(IN BRIEF) CPRAM and BFT Investment Managers are merging to create one of France’s largest asset management companies with €100 billion in assets under management. The merger will combine CPRAM’s expertise in thematic and quantitative management with BFT IM’s leadership … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged Amundi, asset management, BFT Investment Managers, CPRAM, Fixed Income, France, institutional investors, Investment Solutions, MERGER, partnership, quantitative management, regulatory approval, strategic autonomy, thematic management, wealth advisors
(IN BRIEF) Vienna Insurance Group is strengthening its market position in Poland through a strategic investment in Phinance, a leading financial broker with an extensive network of customers and consultants. This move comes on the heels of the 2024 merger … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Management, News, Poland
Tagged Beesafe, CEE, Compensa Non-Life, consultants, customers, diversified sales strategy, financial broker, GROWTH, Harald Riener, insurance expertise, InterRisk, life insurance, MERGER, Phinance, Polish market, UOKiK, Vienna Insurance Group, Vienna Life, Vienna PTE, VIG
(IN BRIEF) Vodafone’s recent press release provides an in-depth look at its merger with Three in the UK, offering strategic insights and policy lessons for the broader European telecommunications market. The merger has strengthened Vodafone’s market position by enhancing network … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Entertainment, Internet & Online, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged 5G, digital services, Europe, infrastructure, INNOVATION, Internet of Things, market consolidation, MERGER, network quality, policy insights, public policy, regulatory frameworks, strategic analysis, telecommunications, Three, UK, vodafone
(IN BRIEF) Zalando SE has acquired more than 90% of ABOUT YOU Holding SE’s share capital through its public takeover offer, with the acceptance period ending on 6 March 2025 and final results set to be published on 11 March … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Berlin, Business, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, News, Retail, Technology
Tagged 11 March 2025, 6 March 2025, ABOUT YOU Holding SE, acceptance period, cash compensation, CET, direct squeeze-out, final results, MERGER, minority shareholders, over 90% share capital, public takeover offer, regulatory approvals, squeeze-out, summer 2025, Zalando SE
(IN BRIEF) The Schaeffler Group has released its 2024 Sustainability Statement as part of its Annual Report, fully aligning with EU CSRD and ESRS standards. This marks the first time the report integrates data from the recent merger with Vitesco … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Awards, Business, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged 1.5°-compliant economy, 2024 Sustainability Statement, A- Rating, Annual Report, CDP ratings, CEO Klaus Rosenfeld, climate change, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, CSRD, ecological responsibility, ESRS, European reporting standards, European Sustainability Reporting Standards, fourth quarter, greener future, Handelsblatt Global Transition Award 2024, leadership, MERGER, performance metrics, Schaeffler Group, social responsibility, stakeholders, sustainability, sustainability efforts, Sustainability Initiatives, transparency, Vitesco Technologies Group AG, water security
(IN BRIEF) On February 12, 2025, Crédit Agricole Italia’s Board of Directors appointed Hugues Brasseur as the new CEO, effective after the General Meeting on April 23, 2025, where he will also be nominated Managing Director. He will replace Giampiero … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, France, Industrial, Investment, Management, News
Tagged 100 employees, 16, 6.1 million customers, Agos, Amundi, apppointment, Ariberto Fassati, BANKING, business lines, CA Assicurazioni, CA Auto Bank, CA Vita, CACEIS, Caisse régionale, Cariparma, CEO, corporate banking, Crédit Agricole Italia, Crédit Agricole S.A., DESCF, Drivalia, Executive Committee, Giampiero Maioli, Hugues Brasseur, integration, international finance, Investment Banking, Italy, leadership, Leasys, Managing Director, MERGER, NBI, Net income, regulatory approval, Retail Banking, Senior Country Officer, Taxation, University of Lille II
(IN BRIEF) BBVA has proposed comprehensive measures to the Spanish competition authority (CNMC) to secure approval for its merger with Banco Sabadell. These commitments include maintaining branch access in underserved areas, ensuring continued SME lending and credit lines for 18 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, Spain
Tagged Banco Sabadell, BBVA, Comprehensive Measures, financial inclusion, MERGER, Onur Genç, partnership, SME Support
(IN BRIEF) Schaeffler AG has made strategic appointments to its Executive Board as part of its preparation for a merger with Vitesco Technologies. Thomas Stierle, previously with Vitesco, will lead Schaeffler’s new E-Mobility division starting in October 2024. Dr. Jochen … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Vodafone and Three UK have responded to the CMA’s provisional findings, disputing concerns that their merger could reduce competition and lead to price increases. The companies argue that the £11 billion merger will improve 5G infrastructure, enhance competition, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged 5G infrastructure, acquisition, Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA), Margherita Della Valle, MERGER, partnership, Robert Finnegan, sustainability, Three UK, vodafone
