BASEL, 3-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer for up to 15,604,288 outstanding shares of common stock of Foundation Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ: FMI) at a price of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Healthcare, Management, Pharma & Biotech, Switzerland
Tagged cash tender offer, Foundation Medicine, Inc., Roche, shares of common stock
Well intervention vessels for maintenance of offshore oil wells Vessels being constructed at FSG shipyard in Flensburg FRANKFURT, 3-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — KfW IPEX-Bank co-arranges the financing of two state-of-the-art well intervention vessels for Siem Offshore Inc.’s subsidiary Siem Offshore Rederi … Read the full press release
SOFIA, 3-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Euler Hermes, the worldwide leader in trade credit insurance has opened a new office – Euler Hermes Bulgaria – in Sofia to provide trade credit insurance services to Bulgarian clients. The office will also contribute … Read the full press release
Posted in Bulgaria, Business, Financial, France, Insurance, Management
Tagged Bulgarian clients, Euler Hermes, Ludovic Senecaut, Ludovic Subran, trade credit insurance services
The Deputy Prime Minister will visit Twickenham today to mark the start of the biggest year in history for English rugby. LONDON, 2-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The visit comes just 4 days before the start of the Six Nations and … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Financial, Government, Sports, United Kingdom
Tagged English rugby, Twickenham, UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg
LONDON, 2-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — European loan portfolios with a face value of €91bn were sold in 2014, up from €64bn the previous year, says PwC in a Q4 update from its Portfolio Advisory Group. PwC say the European secondary market … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Financial, Investment, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged European loan portfolios, PwC, PwC Q4 update, Richard Thompson
Revenue rises 9% and profits increase 30% year-on-year 2015 will be a defining year for digital payments Visa calls on retailers to use savings from regulation on improving consumer payments experience LONDON, 30-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Visa Europe has reported its … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged annual financial performance, Nicolas Huss, Visa Europe
Paris/San Donato Milanese, 29-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today, Snam, GIC, and EDF Invest entered into an agreement with Crédit Agricole Assurances for its entry into the share capital of TIGF with a 10% stake. Upon completion of the transaction, Snam, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, Management
Tagged Crédit Agricole Assurances, EDF Invest, GIC, Snam, TIGF, TIGF’s share capital
BBVA’s executive director José Manuel González-Páramo is the new Europe chair of the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue (TABD). The TABD, of which BBVA is a longstanding member, gathers more than 60 major U.S. and European companies. The organization’s goal is to … Read the full press release
The Bank of England today announced two new appointments to its Executive Team. LONDON, 29-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Court of the Bank of England today approved the appointment of Alex Brazier as Executive Director for Financial Stability Strategy and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Alex Brazier, Mark Carney, Sam Woods, The Bank of England
Frankfurt am Main, 29-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Xetra/Börse Frankfurt: A new exchange-listed equity index fund issued by Amundi has been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Tuesday. Name: Amundi ETF JPX-Nikkei 400 UCITS ETF (EUR) Asset class: equity ETF ISIN: … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Investment
Tagged Amundi, Deutsche Börse’s XTF, exchange-listed equity index fund
Frankfurt am Main, 29-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Eurex Clearing: Eurex Clearing, Europe’s leading clearing house and part of Deutsche Börse Group, has announced that Natixis, the corporate, investment management and financial arm of Groupe BPCE, the second-largest bank in France, has … Read the full press release
People with sight loss can face at least 25% higher costs for everyday living than those who are fully sighted, according to a new study by Loughborough University for the sight loss charity Thomas Pocklington Trust. Leicestershire, UK, 28-1-2015 — … Read the full press release
LONDON, 28-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — From today (26 January), purchasing a Buy-To-Let property with Barclays is made more accessible for many would-be landlords thanks to the introduction of a new approach that allows personal income to be accepted when assessing … Read the full press release
Make life expectancy conversations mandatory and a core action for the government’s guidance guarantee service – Pension Wise. Help retirees understand the nuances of life expectancy and the link to lifestyle factors. Give retirees the online tools and information to … Read the full press release
Parents can register for a year of free life cover before their child’s fourth birthday Cover has been increased to £15,000 per parent, per child Available to all UK parents including biological, adoptive and same sex couples LONDON, 27-1-2015 — … Read the full press release
Operating income in Scania Financial Services increased to more thanSEK 1 billion during 2014. Customers are increasingly choosing Scania as their long-term partner in vehicle financing, which has meant a growing portfolio. Lower bad debt expenses and better margins also … Read the full press release
By signing this partnership agreement on Partecis* 10 years ago, BNP Paribas and Natixis made a decisive choice: the choice of having a common IT platform to manage all e-payment transactions, with no country or format limitation. Building on the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Insurance, Investment, Management, Technology
Tagged BNP Paribas, e-payment software package, François Villeroy de Galhau, Natixis, Partecis
The exhibition will run from 25 January until 3 May 2015 at the Kulturgeschichtliches Museum Opening ceremony held in the Peace Hall of the Osnabrück Town Hall Osnabrück, Germany, 27-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The “New Face of the Euro” exhibition was officially … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Banks, European Union, Financial, Germany, Marketing
Tagged Bundesbank, Carl-Ludwig Thiele, De Nederlandsche Bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frank Elderson, Kulturgeschichtliches Museum in Osnabrück, the Mayor of Osnabrück, The “New Face of the Euro” exhibition, Wolfgang Griesert, Yves Mersch
BRUSSELS, 27-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission welcomed today the signing of the SME Initiative with Spain, a ground-breaking agreement to unlock more than €3.2 billion of additional lending for companies with fewer than 250 employees (SMEs). In practice, … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Small Business, Spain
Tagged Corina Creţu, Jyrki Katainen, SME Initiative with Spain, The European Commission
Luxembourg, 26-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Reinet Investments S.C.A.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Reinet Fund S.C.A., F.I.S. has today announced its net asset value as at 31 December 2014 as follows: Quote Reinet Fund S.C.A., F.I.S. (‘the Fund’) Net asset value statement as … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management
Tagged F.I.S., Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, investment fund, net asset value, Reinet Fund S.C.A.
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