Tie-up will combine world’s second and third-largest insurance brokers Aon is to buy Willis Towers Watson for $30bn in an all-share deal that will combine the world’s second and third-largest insurance brokers into a new industry leader. The deal marks the latest...
“We think they’ll be more aggressive this time around,” EY predicts. Private equity firms won’t waste another crisis, EY predicts. If the pandemic pushes the economy into a recession, investment companies will put money to work a lot faster than they did during the...
Lower merger and acquisition prices could be one positive byproduct of the stock market’s recent volatility. Oil fell more than 20% on Monday, after Saudi Arabia instigated a price war with Russia. This caused the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 (SPX)...
Deal values HealthEdge at around $700 million, including debt, a person familiar with the matter says Blackstone Group Inc. is buying a majority stake in a health-care software company — the latest example of its strategy to invest in fast-growing firms. The...
Henkel AG, the German shampoo maker, and buyout firm KKR & Co. are among a small group of suitors proceeding to the second round of bidding for Coty Inc.’s professional hair and nail products business, people familiar with the matter said. Advent International...
