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Sabrina Valle

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M&A Correspondent at Reuters

M&A correspondent for Reuters. Former Bloomberg, Washington Post. Opinions are my own.

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  • 1 week ago | kfgo.com | Sabrina Valle

    By Sabrina Valle(Reuters) -Billionaire Brad Jacobs’ new building-products distributor QXO made an offer on Wednesday to acquire GMS for about $5 billion in cash and said it will proceed with a hostile takeover if the company’s management rejects the proposal. This is Jacobs’s second hostile takeover threat in the building sector this year and part of his plan to turn QXO into a $50 billion revenue building-products distributor within a decade.

  • 1 week ago | jp.reuters.com | Sabrina Valle

    [ニューヨーク 18日 ロイター] - 会計事務所プライスウォーターハウスクーパース(PwC)は18日、プライベートエクイティ(PE)各社が約1兆ドルの売却待ち資産を抱えているとする調査結果を公表した。 米国の高金利、不安定な米関税政策、地政学的な不透明感が企業価値評価を低下させ、投資先企業を予想よりも長く保有する要因となっている。M&A(企業合併・買収)は今年に入って停滞している。 PwCの米PE担当リーダー、ジョシュ・スミゲル氏は記者団に「通常のM&Aサイクルでは、1兆ドルはすでに市場に戻されている」と語った。 PwCによると、LP(リミテッド・パートナー)の資金を業種を問わず企業に投入するPE各社は、現在3万社に3兆ドルを投資しており、その30%は5年以上の長期保有となっている。 ただ、リターンを求めるLPファンドからのプレッシャーと資産の再評価により、PwCはM&A活動が今後数四半期以内に改善すると予想している。 私たちの行動規範:トムソン・ロイター「信頼の原則」 , opens new tab NY-based correspondent reporting on...

  • 1 week ago | reuters.com | Sabrina Valle

    June 18 (Reuters) - Billionaire Brad Jacobs' new building-products distributor QXO (QXO.N), opens new tab made an offer on Thursday to acquire rival GMS (GMS.N), opens new tab for about $5 billion in cash and said it would proceed with a hostile takeover if the company rejects the offer. This is Jacobs's second hostile takeover threat in the building sector this year. He plans to turn QXO into a $50 billion revenue company in the next decade. Sign up here.

  • 1 week ago | marketscreener.com | Sabrina Valle

    Published on 06/18/2025 at 19:02, updated on 06/19/2025 at 17:37(Reuters) -Billionaire Brad Jacobs' new building-products distributor QXO made an offer on Wednesday to acquire GMS for about $5 billion in cash and said it will proceed with a hostile takeover if the company's management rejects the proposal. This is Jacobs's second hostile takeover threat in the building sector this year and part of his plan to turn QXO into a $50 billion revenue building-products distributor within a decade.

  • 1 week ago | money.usnews.com | Sabrina Valle

    ReutersFILE PHOTO: The logo of accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is seen on the top of a Brussels' office of the company, in Diegem, Belgium September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File PhotoBy Sabrina ValleNEW YORK (Reuters) -Private equity firms are holding about $1 trillion in unsold assets, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said on Wednesday — capital that, in a typical market environment, would have been returned to investors.

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Sabrina Valle
Sabrina Valle @sabrinavalle
6 May 25

This was supposed to be a stellar year for M&A under a pro-business Trump. Yet, deal signing hit 20 year-low. Too much uncertainty. https://t.co/6a82JRGRBJ https://t.co/gLs2jgA8UN

Sabrina Valle
Sabrina Valle @sabrinavalle
6 May 25

RT @Dawn_Kopecki: Congrats to my colleagues @ReutersUS for taking home the @PulitzerPrizes for investigative journalism for their Fentanyl…

Sabrina Valle
Sabrina Valle @sabrinavalle
10 Feb 25

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