(IN BRIEF) London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) announces a groundbreaking enhancement to its parental leave policy, introducing 26 weeks of fully paid leave for all employees welcoming a child into their family, effective from July 1, 2024. This move, irrespective … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged 26 Weeks' Global Paid Parental Leave, diversity, equity, Erica Bourne, Financial, Inclusion, LSEG, standard
(IN BRIEF) Fincantieri, the Italian shipbuilding company, has been awarded the Top Employer Italy certification for the third consecutive year in 2024. This prestigious certification recognizes companies that excel in human resources strategies and policies aimed at enhancing employee well-being … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Industrial, Italy, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Awards, diversity, Employee Listening, equity, Fincantieri, Inclusion, Luciano Sale, Top Employer, wellbeing
(IN BRIEF) Siemens has released its Sustainability Report for fiscal year 2023, highlighting substantial progress in sustainability efforts. Since 2019, the company has reduced its own CO2 emissions by 50%. Over 90% of Siemens’ business supports sustainability, helping customers avoid … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) On Ada Lovelace Day, Vaisala celebrates the accomplishments of women in STEM fields while reaffirming its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In 2021, Vaisala established a DEI program group and launched its DEI strategy in 2022, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Finland, Industrial, Management, News, Science, Society
Tagged Ada Lovelace Day, diversity, equity, Inclusion, Kristiina Palmu, Paige LaFlamme, STEM, Vaisala
(IN BRIEF) Aviva Ireland’s Head of Property, Suzie Nolan, and Chief People Officer, Danny Harmer, have been recognized on this year’s HERoes Role Model Lists. Suzie is a Future Leader and a diversity advocate, while Danny has made the Women … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Medidata, a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, has introduced the Medidata Diversity Program, an extensive solution aimed at enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in clinical trials. This program supports biopharmaceutical companies, medical device firms, and clinical research organizations (CROs) … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Iberdrola Mexico has joined forces with Pride Connection to launch a comprehensive initiative focused on fostering LGBT+ inclusivity and eradicating workplace discrimination. The collaboration involves commitments laid out in a decalogue that aims to create safe spaces, raise … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Management, News, Society, Spain
Tagged Alberto Arriaga, diversity, equity, Iberdrola, Inclusion, Katya Somohano, LGBT+, Mexico, partnership, Pride Connection, society, Workplace Inclusion
(IN BRIEF) SEAT S.A. is reaffirming its commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity by sponsoring Pride BCN for the second consecutive year. The company will participate in the Pride march with employees riding on a specially designed bus, showcasing artwork … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Management, Media, News, Society, Spain
Tagged Benjamin Ramírez Heller, CUPRA, diversity, equity, Inclusion, LGBTI, Pride BCN 2023, Pride march, SEAT S.A., society
(IN BRIEF) Generali, as the presenting sponsor of the Barcolana sailing event, is supporting sustainability, diversity, equity, and inclusion. The event, organized by the Barcola and Grignano Sailing Club, will include the ‘Generali Women in Sailing’ Trophy, awarded to the … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Insurance, Italy, Marketing, Media, Sports
Tagged #WomenInSailing, Andrea Sironi, Barcolana, Barcolana 55, climate change, Dee Caffari, diversity, equity, female skipper, gender equality, Generali, Generali Women in Sailing, Grignano Sailing Club, Inclusion, sailing, sailing event, sustainability, Vicky Song, Wendy Schmidt, women sailors
(IN BRIEF) Barbara Balke, Secretary General of the European Investment Bank (EIB), has been named one of the Top 50 Executive Allies by LGBT Great. The recognition honors leaders in finance and business who have used their influence to support … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Experian North America has been named by Fortune as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2023, marking the fourth consecutive year of the company’s inclusion on the list. The recognition reflects Experian’s inclusive and … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Ireland, Management, Media, News
Tagged Award, equity, Experian, fortune, Great Place to Work®, inclusivity, INNOVATION, Jennifer Schulz, North America, work
