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February 19, 2025
Marsh McLennan Unit Buys Global Asset Management Firm
Insurance giant Marsh McLennan has acquired institutional investment adviser Secor Asset Management, as it aims to further bolster its consulting business.
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February 19, 2025
HSBC Launches $2B Share Buyback As Profits Rise
HSBC Holdings PLC said Tuesday it will return up to $2 billion in cash to shareholders after the banking giant reported a rise in pre-tax profits for the final three months of 2024, despite an uncertain global economic outlook.
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February 19, 2025
Biopharma Biz Medincell Raises €43M In Global Offering
Medincell SA, a pharmaceutical technology business, said Wednesday it has raised €42.9 million ($45 million) through issuing shares to investors, as it looks to expand its technology and strengthen its balance sheet.
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February 19, 2025
Mining Giant Glencore Weighs Quitting London Listing For US
Glencore PLC said Wednesday it could move its underperforming listing on the London Stock Exchange to the U.S., as the Anglo-Swiss mining and commodities heavyweight added that it plans to buy back discounted shares worth $1 billion.
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February 19, 2025
Water Biz Aims To Raise £900M After Price Hike Request Nixed
Southern Water Services PLC said Wednesday that it aims to raise £900 million ($1.13 billion) of fresh equity from investors, after the water industry regulator rejected its request to hike prices for consumers.
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February 19, 2025
Fintech Biz Plus500 Launches $110M Share Buyback Program
Trading platforms operator Plus500 has launched a fresh share repurchase program valued at up to $110 million, a move the company said reflects its "robust financial position" as it reported higher revenue.
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February 19, 2025
Malaysian Businessman Loses Fight Over €36M Shares
A Malaysian businessman lost his fight on Wednesday to persuade Britain's highest court to prevent a creditor from bringing a €36 million ($38 million) claim against him, as the justices ruled that the litigation did not duplicate an earlier declaratory action.
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February 18, 2025
Miner MMG To Buy Anglo American Unit For Up To $500M
China-backed miner MMG Ltd. said Tuesday it has agreed to buy Anglo American PLC's nickel business for up to $500 million, as the British multinational mining giant eyes a more streamlined business.
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February 18, 2025
UK Probes French Aerospace Group's Planned $1.8B Takeover
The Competition and Markets Authority said Tuesday that it has launched an investigation into the proposed acquisition by French aerospace group Safran SA of Collins Aerospace's flight-control business for $1.8 billion.
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February 18, 2025
Swedish Medical Co. Seals Takeover Of UK Ultrasound Biz
Surgical Science, a Swedish medical simulation company, said Tuesday it has completed its £45.2 million ($57 million) acquisition of Intelligent Ultrasound Group PLC, in a deal advised by Fieldfisher LLP and Baker McKenzie LLP.
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February 18, 2025
Morton Guides £1.5M Pension Deal For Accounting Firm
An accountancy firm has passed £1.5 million ($1.9 million) of its pension liabilities to Just Group, the insurer said Tuesday, in a deal advised by Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP.
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February 18, 2025
InterContinental Buys Micro Hotel Chain Ruby For €110M
Hospitality giant InterContinental said Tuesday it has acquired European hotel operator Ruby Sarl for €110.5 million ($115.5 million) upfront, as the group looks to capture a slice of the increasingly popular boutique accommodation sector.
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February 18, 2025
Merger Of Poultry Feed Suppliers Gets Provisional UK Nod
The Competition and Markets Authority said on Tuesday that it has provisionally cleared the proposed acquisition by restaurant group Boparan of two feed mills, despite finding in an earlier investigation into a similar deal that it could harm competition in parts of the country.
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February 18, 2025
Property Co. Assura Says £1.6B KKR Bid Undervalues Biz
The board of property manager Assura PLC said Tuesday that a £1.6 billion ($2 billion) possible offer tabled by U.S. private equity firm KKR "materially undervalued the company and its prospects."
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February 17, 2025
Hut Group Investor Fights To Revive Share Challenge
A shareholder of major British online retailer the Hut Group urged the U.K. Supreme Court on Monday to allow it to sue the company over a 2016 allotment of bonus shares, saying the court should reject arguments by the business that the claim is time-barred.
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February 17, 2025
MoneySuperMarket Owner Launches £30M Share Buyback
Mony Group PLC, the owner of financial services comparison site MoneySuperMarket, on Monday launched a share repurchase program of up to £30 million that it said reflects its "robust financial position," as it reported higher profits.
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February 17, 2025
Anglo American Eyes June Spin-Off For Platinum Mining Unit
Anglo American PLC said Monday that it has made "significant progress" with plans to spin off its platinum subsidiary in South Africa and that it is targeting June for this to happen.
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February 17, 2025
Drinks Maker Fevertree Serves Up £70M Share Buyback
Drinks mixer maker Fevertree poured out a share buyback program on Monday worth up to £71 million ($89 million) aimed at downsizing its capital after it entered into a partnership with Molson Coors for exclusive distribution and production rights in the U.S.
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February 17, 2025
CMA Wants Answers From Tile Biz Over £9M Deal To Buy Rival
The Competition and Markets Authority said Monday that an initial investigation into the £9 million purchase by tile retailer Topps Tiles of 30 stores of rival CTD Tiles raises concerns over competition in four U.K. regions.
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February 17, 2025
Shoosmiths Steers £16M Pension Deal For Manufacturing Co.
Insurer Just Group said on Monday that it has taken on £16 million ($20.2 million) of liabilities in a retirement scheme from a pension plan sponsored by industrial machinery manufacturer Deutz AG, in a deal guided by Shoosmiths.
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February 17, 2025
UK Healthcare Property Biz Assura Rejects £1.6B KKR Bid
Primary care property developer Assura PLC has snubbed a £1.6 billion ($2 billion) proposed takeover approach from KKR and a U.K. pensions provider, the U.S. private equity firm said on Monday.
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February 14, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Spice Girls star Mel B's ex-husband bring a defamation claim against the publisher of The Sun, a hotel sue a former director convicted of embezzling its funds for breach of fiduciary duty, and comedian Russell Brand face a sexual abuse claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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February 14, 2025
Gowling, Squire Patton Pilot £50M Pension Deal For Textile Biz
A German textiles company has offloaded £50 million ($63 million) of its U.K. pension liabilities to insurer Just Group PLC, advisers said Friday, in a deal steered by Gowling WLG and Squire Patton Boggs LLP.
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February 14, 2025
5 Questions For Spencer West Partner Karl Foster
The Financial Conduct Authority's approach to enforcement and consumer protection has come up against government economic growth priorities and resistance from the sector to its proposals to "name and shame" companies early on during regulatory probes.
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February 21, 2025
Cadwalader Adds 3 Fund Finance Pros In London
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP said Friday that it has hired three fund finance lawyers from Ashurst LLP and Reed Smith LLP to boost its capabilities advising clients on increasingly complex transactions from its office in London.