Bob Diamond, the former CEO of Barclays, has made a dramatic comeback in the banking sector after the investment vehicle he formed with Ashish Thakkar called Atlas Mara raised $325 million for its London IPO, the Financial Times reported.
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Tesco to invest $110 million in Indian joint venture with Tata Group
British retailer Tesco said it had applied with India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board to acquire a 50% stake in a joint venture with Tata Group. Tesco intends to invest $110 million in the partnership.
France's GDF Suez acquires 74% stake in Indian coal-based power project
French power company GDF Suez has purchased a 74% stake in a 1,000 megawatt coal-based power project owned by India's Meenakshi Energy and Infrastructure Holdings for an undisclosed sum.
AerCap's largest shareholder to vote in favor of $5.4 billion ILFC purchase
Al Waha Capital, AerCap's largest shareholder with a 26.3% stake, is in favor of the Dutch aircraft leasing company's $5.4 billion acquisition of International Finance Corp. ILFC is owned by American International Group.
Sailthru nabs $20M in Series C funding to expand its personalized marketing platform reach
Marketing personalization startup Sailthru announced the conclusion of its $20 million Series C funding round led by Scale Venture Partners and participated by Benchmark, RRE, DFJ Gotham, AOL Ventures and other existing backers.
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Norway-based oil company Statoil ASA (STO) said on Tuesday it has decided to invest in the Shah Deniz gas field development in Azerbaijan, together with its consortium partners.
Citing sources, Bloomberg reported that US-based life insurance firm MetLife Inc is talking exclusively with AMMB Holdings for the acquisition of its Malaysian life insurance businesses.
Crescendo Biologics was able to gather £17.5 million or $28 million from lead investor Imperial Innovations for its Series A round. Astellas Venture Management and Sofinnova Partners also participated in the financing.
The poor performance of Pact Group Holdings and GDI Property Group Pty on the Australian stock exchange dampens the prospects of firms expected to go public next year, Reuters reported.
Istithmar World, a subsidiary of state-owned conglomerate Dubai World, has sold its 50% stake in Fontainebleau Miami Beach to Florida-based developer Turnberry Ltd. for an undisclosed sum.
Tokyo, Japan-based firms ITOCHU Corp and ITOCHU Textile Prominent Ltd have finalized a deal with Fenix Group Holdings Ltd to invest in ASF Limited, an intermediate holding firm under the sponsorship of Fenix.
Boeing Co has increased its quarterly dividend from $0.485 cents a share to $0.73 cents and have authorized a new $10 billion share repurchase in the next two to three years, Reuters reported.
Philippine conglomerate Ayala Corp has bought 140 million common shares of Mitsubishi Corp's equity in Manila Water Company Inc for PHP2.8 billion, according to an emailed statement.
Despite getting clearance from accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP regarding its fiscal statements for the last three years, activist investor Bill Ackman appeared to be not convinced that Herbalife Ltd is not operating a pyramid scheme.