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 20-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral developmental investment bank, has made a significant move in the Turkish retail market, purchasing a minority equity stake in DeFacto, a global clothing retailer … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Banks, Financial, Investment, News, Retail, Turkey
Tagged affordable clothing, apparel retailer, DeFacto, EBRD, equity, Hande Işlak, Ihsan Ates, Inclusion, Türkiye
(PRESS RELEASE) BÆRUM, 16-Jan-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has announced the completion of the Technical Due Diligence for the Mayor of London’s Energy Efficiency Fund (MEEF), which is managed by Amber Fund Management … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Management, News, Norway, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Amber Fund Management Limited, battery, chassis, CO2 savings, debt, DNV, electric buses, equity, financing, funding solution, Hari Vamadevan, Mayor of London's Energy Efficiency Fund, Rock Rail, Rock Road, technical due diligence, zero emission
Agreement aimed at ensuring continuity for clients and employees Transaction subject to regulatory approval (PRESS RELEASE) MUNICH, 3-Jun-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Allianz Group (ETR: ALV), one of the leading integrated financial services providers worldwide, has announced the divestment of its … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Insurance, Investment, Management, News, Russia
Tagged Allianz Group, divestment, equity, Interholding LLC, shareholders, Zetta Insurance
Accord visant à assurer la continuité pour les clients et les employés Transaction soumise à l’approbation réglementaire (COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) MUNICH, 3-Jun-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Groupe Allianz (ETR : ALV), l’un des leaders intégrés fournisseurs de services financiers du monde entier, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Insurance, Investment, Management, News, Russia
Tagged actionnaires, Allianz Group, capitaux propres, désinvestissement, divestment, equity, Groupe Allianz, Interholding LLC, shareholders, Zetta Insurance
WHEB Asset Management has launched the WHEB Environmental Impact Fund with a seed investment from Rothschild & Co, Wealth Management, UK. The WHEB Environmental Impact Fund is a targeted version of WHEB’s global equity strategy, focused solely on its five … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Financial, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged clean energy, climate change, Emma Rees, environmental investment, environmental services, equity, fund, George Latham, global warming, ICAV UCITS fund, Libby Stanley, Michel van der Spek, Net Zero Carbon, resource efficiency, Rothschild & Co, seed investment, Stocks, sustainable transport, water management, wealth management, WHEB Asset Management, WHEB Environmental Impact Fund, zero carbon
Cap Expand Partners assist international business leaders in acquiring companies in Europe (PRESS RELEASE) RIEMST, Belgium, 27-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Financial consulting company Cap Expand Partners are pleased to announce a fresh new approach to business acquisitions, financing, and exit strategies. … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Netherlands, News, Small Business
Tagged affordable market entry, Benelux, business acquisitions, business valuation, Cap Expand Partners, cross-border acquisitions, debt providers, equity, equity providers, exit strategies, expansion overseas, financing, funding, fundless sponsors, M&A, raising capital, Sergio van Luijk
(PRESS RELEASE) LUXEMBOURG, 28-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Multinational steel manufacturing corporation, ArcelorMittal announces a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) with Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (“Cleveland-Cliffs”) for the divestiture of 100% of the shares of ArcelorMittal USA to Cleveland-Cliffs for a combination of cash … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Metals and Minerals, News
Tagged acquisition, ArcelorMittal, ArcelorMittal USA, BofA Securities, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Cleveland-Cliffs, equity, Mr. Aditya Mittal, Mr. Lakshmi Mittal, Shareholding, shares, steelmakers, stock component
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 29-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading energy player Total has just announced that Banque des Territoires (Caisse des Dépôts) will acquire a 50% equity stake in Total Quadran’s portfolio of solar and wind energy assets in France for … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Investment, News
Tagged Banque des Territoires, biogas, Caisse des Dépôts, CO2 emissions, Elodie Billerey, Emmanuel Legrand, equity, Hydro, Isaline Ollivier, Philippe Sauquet, Photovoltaic, renewable electricity, renewable energy, renewables, solar energy, Total Quadran, Wind, wind energy
