Iñaki Miguel

3 weeks ago | ionanalytics.com | Iñaki Miguel |Manu Rajput |Lloyd Vassell

Dealmaking in Europe’s cybersecurity sector could receive a boost from increasing defence spending as policymakers grapple with the implications of hybrid warfare. “Investor appetite in cybersecurity software and infrastructure assets has recently rebounded, resulting in a sharp rise in transaction volumes and valuations,” Jaime Sendagorta, director at GP Bullhound, said. European cybersecurity deals boomed in 2024, with 172 transactions worth a combined EUR 12.6bn, according to Mergermarket data.

1 month ago | ionanalytics.com | Rupert Cocke |Iñaki Miguel |Carlos Martinez |Erica Teichert

Podcast Telefonica is moving forward with its long-standing aspiration to reduce its position in Latin America by looking to sell its Mexican business. Frontrunner Beyond ONE is competing with Walmart’s Wal-Mart de Mexico and a financial buyer for the Mexican asset, which is seen more as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) than as a standard telco. Asset-light MVNOs typically sell for lower multiples than normal operators.

1 month ago | ionanalytics.com | Sam Kerr |Taku Dzimwasha |Iñaki Miguel |Lloyd Vassell

Issuers of European equity and their advisors have paused for breath to take stock of a violent correction in US benchmark indices and continuing trade hostilities between the US and some of its closest economic partners. Last week’s ECM Pulse reported on Europe’s full pipeline of IPOs slated before summer. The column noted that volatility was increasing.

2 months ago | ionanalytics.com | Iñaki Miguel |Lloyd Vassell

Primaflor, a family-owned vegetables producer from Spain, is interested in a merger, Managing Director Eduardo Cordoba told Mergermarket. The company, which is based in Pulpi in the region of Andalucia, would be interested in analysing a merger or an integration, Cordoba said. The company has hired an advisor – a big four firm – and has already identified possible partners, he added. It will start talks with them in the short term, he added.

2 months ago | ionanalytics.com | Sam Kerr |Iñaki Miguel |Taku Dzimwasha |Raj Saiya

The sponsors that own Spanish hotel booking software business HBX Group (Hotelbeds) are happy to offer a sizeable discount to its main peer Amadeus [BME:AMS] in the hope of the stock trading up to allow a more valuable monetization down the road, sources tell ECM Pulse.