Three partners led by Nicolas Berggruen is planning to invest as much as Eur 1 billion in Portuguese properties.
Investors
Serent Capital to Invest with Optimal Blue
Serent Capital agrees to invest in Optimal Blue. Serent Capital has invested in leading mortgage technology provider, Optimal Blue. Serent Capital is a leading San Francisco-based private equity firm that focuses on investing with high growth and profitable companies.
MTN Set to Expand Not Just in Africa But Worldwide
According to MTN CEO,the company is expanding from Africa to Asia and the Middle East. The largest African mobile operator, MTN Group Ltd, is expected to spend as much as US $8 billion on acquisitions in order to increase its spending in networks that limited its earnings.
PKO BP Riding High on Acquisitions
PKO BP just recently announced plans to purchase Nordea Bank Polska and is also looking into the purchase of CSOB of KBC Groupe.
Petronas Revises Offer for EPF Shares
The Petronas shareholdings increased after it submitted its revised offer to EPF for its shares for MISC.
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Manulife purchased Kowloon East Building for HK$4.5 billion. Manulife Financial Corp has inked a deal to pay the second highest price on record for an office tower in Hong Kong.
Private equity firm, Advent International, has opened an office in China, just like other big private equity firms The Carlyle Group CVC and Bain Capital.
CEO Franco Bernabe would most likely be given permission to conduct exploratory talks on a merger between Telecom Italia and Hutchison Whampoa.
Denizbank has entered into an agreement to acquire the Turkish consumer businesses of Citibank. Denizbank A. S. of Turkey was recently acquired by Sberbank, a state controlled bank of Russia late last year.
In a bid to divest assets to raise funds, Rio Tinto's Turquoise Hill is selling off its Ivanhoe shareholdings.
New terms have been added to sweeten the MetroPCS-T Mobile deal. In a bid to woo investors to vote for the merger, Deutsche Telekom had reduced the level of the merged company's debt for the proposed T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS merger.
In a deal worth US$1 billion, AXA SA would transfer assets from its US unit to Protective Life. A deal was recently announced where Protective Life Corp.
The world's richest man now holds 31.1% of America Movil shares. Carlos Slim, the world's richest man, has further increased his shareholdings in his phone company America Movil.
Crest Financial files a proxy statement contesting the Sprint Nextel-Clearwire merger. The biggest minority shareholder in Clearwire Corp, Crest Financial Ltd, has filed a proxy statement with federal regulators.
