Lloyd Vassell

1 week ago | ionanalytics.com | Lloyd Vassell

Europe enjoyed a promising first quarter with M&A volumes at their highest in recent years – and then Donald Trump entered the frame. M&A practitioners have since been assessing how to operate amid the fallout of “Liberation Day”, with most deciding to push through. Deals like Reckitt Benckiser’s sale of its Essential Home unit, Audley Travel, and Trioworld have all been impacted differently. The former will take longer but should close, while the latter has been paused or pulled.

2 weeks ago | ionanalytics.com | Lloyd Vassell

CPP Investments’ global offshore wind platform Reventus Power has cut down its headcount by one-fifth, amid a strategy shift to cope with a tough offshore wind investment market. At least 10 people from the development and investment team have exited the London-headquartered offshore wind investor and developer Reventus in recent days, from the overall team of 50 last year, sources familiar with the situation told Infralogic.

2 weeks ago | ionanalytics.com | Lloyd Vassell

European ECM professionals are harbouring optimism of a partial reopening of the continent’s IPO market before the traditional summer break, with a focus on mid-cap IPOs that have a strong local following, market participants told the ECM Pulse.

2 weeks ago | ionanalytics.com | Lloyd Vassell

Economic and geopolitical uncertainties may be weighing on M&A sentiment around the world but dealmakers in the Middle East remain in an expansive mood. Mergers and acquisitions in the region are off to a strong start in 2025, boosted by one very large transaction last month. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and OMV agreed to combine Abu Dhabi-based petrochemicals company Borouge with Austrian plastics manufacturer Borealis.

2 weeks ago | ionanalytics.com | Lloyd Vassell

What began as a roaring start to the year for European secondary sell-downs soured at the start of 2Q, in response to surging global volatility triggered by tariffs introduced by US president Donald Trump. Volumes in the first quarter hit USD 36.9bn, driven by jumbo block trades in Ferrari NV (USD 3.1bn) and Haleon plc (USD 3.09bn and USD 3.05bn), according to Dealogic. That made it the best first quarter for secondary issuance in EMEA since 2021, when volumes reached USD 47.6bn.