An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. M&A activity has ground to a halt across the globe. Could Asia be the first place for a rebound? A recent CEO survey by Norton Rose Group and the Economist Intelligence Unit shows 51% of corporate ...
An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. Foreigners are selling Chinese bank shares. Locals are buying them. Who’s the smart money? Several major deals in recent weeks have transferred chunks of shares in Chinese state banks from foreign ...
Capital isn’t easy for banks to come by in the midst of a global credit crunch. So why would Bank of America Corp. prepare to raise $3.1 billion selling shares in its China partner, China Construction Bank Corp., and then pull the deal? People familiar ...
In the war for top talent in Asia, Nomura Holdings is fighting back. The Japanese investment bank has poached two bankers from rivals to plug gaps left by bankers who joined other firms shortly after it acquired Lehman Brothers Holdings’ Asia ...
Looking for a tale of star-crossed lovers who just couldn’t make it work? Don’t run for your copy of Shakespeare. Try the dealmaking scene in China. U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital Partners LLC and network equipment supplier Huawei Technologies ...
An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. The poachers are at the gates. Rival investment banks are taking aim at Lehman Brothers bankers in Asia who are anxious about joining Japans Nomura Holdings Inc. Merrill Lynch & Co. has landed the ...
John Mack turned to China for support in his most desperate hour and ended up getting in bed with the Japanese. Days of talks with China’s $200 billion sovereign-wealth fund to boost its minority stake in Morgan Stanley ended when the U.S. investment ...
An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. Will Barclays Capital come knocking on Lehmans door in Asia, too? Barclays said in a statement Tuesday it is starting discussions with the relevant international regulatory authorities on acquiring ...
An up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal makers. China’s growing economic nationalism has been a hot topic among China watchers. Now they can put their money where their mouth is. Coca-Cola Co.’s $2.4 billion takeover attempt of publicly listed ...
Coca-Cola’s $2.4 billion buyout of a Chinese juice company could leave a sweet aftertaste for Asian deal makers. The proposed agreement to take over the Hong Kong-listed company isn’t just China’s biggest outright takeover, according to Thomson ...
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