(IN BRIEF) Bechtle Group has consolidated its Belgian entities, including Bechtle Group BE Public and Bechtle direct NV, into a unified company, Bechtle NV, effective June 1, 2024, signaling a strategic move to enhance its position as a leading IT … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Bechtle, Belgium, Gozard Polak, MERGER, partnership, Unified Identity
(IN BRIEF) Schaeffler AG announces leadership changes, with Heiko Eber appointed Head of Investor Relations (IR) and Renata Casaro tasked with leading the newly established Global Risk & Macroeconomic Analysis unit, effective June 1, 2024. Eber, previously managing IR at … Read the full press release
The reorganization affects only the Finnish operations (PRESS RELEASE) ESPOO, 30-Sep-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Neste (HEL: NESTE), the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel and the 4th most sustainable company in the world, has announced that … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) BOURNEMOUTH, 9-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — LV=, one of the largest insurance companies in the UK, has announced that the merger talks that started earlier this year with Royal London, the largest mutual insurer in the United Kingdom, about … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Insurance, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged financial mutual, insurance, LV=, MERGER, Seamus Creedon
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 12-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Société Générale (EPA: GLE), a European leader in financial services with over 150 years of history, has announced it submits a complete dossier to its employee representative organisations setting out in detail the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, France, Investment, Management, News, Retail
Tagged Bernard Gaudin, Courtois, Crédit du Nord, ESG commitments, Florence Amphoux, French retail bank, Jean-Baptiste Froville, Laydernier, MERGER, Olivier-Armand Poly, private banking, retail banking networks, Retail banks, Sébastien Proto, SMC, Societe Generale, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, sustainability, Tarneaud, Wealth Management Bank
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 6-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Cargotec Corporation (HEL: CGCBV), a Finnish company that makes cargo-handling machinery for ships, ports, terminals and local distribution, and Konecranes Plc (HEL: KCR), a Finnish company with focus on cranes and lifting equipment, … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 12-Apr-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Veolia and SUEZ respective boards of directors announce that they have reached an agreement on the merger between the two groups. The two groups have agreed on a price of €20.50 per SUEZ … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News
Tagged ACEA, Antoine Frérot, Bertrand Camus, CIRSEE, Cleanaway, Lydec, MERGER, municipal water, Philippe, shareholders, solid waste, SUEZ, SUEZ share, Veolia
(PRESS RELEASE) SCHINDELLEGI, 22-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Global transport and logistics leader Kuehne+Nagel announces that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire one of Asia’s leading freight forwarders, especially in the transpacific and intra-Asia. The acquisition of Apex … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 18-Jan-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Dutch multinational company which creates paints and performance coatings, Akzo Nobel N.V. announces that it has made a comprehensive non-binding proposal to acquire Tikkurila, Finnish manufacturer of paints and lacquers. The proposed merger … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged acquisition, Akzo Nobel N.V., AkzoNobel, coatings solutions, MERGER, sustainability, sustainable paints, Thierry Vanlancker, Tikkurila
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 28-Aug-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — French multinational pharmaceutical company Sanofi announces its intention to commence a tender offer (the “Offer”) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Principia Biopharma Inc. for $100 per share … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Healthcare, News, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged acquisition, biopharmaceutical, BofA Securities, BTK inhibitor, Centerview Partners LLC, Cooley LLP, Evercore, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Healthcare, immune thrombocytopenia, immune-mediated diseases, ITP, Kortex Acquisition Corp., MERGER, Merger Agreement, outstanding shares, Principia Biopharma Inc., rilzabrutinib, Sanofi, stock, Tailored Covalency®, tender offer, Weil
(PRESS RELEASE) BERKSHIRE, 13-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — British multinational telecommunications company Vodafone Group Plc has announced that the merger between Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Limited (VHA) and TPG Telecom Limited (TPG) have now been completed. The newly formed entity will … Read the full press release
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