Vacation rental property management companies Casago and Vacasa are becoming one. Casago will acquire all Vacasa’s stock in a $128.6 million deal, MarketWatch reported Monday (Dec. 30). “This transaction combines the strengths of both companies and accelerates progress toward a shared vision: empowered local teams,...
President-elect Donald Trump spent decades branding himself as a dealmaker. Now, the world’s other dealmakers are hoping his return to the White House will lead to an uptick in “megamergers,” the Financial Times reported Thursday (Dec. 19). The global value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A)...
Albertsons has sued fellow grocery giant Kroger over the failure of their $24.6 billion merger. The company said Wednesday (Dec. 11) that it has filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery, accusing Kroger of breach of contract. The suit came one day after...
The CEO of Goldman Sachs is predicting a strong year for dealmaking in 2025. Speaking to Reuters Tuesday (Dec. 10), David Solomon said that dealmaking in equities, mergers and acquisitions in 2025 could surpass 10-year averages. “I think in 2025 we will certainly be at...
April 02, 2024
2019, the year of the payments industry mega-deals, seems long ago and far away. Before the pandemic, the headlines were awash in waves of verticalization, where large firms scooped up other large firms for tens of billions of dollars. FIS bought Worldpay for a staggering $43 billion. Fiserv bought First Data for more than $22 billion. Global Payments added TSYS to its roster for nearly $22 billion. Much has happened […]
July 21, 2022
When overvalued companies deflate in a wave, as we’re seeing now, that’s either heralding bad times ahead or an oncoming era of growth, depending on whether you’re buyer or seller....
April 22, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are working on new horizontal merger guidelines, which may be ready by the end of the year, that could...
April 20, 2022
Mergers and acquisitions in the tech space have become a critical issue for regulators worldwide. Agencies probably feel that they have underenforced the law in the past. In an interview,...
January 21, 2025
Citigroup Head of Banking and Executive Vice Chair Vis Raghavan said a new regulatory regime has companies in the United States shopping for deals. Much of this search is happening overseas, Raghavan told Bloomberg in an interview Tuesday (Jan. 21). It’s the latest example of post-election enthusiasm on Wall Street for a revival in dealmaking. […]
December 30, 2024
Vacation rental property management companies Casago and Vacasa are becoming one. Casago will acquire all Vacasa’s stock in a $128.6 million deal, MarketWatch reported Monday (Dec. 30). “This transaction combines...
December 19, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump spent decades branding himself as a dealmaker. Now, the world’s other dealmakers are hoping his return to the White House will lead to an uptick in “megamergers,”...
December 11, 2024
Albertsons has sued fellow grocery giant Kroger over the failure of their $24.6 billion merger. The company said Wednesday (Dec. 11) that it has filed a lawsuit in the Delaware...