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  • Mergermarket UK M&A Roundup Q1 2012

    Date 13/04/2012

    Summary Overview

    • In Q1 2012, UK M&A activity saw 229 deals totalling £16bn, a 33% decrease compared to Q1 2011 (£23.9bn) but up 9.6% compared to Q4 2011 (£14.6bn). The UK made up 9.6% of all European M&A by value this quarter, the lowest Q1 since Q1 2004 (8.4%).
    • Only six large-cap deals (£500m+) were announced this quarter. The largest transaction of the quarter was the £3.2bn acquisition of the UK based broadcast software provider NDS Group by Cisco Systems, from News Corp and Permira.
    • With £4.8bn-worth of deals totalling 22 transactions, Technology was the most active sector in Q1 2012. The Consumer sector also fared well with £2.4bn-worth of deals and 38 transactions.
    • Foreign M&A investment into the UK totalled £12.3bn and represented 76.9% of all UK M&A activity in Q1 2012, the highest proportion since Q4 2006 (79.3%). Cross-border outbound activity amounted to £5.9bn, a drop of 66.2% compared to the same period last year (£17.6bn).
    • Having advised on four of the top five UK deals in Q1 2012, Goldman Sachs maintained its lead in the financial adviser league table by deal value, with 14 transactions worth £13.5bn.
    • Clifford Chance topped the legal adviser league table by deal value with £8.3bn-worth of deals and a total of 16 transactions, gaining 18 places on Q1 2011. Linklaters gained 5 spots to reach first position in the legal adviser league tables by deal count with 18 transactions.

  • NZX 20 Index Constituents

    Date 13/04/2012

    As notified to the market on 19 March 2012, the new NZX 20 Index will be launched on 23 April 2012. The index will have an initial index value of 3,000 and only the capital index series will be published.

  • Tokyo Grain Exchange: Rice Grading Table Applicable From October 2012

    Date 13/04/2012

    Rice Grading Table Applicable from the October 2012 Contract Month to the December 2012 Contract Months is now on our website.

  • IMF Executive Board Reviews The Adequacy Of Precautionary Balances

    Date 12/04/2012

    On April 9, 2012, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reviewed the adequacy of the Fund’s precautionary balances.

  • European Parliament: Tough Rules Needed On Insider Trading And Market Manipulation

    Date 12/04/2012

    Proposed legislation to tackle insider trading and market manipulation must not fragment markets, because this would make such abuses even harder to detect, said Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs debating them on Thursday. Cross-border trading calls for cross-border cooperation among regulators, and tiny financial boutiques with billion euro turnovers should not be exempted, they added.

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