Global M&A Activity Shatters Records, Topping $5 Trillion in 2021 December 21, 2021 By Anirban Sen, Pamela Barbaglia and Kane Wu LONDON/HONG KONG – Global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity shattered all-time records in 2021, comfortably erasing the high-water mark that...
UBS, DWS Move to Submit Final Bids for NN Group’s Asset Management Arm: Sources June 14, 2021 By Pamela Barbaglia and Tom Sims UBS and German asset manager DWS are pressing ahead with final bids for the asset management arm of NN Group...
Generali Raises Bid for Aviva Poland in Battle with Dutch Insurer NN: Sources March 25, 2021 By Pamela Barbaglia, Stephen Jewkes and Agnieszka Barteczko MILAN – Italian insurer Generali has nudged up its bid for Aviva’s Polish arm, valuing the business at almost 2.5...
Credit Suisse Faces Questions from Regulators, Insurers After Collapse of Greensill Funds March 11, 2021 By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi, Makiko Yamazaki and Pamela Barbaglia ZURICH/TOKYO – Credit Suisse faces questions from regulators and insurers as it grapples with the fallout from the collapse of...
Aviva Pushes Back Deadline for Final Offers for Polish Operations: Sources February 25, 2021 By Pamela Barbaglia and Stephen Jewkes LONDON – Aviva has pushed back the deadline for final offers for its Polish operations to late March as the...
Goldman Eyes More Business From Europe’s Insurers With Barclays Hire November 13, 2020 By Pamela Barbaglia Goldman Sachs has poached Barclays’ insurance banker Marguerite Bion to win more business from Europe’s biggest insurers as industry consolidation...
Update: UK Insurer RSA Receives $9.4B Takeover Offer From Intact Financial, Tryg November 5, 2020 By Carolyn Cohn and Pamela Barbaglia RSA is in talks with a consortium of Canadian insurer Intact Financial and Danish insurer Tryg about a possible break-up...
Italy’s Generali Eyes Possible Acquisition of U.S. Asset Manager Brightsphere: Sources June 29, 2020 By David French, Pamela Barbaglia and Stephen Jewkes Assicurazioni Generali SpA has approached Brightsphere Investment Group Inc about a possible acquisition of the U.S. asset management firm, people...
When UK Insurers, Banks Emerge from Lockdown, Their Employees Face New Normal May 21, 2020 By Lawrence White, Carolyn Cohn and Pamela Barbaglia Limits on elevators, thermal imaging and temperature checks will greet a first wave of traders and bankers in Britain preparing...
Global M&A Plunges 28% in Q1 as Coronavirus Hits Economies March 31, 2020 By Pamela Barbaglia and Greg Roumeliotis Global mergers and acquisitions activity plunged 28% in the first quarter to its lowest level since 2016 as the devastating...