by Sebastian | Nov 18, 2020 | News, UKPEC
Croda International Plc agreed to buy Iberchem for 820 million euros ($920 million) as Europe’s largest cosmetic-ingredients maker expands into the hotly contested market of fragrances. The maker of sunblock chemicals and pharmaceutical additives plans to raise 600...
by Sebastian | Nov 17, 2020 | News, UKPEC
The remaining assets of Wirecard’s core European business have been sold off to Spanish lender Banco Santander, following an “intense investor process” during the insolvency proceedings of the collapsed fintech firm. Santander will acquire the assets of Wirecard’s...
by Sebastian | Nov 17, 2020 | DPEC, GPEC, News, UKPEC
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp will this week vie with German media group Bertelsmann to buy Simon & Schuster in an auction that has become a battle for scale between two of the world’s biggest book publishers. ViacomCBS is expecting final bids for its Simon &...
by Sebastian | Nov 17, 2020 | News, UKPEC
The Co-operative Bank said it had received a takeover approach from an unidentified private equity bidder, the latest in a flurry of potential deals in the struggling European financial sector. The UK lender announced on Tuesday that it had received a non-binding...
by Sebastian | Nov 17, 2020 | News, NPCD
Epidemic Sound AB is considering a sale or initial public offering that could value the Swedish music licensing business at more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion), according to people familiar with the matter. The company is working with an adviser to explore...
