Toronto’s Caution and TMX
If Canada thinks a hole in the ground is a national gem, TMX, which operates the Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges, probably qualifies as a diamond. As a result, TMX is likely to sit out further...
View ArticleConfident Deal Makers Pulled Out Checkbooks in 2010
In the first annual gain in deal-making worldwide since the financial crisis, the value of mergers and acquisitions rose 23.1 percent in 2010, to $2.4 trillion.
View ArticleLondon and Toronto Exchanges Announce Merger
The merger between the London Stock Exchange and the TMX Group would form one of the largest markets for mining and natural resource stocks, but it could face regulatory hurdles.
View ArticleAt Forum for Deal Makers, M.&A. Meets the Law
Investment bankers, lawyers and others in the takeover business will gather in New Orleans on Thursday for the Tulane Corporate Law Institute. The Deal Professor examines the agenda.
View ArticleBattling Headwinds in a Shifting M.&A. Marketplace
The apparent hesitance of strategic bidders may be the result of a fundamental reassessment of the value of takeovers.
View ArticleThe Outer Limits of Insider Trading
The S.E.C. needs more than suspicious trading patterns to prove an insider trading case and must provide evidence that a trader acted on material nonpublic information.
View ArticleViterra Deal Gives Glencore Influence in Global Wheat Trade
Glencore has slowly expanded its agricultural business beyond Europe and Russia into markets like Australia. With Canada’s position as a top wheat exporter, the Viterra deal gives Glencore much more...
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