Aug 26, 2013 | News, Western Europe
Reuters Deutsche Wohnen (DWNG.DE) offered to buy rival residential landlord GSW Immobilien (GIBG.DE) for 1.8 billion euros ($2.3 billion) to expand in Berlin’s booming rental market and tap nascent interest from international investors. The all-share deal would...
Aug 26, 2013 | News, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Reuters GIC Pte., the Singapore sovereign-wealth fund, is the buyer of Blackstone Group LP (BX)’s stake in London’s Broadgate office complex, according to two people with knowledge of the transaction. GIC is buying 50 percent of Broadgate, a cluster of 16 office...
Aug 26, 2013 | News, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Pharmabiz.com IMCD Group BV has acquired Singapore-based Paceco Industrial Supplies Pte. Ltd., a reputable distributor for engineering and speciality plastics. This latest acquisition demonstrates the importance of China and South East Asia in its growth and...
Aug 22, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
The Moscow Times A joint venture of the Italian energy company ERG and LUKoil, Lukerg Renew, has received approval to buy four wind energy companies in northeastern Bulgaria and beef up its clean energy profile in Europe. The Bulgarian Competition Protection...
Aug 22, 2013 | East Asia, News, Western Europe
Bloomberg Marubeni Corp. will pay as much as 100 million euros ($133 million) for a holding in Ireland’s Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd. and will take a 50 percent stake in a subsidiary of GDF Suez SA. The Tokyo-based company will acquire about 25 percent in...
Aug 22, 2013 | News, Western Europe
Reuters 20 Aug 2013 German reinsurer Hannover Re said it was in talks to acquire a minority stake in life insurer Heidelberger Leben, which Britain’s Lloyds Banking Group is selling as part of plans to exit overseas markets. Hannover Re said its investment would...
