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5 days ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Jorge Zuloaga |Jan-Henrik Förster |Henrique Almeida |Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro
CaixaBank SA is among suitors exploring a potential acquisition of Novo Banco SA, the Portuguese lender backed by Lone Star Funds that is pursuing an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. The Spanish lender has been holding talks with the buyout firm about a deal for Novo Banco, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private.
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5 days ago | 
bloomberg.com | Jorge Zuloaga |Jan-Henrik Förster |Henrique Almeida |Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro
CaixaBank headquarters in Barcelona. (Bloomberg) -- CaixaBank SA is among suitors exploring a potential acquisition of Novo Banco SA, the Portuguese lender backed by Lone Star Funds that is pursuing an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. The Spanish lender has been holding talks with the buyout firm about a deal for Novo Banco, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Kamil Kowalcze |Jorge Zuloaga |Jan-Henrik Förster
Erste Group Bank AG is exploring buying a major stake in Banco Santander SA’s Polish unit, seizing an opportunity to expand in one of Europe’s fastest-growing markets. Austria’s largest lender is in talks with the Spanish bank about acquiring 49% of Santander Bank Polska SA, Erste said in a statement Monday that confirmed an earlier Bloomberg News report. The stake is valued at around €7.3 billion ($8 billion) based on the most recent stock price.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Kamil Kowalcze |Jorge Zuloaga |Jan-Henrik Förster
A Banco Santander SA bank branch in Warsaw. (Bloomberg) -- Erste Group Bank AG is in talks to buy a major stake in Banco Santander SA’s Polish unit, seizing an opportunity to expand in one of Europe’s fastest-growing markets. Austria’s largest lender is in discussions with the Spanish company about acquiring 49% of Santander Bank Polska SA, the banks said in separate statements Monday that confirmed an earlier Bloomberg News report.
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3 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Gillian Tan |Jan-Henrik Förster |Silas Brown
The UBS Group AG headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. UBS said it aims to buy back up to $3 billion of its own shares this year, with Chief Executive Officer Sergio Ermotti returning more cash to investors amid progress in integrating Credit Suisse.
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3 weeks ago | 
bloomberglinea.com | Leonard Kehnscherper |Jan-Henrik Förster
Bloomberg — Una oleada de fusiones y adquisiciones (mergers and acquisitions) entre firmas relacionadas con las finanzas está desafiando la caída mundial de la negociación de acuerdos en medio de la agitación del mercado provocada por la guerra arancelaria del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump.
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3 weeks ago | 
bloomberglinea.com.br | Leonard Kehnscherper |Jan-Henrik Förster
Bloomberg — Uma série de fusões e aquisições entre empresas do setor financeiro está desafiando a queda global nas negociações em meio à turbulência do mercado desencadeada pela guerra tarifária do presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump. Em um período de cinco dias, as empresas de serviços financeiros de Atlanta a Tóquio e Basileia concordaram com fusões e aquisições no valor combinado de cerca de US$ 50 bilhões, de acordo com dados compilados pela Bloomberg.
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3 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Leonard Kehnscherper |Jan-Henrik Förster
Global Payments Inc. bought rival Worldpay for more than $24 billion on April 17. (Bloomberg) -- A slew of mergers and acquisitions among finance-related firms is defying the global slump in dealmaking amid market turmoil triggered by US President Donald Trump’s tariff war. Within a span of five days, financial services firms from Atlanta to Tokyo and Basel agreed on M&A worth about a combined $50 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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3 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Paula Doenecke |Jan-Henrik Förster
(Bloomberg) -- Helvetia Holding AG agreed to combine with Baloise Holding AG to form Switzerland’s second-largest insurance group, marking one of the biggest deals in European finance this year and the biggest in Switzerland. Baloise investors will receive 1.0119 new Helvetia shares for each Baloise share, after adjusting for planned dividends, according to a statement on Tuesday.
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3 weeks ago | 
bloomberglinea.com | Jan-Henrik Förster
Bloomberg — El fundador del Foro Económico Mundial, Klaus Schwab, ha abandonado la junta directiva de la organización tras más de 50 años al frente de la misma. Le sucederá de forma interina el vicepresidente del FEM, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, antiguo CEO y presidente de Nestlé SA, según un comunicado del foro. Ver más: Davos 2025: ¿El regreso de Trump está cambiando el tono del Foro Económico Mundial?