(PRESS RELEASE) ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, 28-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Eni’s acquisition of the 20 percent stake in the ADNOC Refining represents one of the largest ever refinery transactions. The agreed price for the 20 percent stake in the refinery, being $3.3 billion, corresponds … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, International Trade, Investment, Italy, News
Tagged Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Refinery, acquisition, ADNOC, ADNOC Refining, Claudio Descalzi, coking, crude supply, deep conversion process scheme, desulphurization, energy efficiency, Eni, equity, fluidized catalytic cracking, Giuseppe Conte, His Excellency Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, hydrocracking, OMV, refinery, residue conversion, Ruwais
Strategic expansion of growth activities in Africa Participation in Partech Africa fund with focus on tech sector Fund aims for investment volume of around €100 million (PRESS RELEASE) GÜTERSLOH, 24-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Bertelsmann continues to expand its activities in Africa. … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Germany, Media, Small Business, Technology
Tagged Africa, Bertelsmann, BMG, digitalization, equity, fund, funding, Partech Africa fund, Penguin Random House, RTL Group, Saham Group, Shobhna Mohn, Startups, TradeDepot, VC, venture capital, Yoco
(PRESS RELEASE) Aarau, Switzerland, 07-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — With the entry in the commercial register on 3 January 2019, Swissgrid has taken over additional facilities belonging to the transmission grid. At the same time, additional share capital was recorded in the commercial … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged electricity, equity, grid, Swissgrid, transmission grid, valuation
(PRESS RELEASE) FRANKFURT AM MAIN, 04-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — December has been a successful month for Eurex, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange and part of Deutsche Börse Group. The number of traded contracts reached 174.6 million traded contracts compared to 142.4 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Investment
Tagged derivatives, equity, Eurex, Eurex Repo, exchange, Futures, trading
UTRECHT, 10-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — V&S Foodspecialist (V&S), a Dutch manufacturer of hand-made satay, ethnic and vegetarian snacks has attracted a new shareholder: Rabo Participaties. The Leiden based company is a renowned producer for various European customers, especially in the … Read the full press release
As communicated in May 2018, SIX, the parent company of SIX Payment Services, announced today the completion of the acquisition of SIX Payment Services by Worldline. As part of this transaction SIX now holds a 27% equity stake in Worldline … Read the full press release
MILAN, 22-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (19 October 2018), Piovan, a leading automation solutions provider, started trading on the Milan Stock Exchange following the successful completion of its IPO. UniCredit acted as a Joint Global Coordinator in the transaction. The bank’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, International Trade, Investment, Italy
Tagged AstonMartin, capital, equity, IPOs, KnorrBremse, Piovan, UNICREDIT
Worldwide diversification over asset classes, investment styles and structures drives assets under management to 60.1 billion euros at the end of June 2018 European financing team reaches 6.8 billion euros with a focus on prime investments on a Pan European … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Insurance, Investment, Management, Real Estate
Tagged Allianz, Allianz Real Estate r, assets, debt, equity, equity investments, Francois Trausch, GROWTH, investment, Management, RealEstate
BASEL, 12-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Glencore refers to the announcement on 4 May 2018 concerning the Consortium’s agreement to sell a 14.16% stake in Rosneft to a wholly owned subsidiary of QIA. This transaction has now completed. As a result of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Investment, Management, Metals and Minerals, Switzerland
Tagged Commodities, equity, Glencore, mining, oil, QIA, Rosneft, stake
FRANKFURT, 29-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Börse strengthens commitment to new technologies in the post-trade sector / Significant progress in creating innovative blockchain solution to tackle fragmentation of securities lending market Deutsche Börse Group has just made an initial investment … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Germany, Investment, Technology
Tagged Blockchain, collateral, DB1 Ventures, Deutsche Börse Group, equity, Guido Stroemer, Jens Hachmeister, lending, liquidity, Philippe Seyll, repo, Securities, stake, stake n HQLAx S.à r.l.
