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Sameera Anand wins M&A coverage award
FinanceAsia journalist Sameera Anand wins an award for her April magazine cover story on Chinese companies acquiring assets in America and Australia.
By The Editors | 14 November 2008
M&A
Outlook for M&A positive, says Deutsche
We talk to Deutsche Bank's head of M&A for Asia, Gordon Paterson, about what will drive M&A in 2009 and why deals will continue to be transacted.
By Sameera Anand | 10 November 2008
M&A
Sinopec makes $1.9 billion offer for Canadian oil firm
Sinopec has launched the biggest Chinese takeover of a listed North American company by making a bid for Tanganyika.
By Mukul Munish | 26 September 2008
M&A
Middle Eastern firms target Indian companies
Etisalat buys 45% of Swan Telecom and Masdar acquires a significant stake in wind turbine designer WinWind, at a combined cost of more than $1 billion.
By Anette Jönsson | 24 September 2008
People Moves
DLA Piper boosts Korean practice
M&A specialist Daniel Lee joins the law firm's Tokyo office with a focus on Japan-based Korean companies.
By Anette Jönsson | 2 September 2008
M&A
Manager of Allco Reit changes owners
A unit of Fraser and Neave takes effective control of Singapore-listed Allco Commercial Reit and cancels plans to list its own commercial real estate trust.
By Anette Jönsson | 9 July 2008
M&A
Carlyle buys stake in Chinese chemical company
The $87 million investment will give the private equity firm a "significant minority stake" in Sinorgchem, China's largest producer of rubber antioxidant chemicals.
By Anette Jönsson | 8 July 2008
M&A
Study shows leaks jeopardise M&A deals
An analysis of M&A deals between 1994 and 2007 reveals that leaked deals are more likely to fail or, when they do complete, take longer to reach closure.
By Sameera Anand | 11 June 2008
M&A
China Merchants Bank clinches Wing Lung deal
The Chinese lender agrees to pay 3.1 times book to buy control of Hong Kong-based Wing Lung, valuing the bank at $4.7 billion and triggering a general offer.
By Anette Jönsson | 2 June 2008
M&A
Mando sale marks Halla comeback
Korea's Halla Engineering will pay $685 million to regain control of the auto parts business after selling the company to private equity buyers nearly a decade ago.
By Rosie Slater | 22 January 2008
M&A
JC Flowers consortium invests in Shinsei Bank
The US private equity player, along with Swiss Re and Grupo Santander, pays $1.8 billion for a 32.6% stake in the Japanese bank.
By Dan Slater | 21 November 2007
M&A
Asian M&A comes of age
A poll conducted by Clifford Chance and FinanceAsia finds that executives at Asian companies are still bullish about M&A activity.
By Sameera Anand | 29 October 2007
M&A
How the M&A advisers stack up
The first nine months of 2007 have been fraught with M&A surprises, making it difficult to predict how the year will end for investment banks.
By Sameera Anand | 17 October 2007
M&A
M&A’s gain is ECM’s loss in Japan
Is equity capital markets activity drying up because Japanese executives are waking up to the perils of M&A?
By Dan Slater | 9 October 2007
Polls
M&A Trends Survey
An invitation from FinanceAsia and Clifford Chance. Please take a few minutes to share your views about the recent market turmoil.
By The Editors | 21 September 2007
People Moves
Wallace quits HSBC to head M&A at Citi
Tou Chen Chang takes over as head of Asia-Pacific investment banking at HSBC.
By Anette Jönsson | 4 July 2007
M&A
Rinker embraces Cemex’s increased offer
Shareholders in the Aussie building materials company consider their response to a revised offer of $15.85 per share from Cemex after the company’s board gives it the stamp of ...
By Cherie Marriott | 11 April 2007
View Point
M&A in China and Australia could push regional activity to record highs
Mergers and acquisitions in Asia-Pacific are hurtling ahead at full speed, and continued private-equity interest in China and Australia is likely to push activity to fresh ...
By S&P’s head of Asia-Pacific | 13 March 2007
People Moves
Boekema moves to ABN in Hong Kong
The Dutch firm names a new head of its financial sponsor group for Asia.
By Andrew Peck | 17 November 2006
People Moves
Zhang heads to Deutsche
Jerry Zhang named managing director of the bank's M&A advisory business.
By Andrew Peck | 14 September 2006
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