The UK government blocked the acquisition of UK group Pulsic by Hong Kong company Super Orange HK on national security concerns on Wednesday. The announcement was made by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, who prevented the merger under section 26 of the National Security Investment Act 2021. According to the […]

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Global mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity soared by 88% to $2.3 trillion in H2 2020, amounting to the strongest second half in history and overtaking the previous record held by the 46% increase in H2 1997. H2 2020 was also the strongest second half in history in terms of deal value. According to the research […]

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Shares in JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD) closed Friday at 1594p, this morning they opened at 330p as the share dilution that was announced on the 1st of November came into effect splitting the ordinary shares of 1.25p each into shares of 0.25p. In old money, JD Sports shares are trading up almost 4% as […]

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