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E&Y: 2008 M&A recap and '09 outlook (from Corporate Dealmaker)

CD was contacted about a meaty report on mergers and acquisitions from Ernst & Young that shows 2008 deal volume slowed to 2003 levels, valuations fell, and cash rich corporations are shopping cautiously. The report notes even corporations with cash on hand and strong balances sheets -- which previously...

Posted on December 12, 2008 3:21 PM

Germany moves to limit investment by sovereign wealth funds (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Since they started bailing out U.S. banks last year, sovereign wealth funds have gained traction in the media and instilled a bit of fear in some people about their intentions. On Wednesday, the German government approved a law that would allow it to block foreign investors from taking a 25% or more stake in German companies, if it deems said investments a danger to ...

Posted on August 20, 2008 9:17 AM

Hedge funds, including the activist kind, keep growing (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Hedge fund performance may be down. But in Ron Orol's cover story in The Deal, he reports that the funds are continuing to grow as an asset class. According to a Jan. 16 report by the Hennessee Group, hedge fund assets grew by $462 billion in 2007, to some $1.997...

Posted on February 5, 2008 10:36 AM