Data gathered by the US Federal Reserve showed a decline of over USD80 billion in nanks' holdings in federal agency bonds and Treasuries, marking its first annual decline since 2007.
Deals
Akamai buying Prolexic for $370 mln to boost DDoS protection
Akamai Technologies Inc said it will spend about $370 million to acquire Prolexic Technologies Inc, a pioneer in fighting distributed denial of service attacks, cyberthreats that cripple networks by overwhelming them with Internet traffic.
GE Ventures join Angeleno Group in funding energy-saving storage company Stem Inc.
Stem Inc. today announced the closing of a $15 million Series B financing round. Iberdrola, GE Ventures joined Series A investor Angeleno Group in committing financing for the round.
EXCEED COMPANY LTD. ENTERS INTO A MERGER AGREEMENT FOR A "GOING PRIVATE" TRANSACTION
Exceed Company Ltd, one of the leading domestic sportswear brands in China, today announced that it has entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger with Pan Long Company Limited
TRANSDIGM TO ACQUIRE AIRBORNE SYSTEMS FROM METALMARK CAPITAL
TransDigm Group Incorporated and Metalmark Capital announced today that TransDigm has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Airborne Systems Inc., for approximately $250 million in cash. Airborne Systems is owned by MetalmarkCapital.
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Hotel major Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. seeks to raise up to USD2.4 billion in its US listing. Hilton Worldwide will offer 112.8 million shares, giving it a market value of about USD19.2 billion.
Stockholm-based private equity firm Cevian Capital on Monday announced its acquisition of 25 million A-shares in truck manufacturer Volvo. The purchase brought Cevian's ownership to 68.7 million A-shares and 29.8 million B-shares.
US-based Akamai Technologies on Monday announced that it will acquire the world's largest and most trusted cyber security provider Prolexic Technologies for USD370 million. The deal is expected to close in spring of next year.
Thanks to the decline in deals in Greater China, demand and pay for Southeast Asian investment bankers as deal makers had seen an increase, according Thomson Reuters data.
London-based private equity firm Montagu will be exiting from its Polish broadcast infrastructure firm Emitel. American investment firm Alinda Capital Partners reportedly agreed to buy Emitel in a deal that could be worth EUR840 million.
The Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has cleared the USD500 million loan from the Asian Development Bank. The said fund will be used to rehabilitate and reconstruct communities struck by super typhoon Haiyan.
Belfast-based scientific digital camera maker Andor Technology refused the GBP166 million buyout offer from English tool manufacturer Oxford Instruments. Oxford Instruments had been negotiating the takeover deal with Andor for months now.
Klepierre exited from its four Norway shopping centers in a deal worth EUR 247 million or USD 336 million. The real estate investment trust is the second largest publicly-traded shopping mall operator in Europe.
South Korea is exiting from the country's second-biggest non-performing loan manager Woori F&I Co. Ltd. At least three bidders including MBK Partners, KB Financial Group and Daishin Securities will place their final bids for the bad-loan unit.
