EU competition regulators have approved the London Stock Exchange Group’s $27 billion all-share takeover of Refinitiv. A merger of the firms could create a serious…

Spain’s Telefónica said its Telxius Telecom subsidiary has agreed to sell its mobile phone mast division in Europe and Latin America to American Tower Corporation…

Patron Capital, the pan-European institutional investor focused on property-backed investments, said it has closed its most recent fund, raising €844 million. This includes €128 million…

French drug company Sanofi has agreed to buy Cambridge, England-based immunotherapy firm Kymab for up to $1.45 billion. Kymab is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing…

The U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday that Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay more than $130 million to resolve the US government’s investigation…

The European Commission said on Friday it has proposed to EU Member States the purchase of an additional 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine…

Switzerland’s LafargeHolcim, the world’s biggest cement maker, has agreed a $3.4 billion deal to buy US commercial roofing giant Firestone Building Products from Japan’s Bridgestone…

Mergermarket’s global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) roundup for 2020 has revealed that $847.2 billion was spent on European assets in 2020 across 6,658 deals, representing…

Ireland’s debt agency said it raised almost a third of its 2021 fundraising target on Tuesday by selling €5.5 billion of 10-year bonds at a…

The three biggest trading venues in London that handle European shares saw almost all of this business move into the European Union on Monday, the…

Italy’s Angelini Pharma said on Monday it will buy Switzerland-based Arvelle Therapeutics in a cash transaction that values the biopharmaceutical company at up to $960…

The EU and China on Wednesday concluded in principle their negotiations for a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI).  The EU said China has committed to…

The Council of the European Union said on Tuesday it has adopted, by written procedure, the decision on the signing of the EU-UK Trade and…

Germany’s Delivery Hero said it has agreed to sell South Korean food delivery app Yogiyo as part of the conditions for regulatory approval of its…

The European Commission said it has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed $38 billion merger between the automotive companies Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V….

The European Commission said it has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed acquisition of Willis Towers Watson by Aon, under the EU Merger…

Cambridge-based AstraZeneca said on Saturday it has agreed to buy US drug company Alexion Pharmaceuticals for $39 billion in stock and cash in its largest…

Asset management firms representing over $9 trillion of assets under management (AUM) have announced the launch of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. The global…

Venture capital group Highland Europe announced it has raised €700 million for its fourth fund, its largest yet, “to double-down on its strategy of backing…

Klarna, the Swedish “buy now and pay later” payments firm, announced the appointment of veteran Silicon Valley venture capitalist Michael Moritz, a partner at Sequoia…

S&P Global Inc has agreed to pay $44 billion in stock to acquire IHS Markit Ltd in the biggest deal of 2020. The deal accelerates…

Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) and its smaller rival Banco Sabadell have ended merger talks after they failed to agree on price. The move…

German media giant Bertelsmann said it is further expanding its global content businesses with the acquisition of publishing house Simon & Schuster in the US….

Deutsche Börse AG has announced that Germany’s blue-chip DAX shares index is to expand from 30 to 40 companies from September 2021 with tougher membership criteria….

Global debt could exceed $360 trillion by 2030 — over $85 trillion higher than current levels — according to the latest Global Debt Monitor from…

Greencoat UK Wind plc (UKW) said on Monday it agreed to acquire a 49% stake in the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm from German utility…

German conglomerate Thyssenkrupp has announced plans to cut another 7,400 jobs “to address long-term market developments and the effects of coronavirus.” In May 2019 the…

Norwegian Air said on Wednesday it has asked an Irish court to oversee a restructuring of its debt as it seeks to stave off collapse…

German stock exchange operator Deutsche Börse AG said it agreed to acquire an 80% stake in corporate governance firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) for about…

Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) and its smaller rival Banco Sabadell said on Monday they are in merger talks to potentially create Spain’s second-biggest…