Tagged: 'AXA'

Dulux owner Akzo Nobel agrees $25 billion combination with Axalta, reveals Bloomberg

Tuesday, 18 November 2025 3:27 pm

Arch rivals at Bloomberg did well to wiggle into Akzo Nobel and Axalta's $25 billion merger story several hours before the formal announcement.

Akzo Nobel

Axalta

Dulux

Betaville Intelligence

UNCOOKED ALERT: Enstar Group Ltd said to ... - Part 2

Monday, 29 July 2024 1:30 pm

US-listed 'run off' reinsurance company Enstar Group Ltd has finally confirmed little old Betaville's UNCOOKED alert from earlier this month about the company being a 'takeover target'.

Enstar Group Ltd

Sixth Street

Liberty Strategic Capital

Deals, Deals, Deals ... in a bear market - Part 35

Monday, 19 December 2022 9:30 amDealmaking in Europe may have slowed over the last few months but over in the US the takeover transactions keep on coming.

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc

Advent International

L3 Harris

Maxar Technologies

REVEALED: Aston Lark set for £350 million sale - sources

Monday, 26 November 2018 9:54 pmThe owner of Aston Lark is poised to appoint corporate finance advisers to work on a sale of one of Britain's largest independent insurance brokers.

AXA

Jardine Lloyds Thompson

QBE Shenanigans

Monday, 30 January 2017 8:03 amIt's all a little bit frustrating because I, too, was looking into the QBE rumours as I believed I had finally worked out what was going on. According to my sources, QBE had begun working with investment bankers at Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs after being approached by Allianz late last year. Following interest from Allianz, both China Life Insurance and Axa had been contacted to gauge their interest in participating in a strategic review of QBE, with a view to striking a deal between AUS $15 and $16 a share.

FT airs Axa and Generali merger rumours...-part 3

Thursday, 26 January 2017 5:44 pmYesterday, Reuters reported that Axa's CEO is "not interested in Generali" although if you read the story carefully the chief executive doesn't quite say what the headline claims.

FT airs Axa and Generali merger rumours...-part 2

Wednesday, 25 January 2017 10:03 amIt would appear the venerable Financial Times was barking up roughly the right tree when it aired the rumours about Italian insurance company Generali merging with a rival, possibly French company Axa, earlier this month.

FT airs Axa and Generali merger rumours...

Tuesday, 03 January 2017 8:59 pmTucked away at the back of an FT analysis on dealmaking in the insurance industry is a rather intriguing line about how "rumours circulated through last year that two of the big European insurers - Axa and Generali - would try to get together".

Praxair in talks with Linde about $60 billion merger, WSJ reports

Tuesday, 16 August 2016 11:45 amTypically, August is one of the quietest periods for M&A. But this year things have really been turned on their head, with this Augsut fast becoming one of the busiest I can recall for dealmaking.

Dulux owner Akzo Nobel agrees $25 billion combination with Axalta, reveals Bloomberg

Tuesday, 18 November 2025 3:27 pm

Arch rivals at Bloomberg did well to wiggle into Akzo Nobel and Axalta's $25 billion merger story several hours before the formal announcement.

Akzo Nobel

Axalta

Dulux

Betaville Intelligence

UNCOOKED ALERT: Enstar Group Ltd said to ... - Part 2

Monday, 29 July 2024 1:30 pm

US-listed 'run off' reinsurance company Enstar Group Ltd has finally confirmed little old Betaville's UNCOOKED alert from earlier this month about the company being a 'takeover target'.

Enstar Group Ltd

Sixth Street

Liberty Strategic Capital

Deals, Deals, Deals ... in a bear market - Part 35

Monday, 19 December 2022 9:30 amDealmaking in Europe may have slowed over the last few months but over in the US the takeover transactions keep on coming.

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc

Advent International

L3 Harris

Maxar Technologies

REVEALED: Aston Lark set for £350 million sale - sources

Monday, 26 November 2018 9:54 pmThe owner of Aston Lark is poised to appoint corporate finance advisers to work on a sale of one of Britain's largest independent insurance brokers.

AXA

Jardine Lloyds Thompson