Archive for August 13th, 2012
UK employers expect to cut staff levels if economy fails to grow
Employers in the UK are holding on to more staff than they need in order to avoid losing skills, a new survey revealed today. More than 1,000 employers were questioned for the latest Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) …
Drop in remortgaging as UK homeowners expect rates to fall
UK lenders registered a significant decrease in remortgaging in June, with 23,400 remortgaging loans worth GBP3.1bn advanced during the month, down around 20% compared with the previous month
London-listed Standard Chartered cleared to acquire Credit Agricole’s Turkish operation
The Turkish Competition Board has cleared British lender Standard Chartered Plc (LON:STAN) to buy Credit Agricole Yatirim Bankasi Turk AS, a unit of French banking group Credit Agricole
Swiss private bank Julius Baer acquires Merrill Lynch’s wealth management arm
Swiss private banking company Julius Baer Group Ltd (SWX:BAER) on Monday said it had struck a deal to buy Merrill Lynch's international wealth management (IWM) business outside the
Sweden’s EQT confirms €220m deal for Austrian UC4
Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners AB announced today that its EQT VI fund had signed a deal to buy Austrian IT process automation software vendor UC4 Software
Ireland’s Elan agrees to spin-off and list bioscience unit
Irish biotechnology company Elan Corporation plc (NYSE:ELN) said today its board of directors had green-lighted a plan to spin off its Discovery Science and Neotope Biosciences divisions into
BP agrees to sell its Texas-based gas processing plants for $228m
British oil and gas group BP Plc (LON:BP) said its BP America Production Company unit is selling its midstream gas operations in Texas, comprising the Sunray and Hemphill
Finnish handset maker Nokia exits its Qt business at a €146m loss
Finnish IT company Digia Oyj (HEL:DIG1V) said it had agreed to a price of around EUR4m (USD4.9m) for the purchase of the Qt software business and technologies of
Carlyle sells Austrian IT firm UC4 to Sweden’s EQT in €220m deal
Swedish private equity investor EQT Partners has emerged victorious in the heated competition for Austrian-based IT automation solutions provider UC4 Software GmbH, agreeing a EUR220m (USD270m) deal with
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UK private equity firm 3i tables bid for Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management
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UK sponsor Apax acquires US-based retailer Rue 21in $1bn deal
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Private equity major KKR mulls merger of Saks and Neiman Marcus
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LexisNexis acquires two publishing businesses from Thompson Media
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Lloyds to sell wealth manager St James’ Place to meet capital requirements
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