M&A

U.S. futures were trading slightly higher early Monday morning as investors were likely encouraged by major M&A announcements. Visa Inc (NYSE: V) has agreed to acquire Visa Europe Ltd. in a deal valued up to 21.2 billion euros, while Shire PLC (ADR) (NASDAQ: SHPG) announced it will...

Monday's M&A and corporate activity featured nine notable deals. Sectors that saw activity range from utilities, REITs, media and more. Private companies, including Uber, also shared the spotlight. U.S. equities were trading nearly flat early Monday afternoon despite a healthy...

Q1 2016 globally announced M&A deals will show a modest 7 percent increase over Q1 2015. The majority of growth will be in consumer, healthcare, high technology and real estate. Uncertainty over interest rates in North America and economic slowdown in China are behind the modest growth....

August was challenging for the equity markets, as the S&P 500 lost over 6 percent. August was also a record month for M&A announcements, according to analysts at JMP Securities. The analysts added that the recent equity market decline "increases the probability" of an M&A "market...

In a report published Wednesday, Bank of America analyst Colin Bristow detailed an investor meeting held with Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE)'s CEO Ian Read and other key senior executives. According to Bristow's meeting, Pfizer noted that one (or several) transformative M&A deal is "...

Shares of Receptos Inc (NASDAQ: RCPT) were trading higher by more than 10 percent during Wednesday's pre-market session after it received an acquisition offer on Tuesday by Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) for $232 per share, valuing the entire transaction at $7.2 billion. Several of Wall...

In a report published Wednesday, Barclays analyst Douglas Tsao detailed why he believes that M&A activity within the Specialty Pharmaceutical sector is expected to continue. According to Tsao, much of the consolidation seen in the industry has been driven by "strategic considerations" rather...

D.A. Davidson analysts Barry Oxford and Steve Shaw just issued a new research note on the real estate sector that asked a simple question: "Will this be the summer of mergers & acquisitions?" While the two aren't aware of any current M&A chatter, they name three office...

In December, Bloomberg had reported that hackers with knowledge of Wall Street's workings stole M&A data from over 80 companies. Bloomberg, citing security consultants, said that the data was stolen over a period of one year. More than two-thirds of the companies targeted by hackers were...

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In a new report, Jefferies analyst David Steinberg looked at the frenzy of M&A activity that has been happening in the specialty pharmaceuticals space in recent years. According to the report, 2014 was a blockbuster year for buyouts, and 2015 is on pace to be a record year. Perfect M&A...

Intralinks Holdings Inc (NYSE: IL) said it planned to release the company’s eagerly anticipated Deal Flow Predictor report for Q2 2015 on January 27. Ahead of that release, Intralinks vice president of M&A strategy and product marketing, Matt Porzio spoke with Benzinga about the...