Tag: Mergers
Deutsche Bank fires investment bankers in New York
Deutsche Bank in New York The bank lays off employees in the USA. (Photo: imago images/Levine-Roberts) new York According to an insider, Deutsche Bank has laid off employees from the…
Green deals are a bright spot in global merger business
Frankfurt An important area in investment banking is currently struggling with the most difficult market conditions. The prospects for lucrative mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have dimmed significantly as a result…
How Boss Rabe’s big merger plans fail
Thomas Rabe As CEO of Bertelsmann, RTL and RTL Germany, the manager is in three leadership roles at Europe’s largest media group. (Photo: Bloomberg, Imago, Bertelsmann [M]) Munich, Guetersloh Lights…
How the big merger projects of CEO Rabe fail
Thomas Rabe As CEO of Bertelsmann, RTL and RTL Germany, the manager is in three leadership roles at Europe’s largest media group. (Photo: Bloomberg, Imago, Bertelsmann [M]) Munich, Guetersloh Lights…
Funding weighs on M&A business
Frankfurt skyline Private equity investors, who traditionally work heavily with outside capital, currently have hardly any money for company acquisitions. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt The downturn in the mergers and acquisitions…
Unicredit boss Andrea Orcel expresses interest in acquisitions in Germany
Andrea Orcel According to financial circles, the Unicredit boss exchanged views with Commerzbank boss Manfred Knof around the turn of the year. (Photo: Marc-Steffen Unger for Handelsblatt) Frankfurt CEO Andrea…
DFL considers partial sale of television rights to investor
Frankfurt, Munich The Bundesliga is looking for new sources of money and is also considering investing in an investor for the TV rights. According to financial sources, the German Football…
Sluggish IPO hits investment banks hard
Financial district in Frankfurt Bank fee income from mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and bond issues in Germany has fallen by 38 percent since the beginning of the year. (Photo: Marc-Steffen…
Regulators are relaxing capital rules for major European banks
Joachim Wuermeling “With this decision, the Basel Committee is recognizing the progress we have made in recent years in integrating the European financial markets,” says the Bundesbank board member. (Photo:…
Regulators are relaxing capital rules for major European banks
Joachim Wuermeling “With this decision, the Basel Committee is recognizing the progress we have made in recent years in integrating the European financial markets,” says the Bundesbank board member. (Photo:…
Many medium-sized companies are thinking about selling the company
medium-sized company Many owners prefer competitors to buy their companies. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The rapid succession of new crises is also leaving its mark on German SMEs. Many top managers…
A case for the antitrust authorities
Container freighters of the alliance partners Hapag-Lloyd and HMM in the Port of Hamburg oligopoly on the oceans. (Photo: IMAGO/Markus Tischler) For years, the antitrust authorities turned a blind eye.…
A case for the antitrust authorities
Container freighters of the alliance partners Hapag-Lloyd and HMM in the Port of Hamburg oligopoly on the oceans. (Photo: IMAGO/Markus Tischler) For years, the antitrust authorities turned a blind eye.…
Popular takeover targets – especially in the US
German startups North American companies in particular were already interested in German start-ups in 2021. (Photo: DigitalVision/Getty Images) Frankfurt. Innovative companies from Germany are right at the top of the…
War in Ukraine halts boom in M&A business
MorganStanley Much more serious than these transactions with a direct connection to the war are the effects on the global business with company acquisitions. (Photo: Bloomberg) Frankfurt The war in…
Unicredit supervisory board chairman calls for international bank mergers
Pier Carlo Padoan, the head of the supervisory board of the major bank Unicredit The former Italian finance minister believes that Europe’s banks need more courage to merge. (Photo: Reuters)…
The biggest acquisitions of 2021
Vonovia headquarters The real estate group Vonovia secured a majority in Deutsche Wohnen for 18 billion dollars. The volume of purely domestic German takeovers thus rose to its highest level…
The boom is not over yet
Telecommunications towers of the Telekom, rail logistics subsidiary Schenker, Porsche Taycan Will the boom in M&A business continue? Investment bankers are optimistic. (Photo: Getty Images, Deutsche Bahn, Unsplash) Frankfurt. Despite…
The boom is not over yet
Telecommunications towers of the Telekom, rail logistics subsidiary Schenker, Porsche Taycan Will the boom in M&A business continue? Investment bankers are optimistic. (Photo: Getty Images, Deutsche Bahn, Unsplash) Frankfurt. Despite…
The boom is not over yet
Telecommunications towers of the Telekom, rail logistics subsidiary Schenker, Porsche Taycan Will the boom in M&A business continue? Investment bankers are optimistic. (Photo: Getty Images, Deutsche Bahn, Unsplash) Frankfurt. Despite…