA Sees 'More To Do' In Reshaping Regulation For Growth
The Financial Conduct Authority responded Friday to parliamentary calls for more growth-oriented regulation, saying that it is exploring new ways to boost Britain's international competitiveness on top of the steps it has already taken.
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June 13, 2025
France's BPCE To Buy Novo Banco In €6.4B Deal
France's second-largest banking group BPCE said Friday that it will buy U.S. private equity shop Lone Star Fund's 75% stake in Novo Banco SA in a deal that values the Portuguese bank at €6.4 billion ($7.4 billion).
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June 13, 2025
Tap Global To List On AIM, Eyes Wider Investor Base
Tap Global Group PLC said Friday it will list on London's junior alternative investment market this month, a move the digital finance platform believes will help it attract a wider pool of investors.
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June 12, 2025
UK Investors Sue Cricket Team Owner Over Claimed Tax Fraud
Three U.K.-based investors in an Indian Premier League cricket team are seeking £10 million ($13.6 million) in damages from the club's owner, claiming in a London court that he duped them over the tax implications of selling their shares in his business.
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June 12, 2025
5 Firms Guide $1.25B BioNTech, CureVac Oncology Deal
German biotech firm BioNTech SE said Thursday that it will acquire CureVac NV, a clinical-stage mRNA specialist, in an all-stock oncology-focused deal valuing it at about $1.25 billion and involving five legal advisers.
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June 12, 2025
Everbright Exec Testifies He Trusted Media Biz's Financial Info
An executive of the Chinese financial services firm Everbright testified Thursday that a sports media rights business was portrayed as "well performing" before a joint venture acquired a majority stake, only to later discover its financial health was allegedly inflated.
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June 12, 2025
Amaroq Minerals Raises £45M To Fund Greenland Gold Mine
Amaroq Minerals Ltd. said Thursday that it has raised approximately £45 million ($61.2 million) in equity in a "significantly oversubscribed" share sale it conducted to fund the development of a gold mine in Greenland.
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June 12, 2025
Broadstone Buys ExactVAL To Boost Pension Transactions
Retirement consultancy Broadstone said Thursday it has bought actuarial service provider ExactVAL to support insurers in carrying out pension transactions.
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June 12, 2025
Reed Smith Appoints New Head Of Its Frankfurt Office
Reed Smith LLP said Thursday that it has appointed debt finance specialist Oliver Hahnelt as the managing partner of its office in Frankfurt following the departure of its previous incumbent.
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June 12, 2025
Gowling Steers Pension Insurer's £150M Buy-In For Reach
Just Group, a pensions insurer, revealed on Thursday it has taken on retirement plan liabilities worth £150 million ($204 million) from a program sponsored by publishing giant Reach.
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June 12, 2025
Shareholder Scraps Call To Oust Ricardo Chair Amid Takeover
Ricardo said Thursday that it will adjourn its upcoming general meeting, which had been scheduled at the request of its shareholder Science Group, after the British technology consultancy agreed to a £281 million ($382 million) takeover deal on Wednesday.
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June 12, 2025
Baker McKenzie Guides Credit Agricole's €345M Care Biz Deal
The healthcare subsidiary of French banking giant Crédit Agricole SA said Thursday that it will buy Petits-fils, an at-home services provider for the elderly in France, for €345 million ($400 million) from French care provider Clariane SE.
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June 12, 2025
Clifford Chance Steers EDF's Purchase Of EV Charging Biz
French utility firm EDF said Thursday that its board has agreed to buy the shares it does not already own in Pod Point, in a deal that values the electric vehicle charging company at £10.6 million ($14.4 million).
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June 12, 2025
PayPoint To Buy Back $30M Of Shares Annually Until 2028
PayPoint said Thursday it will buy back at least £30 million ($41 million) annually in shares until the end of the financial year ending in March 2028.
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June 12, 2025
Revolution Beauty Weighs Takeover Interest From Frasers
Revolution Beauty said Thursday that it is weighing takeover proposals from companies, including Mike Ashley's Frasers Group, after it put itself up for sale amid a collapse in its share price sparked by the fall out from several legal problems.
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June 11, 2025
Bain Capital Drops Nearly $1.3B Bid For Craneware
Less than a month after Bain Capital disclosed it was considering a potential buyout of Scottish healthcare software company Craneware, both parties confirmed Wednesday that a nearly $1.3 billion offer is off the table.
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June 11, 2025
Ex-Yodel Director Can't Halt InPost Acquisition Transformation
Companies controlled by the ex-director of Yodel on Wednesday lost their bid to block Yodel from transforming after its acquisition by InPost SA, with a London court refusing to stop changes pending a battle for control of the package delivery company.
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June 11, 2025
UK Probes Evri Postal Logistics Merger With DHL Unit
The U.K. competition watchdog said Wednesday it is taking a preliminary look at plans by the Evri Ltd. parcel delivery service to merge with the U.K. e-commerce unit of the global DHL Group to form a major postal logistics service in Britain.
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June 11, 2025
Linklaters-Led WSP To Buy Ashurst-Led Ricardo For £281M
Canadian engineering consultant WSP said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Ricardo for approximately £281 million ($379 million) in a deal guided by Linklaters LLP and Ashurst LLP, as the British technology consultancy deals with growing pressure from shareholder Science Group.
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June 11, 2025
EQT, Sanofi Invest $135M In Spanish Biotech SpliceBio
A group of investors led by Swedish private equity shop EQT and French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi said Wednesday they have invested $135 million in SpliceBio to help fund the development of its lead gene therapy candidate that will be used to treat a rare eye condition.
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June 11, 2025
Intuitive Investments Raises £9.6M For China Tech Business
Intuitive Investments Group PLC said Wednesday it has raised £9.6 million ($13 million) with a new stock issue which it will use to fund its investment in Hui10 Inc., a technology company operating in China.
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June 11, 2025
Assura Backs Sweetened £1.7B KKR, Stonepeak Offer
Healthcare property manager Assura said Wednesday that it has backed a sweetened £1.7 billion ($2.3 billion) final offer from U.S. private equity shops KKR and Stonepeak, ending a months-long bidding war with a British real estate investment trust.
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June 10, 2025
EU Says OK To $3.1B Intelsat-SES Merger
Satellite titan SES SA's $3.1 billion plan to buy rival satellite operator Intelsat Holdings has won the approval of the European Commission, which has waved the merger through with no conditions.
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June 10, 2025
Most M&A Dealmakers Are Targeting AI Acquisitions
Corporate and private equity dealmakers are rapidly integrating artificial intelligence into their mergers and acquisitions strategies, with 51% having acquired an AI business and 46% planning to do so soon, according to a new Norton Rose Fulbright report.
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June 10, 2025
Cloud Biz SoftwareOne To Close $1.4B Buy Of IT Consultancy
SoftwareOne said Tuesday that it has fulfilled all the closing conditions of its voluntary takeover of Crayon Group, as the Swiss cloud technology company nears completion of the deal worth an estimated $1.4 billion.