VENTURE CAPITAL POST

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Wednesday including Telefonica Deutschland, Devon Energy, Metro AG, Devon Energy Corp and others

Swiss Re set to formalize a USD425 million investment for 12.3% of FWD.

Swiss Re hires Christopher Minter to head the reinsurer's acquisitions and principal investments business.

Swiss Re announced that they are in preliminary talks with Phoenix Group Holdings for possible merger

NY DFS sent a letter to foreign reinsurers asking if they were linked with Iran.

U.S. investment manager BlackRock (BLK.N) is buying Swiss Re's (SRENH.VX) European private equity arm