Category Archives: Business

Business Press Releases & News distributed via EuropaWire

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers acquires 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2 from Pinnacle No 1 Limited to develop new building partnering Lipton Rogers Developments

AXA Real Estate and Lipton Rogers Developments to develop landmark City of London tower LONDON, 23-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — AXA Real Estate Investment Managers (“AXA Real Estate”), the leading real estate portfolio and asset manager in Europe(1) , announces that … Read the full press release

CNH Industrial N.V. announced changes to its Group Executive Council to further increase the regional operating integration and brand focus of the organisation

LONDON, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) announces key changes to its Group Executive Council (GEC), the Company’s highest executive decision-making body outside of its Board of Directors. Effective immediately, Derek Neilson is appointed … Read the full press release

Icade Chairman and CEO Serge Grzybowski to resign

PARIS, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — As Chairman and CEO of Icade, Serge Grzybowski has completed two terms during which the company has been brought to a leading commercial REIT. His current term was to expire at the next shareholders’ meeting … Read the full press release

DONG Energy selects SmartWind Technologies for the supply of dual-Doppler radar system for offshore wind measurement

Fredericia, Denmark, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — DONG Energy has chosen SmartWind Technologies for the supply of a game-changing dual-Doppler radar system for offshore wind measurement. The two radars are to be installed in 2016 on the coast near the Westermost Rough … Read the full press release

DONG Energy choses MHI Vestas Offshore Wind as preferred supplier of V164-8.0MW wind turbine for phase 1 Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm project in UK

Fredericia, Denmark, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has been chosen by DONG Energy as preferred supplier for the proposed delivery of the V164-8.0MW wind turbine for phase 1 of the Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm. DONG Energy has … Read the full press release

Montagu Private Equity: CliniSys Group acquires the laboratory information system business unit of MCS AG in Germany

LONDON, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The CliniSys Group, the leading supplier in the European market of clinical laboratory information management systems, has today announced that it has acquired the laboratory information system (LIS) business unit of MCS AG, a leading … Read the full press release

LeasePlan Corporation takes full ownership in LeasePlan Turkey

Almere, Netherlands, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Following the announcement made on 6 November 2014, LeasePlan Corporation, the world’s leading fleet management and driver mobility company, today confirms it has completed the acquisition of the 49% stake in LPD Holding A.Ș, the … Read the full press release

Komerční banka cuts the rates for all of its mortgage loans

PRAGUE, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Komerční banka has cut the rates for all of its mortgage loans. Depending on the type of loan and the duration of the fixed-rate period, interest rates have been cut by 0.1 to 0.5 pp. … Read the full press release

Helaba Invest increased its Spezialfonds assets under management to over EUR 100 billion for the first time ever

FRANKFURT, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — For the first time ever, Helaba Invest managed to increase its Spezialfonds assets under management to over EUR 100 billion at the end of 2014. Since 2012, Helaba Invest has been pursuing a business strategy … Read the full press release

TelecityGroup’s Cloud-IX platform chosen by eToro for hybrid cloud deployment for its core IT infrastructure

Social investment network uses Azure ExpressRoute to achieve flexible cloud deployment while meeting strict regulatory requirements. LONDON, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — eToro, the world’s largest social investment network, has chosen TelecityGroup’s Cloud-IX platform to achieve a flexible, secure and resilient … Read the full press release

HRE hat am Dienstag mit der öffentlichen Ausschreibung eines Bieterverfahrens den nächsten wichtigen Schritt für die Reprivatisierung ihrer Tochtergesellschaft pbb getan

pbb schließt das Jahr 2014 mit mehr als 10 Mrd. € Neugeschäft und starkem Vorsteuerergebnis ab Möglicher Börsengang wird als Alternative zum Bieterverfahren vorbereitet München, 20-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Die Hypo Real Estate Holding AG (HRE) hat am Dienstag mit der … Read the full press release

Otto Group plans double-digit million investment in the venture capital business in the coming financial year 2015/2016

HAMBURG, 19-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In the coming financial year 2015/2016, the Otto Group plans a high double-digit million investment in the venture capital business. With this move, the international retail and services group will build on its position as … Read the full press release

Alcatel-Lucent launches 1-port 400G IP line card to help operators quadruple the speed of connections and significantly boost capacity between data centers and networks

Industry first line card quadruples speed and delivers four times greater capacity for data center interconnection, video distribution and Internet backbones PARIS, 19-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is to offer operators of large networks the ability to … Read the full press release

NORMA Group reports 9.3% increase in 2014 sales

Preliminary sales increase by 9.3% year on year to the record level of EUR 694.7 million in 2014 Preliminary adjusted EBITA improves by 7.9% to EUR 121.5 million Preliminary adjusted EBITA margin remains at a high level of 17.5% Maintal, … Read the full press release

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants names eight new Partners in Munich, Paris, Zurich and Dubai

MUNICH, 19-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Getting off to a strong start in the new year, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants has brought eight new Partners onboard, five of whom are based at the company’s headquarters in Munich. The only leading global consultancy of … Read the full press release

Laurent Mignon reconduit à la direction générale de Natixis

PARIS, 19-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Le conseil d’administration du 18 février a approuvé à l’unanimité le renouvellement du mandat de directeur général de Laurent Mignon pour une durée de quatre ans. Ce mandat prendra fin à l’issue de l’assemblée générale … Read the full press release

Le conseil d’administration de Natixis du 18 février 2015, a coopté Anne Lalou, directeur de Web School Factory, comme administrateur indépendant

PARIS, 19-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Le conseil d’administration de Natixis du 18 février 2015, a coopté Anne Lalou, directeur de Web School Factory, comme administrateur indépendant. Elle remplace Christel Bories, démissionnaire, pour la durée du mandat restant à courir, soit … Read the full press release

NATIXIS entre en négociation exclusive en vue de l’acquisition de DNCA

PARIS, 19-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Natixis est entrée en négociation exclusive avec TA Associates, Banca Leonardo et les managers de DNCA en vue de l’acquisition¹ par Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) de leurs participations dans DNCA. Le management resterait actionnaire … Read the full press release

Natixis annonce être entrée en discussion exclusive avec le groupe italien Banca Leonardo en vue du projet d’acquisition de Leonardo & Co SAS

PARIS, 19-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Natixis annonce être entrée en discussion exclusive avec le groupe italien Banca Leonardo en vue du projet* d’acquisition de Leonardo & Co SAS (« Leonardo France »). Le management actuel de Leonardo France s’associerait à … Read the full press release

CaixaBank to make a voluntary public tender offer in cash to acquire all outstanding shares that it does not already own in Banco BPI, S.A.

After the transaction, the intention is that BPI remains as a listed company • The cash offer is subject to exceeding 50% of the share capital in BPI and the removal of BPI’s 20% cap on voting rights. • CaixaBank, … Read the full press release