Monthly M&A Insider: November28 November 2007

This is the definitive crib sheet to see what is happening in global M&A. This edition comprises of over 150 pages of comment, data and statistics on the key issues in key M&A territories.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. The changing face of private equity?

3. The sale that would be a merger: Kraft considers selling off its Post Cereals division

4. Riding out the storm: Middle Eastern buyers and the Industrials sector

5. North America

6. Asia-Pacific

7. Europe

8. UK

9. Germany

10. France

11. Italy

12. Benelux

13. Iberia

14. Nordic

15. CEE/CIS

Falling off September highs, European equity markets reacted negatively to the resignations of not just one, but two CEOs – Stanley O’Neal, CEO of Merrill Lynch, and Charles Prince, CEO of the world’s largest bank, Citigroup.The two announced their resignations within three days of each other at the beginning of November, having been held responsible for their respective banks’ poor Q3 performances, primarily attributable to the subprime crisis. The FTSE 100 index dropped 260 points on news of their departure. M&A markets have also seen their fair share of disappointment...

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