PARIS, 29-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Total has signed a binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Shell for the sale of its 26% minority equity stake in Hazira LNG regasification terminal in India. The transaction remains subject to the approval of regulatory … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Investment, Netherlands
Tagged equity, gas, Hazira, Hazira LNG, INDIA, LNG, Philippe Sauquet, regasification, regasification terminal, Shell, stake, Total
Emmi has held a stake in Emmi Ambrosi France since January 2008. Emmi is now increasing its stake from 51 % to 85 %. LUCERNE, 13-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Emmi Ambrosi France specialises in freshly packaged cheese (frais-emballé). It is also responsible for … Read the full press release
Posted in Food & Beverage, France, Investment, Switzerland
Tagged cheese, dessert, Emmi, Emmi Ambrosi France, equity
LONDON, 03-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Rio Tinto has completed the sale of its remaining coal assets in Queensland, Australia, for $3.95 billion. The transactions include the sale of Rio Tinto’s interests in the Hail Creek coal mine and Valeria coal … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Investment, Metals and Minerals, United Kingdom
Tagged Australia, coal, coal assets, coal_mine, equity, J-S Jacque, PE, Queensland, Rio Tinto
MILAN, 29-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — UniCredit (acting through UniCredit Bank AG) today announced that, following seven years of highly successful partnership in equity capital markets (ECM) activities, it will increase its strategic stake in Kepler Cheuvreux, the leading Pan European … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Italy, Management
Tagged asset manager, equity, IPO, Kepler Cheuvreux, Olivier Khayat, UNICREDIT
Stavanger, Norway, 07-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — There was clearly great demand for this type of fund when SKAGEN was launched as just a few months after inception on 26 May 2015, the high concentration global equity fund SKAGEN Focus had assets under … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Investment, Management, Norway
Tagged equity, equity_fund, fund, investment, SKAGEN Focus
LONDON, 07-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Travel Counsellors, the global independent travel company, today announces that mid-market private equity house Equistone Partners Europe has realised its investment through a secondary buyout to Vitruvian Partners. Travel Counsellors was founded in 1994 by … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Investment, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged Ben Johnson, buyout, Equistone Partners Europe, equity, investment, PE, private equity, Steve Byrne, Steve O’Hare, travel, travel company, Travel Counsellors, Vitruvian Partners
BAAR, 07-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Glencore refers to the announcement on 16 October 2017 concerning the Consortium’s agreement to sell to CEFC China Energy Company Limited a 14.16% stake in Rosneft. The Consortium has today sent a notice to CEFC to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Russia, Switzerland
Tagged acquisition, CEFC China Energy Company Limited, Commodities, equity, Glencore-QIA Consortium, Rosneft, stake
Kortrijk, Belgium, 03-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Bekaert and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’) have reached an agreement in principle for the acquisition by Bekaert of Ontario Teachers’ 33% equity share in Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group. The ropes and advanced cords business, whose … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Industrial, Investment
Tagged acquisition, Bekaert, Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group, cords, equity, Matthew Taylor, Ontario Teachers, ropes
OSLO/ KRIENS, 19-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Glamox AS (“Glamox”), a Triton Fund IV company, has entered into an agreement to acquire all equity interest of O. Küttel AG (“Küttel”), a leading Swiss provider of lighting for the professional building market from … Read the full press release
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Paris, France, 28-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Today Eurazeo announces completion of the acquisition of 83.5% of the share capital of Asmodee based on an enterprise value of €143 million, in accordance with the terms announced on November 12, 2013. This transaction … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, Technology
Tagged acquisition, acquisition debt, Asmodee, equity, Eurazeo, European Capital, game publisher, Tikehau
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