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(1.00) Investment Banking

[New] Pre-IPO Uber strengthened its geographic reach with the acquisition of Careem for $3.1 billion (€2.8 billion) - the largest autotech deal recorded so far in 2019 and an opportunity for Uber to own the digital mobility markets of the Middle East.
Investment bank Morgan Stanley has slashed its Macau gaming estimates through 2019 and 2020, citing expected slowing of the mass market over the coming months due to a lack of new hotel room supply.
When complete, the integration of BetBright's sportsbook technology will give 888 complete ownership over its technology and product development across all four of its key online betting verticals for the very first time.
The worldwide market for Logistics Services is expected to grow at a CAGR of roughly 1.9% over the next five years, will reach US$880 million in 2024, from US$790 million in 2019.
Policy limits in excess of $1 billion are now available for single transactions as private equity firms and strategic investors increasingly use insurance to reduce the risks associated with mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
An investment bank sees U.S. oil demand only rising by 89,000 bpd this year, while the EIA expects a stronger 248,000-bpd increase.
Argentina's largest player, Telecom Argentina, will be allowed to offer convergent services only in 2019, as part of antitrust regulators' restrictions for approval of its merger with Cablevisión Argentina.
This year, Fidelity, and a group including Japanese investment bank Nomura have launched platforms that will offer custody services for digital assets.
Citigroup's investment bank told the Financial Times it could halve its 20,000 technology and operations staff within five years as machines replace humans.
Moody's expects private equity groups to remain the driving force behind consolidation and mergers and acquisitions activity among the smaller midstream companies, with deals likely to percolate during 2019-20.
Mergers and acquisitions activity picked up significantly in 2018, a trend that is expected to continue into 2019 as the lending environment grows even more difficult.
Over the coming years, the members of the GT40 will likely advance their strategic initiatives to include more capabilities-based acquisitions, more partnering with OEMs and solutions providers, and more innovation in business models.
Citigroup expects the majority of investment banking opportunities in the Middle East to come from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this year.
With a raft of asset sales expected if the planned merger between Newmont Mining Corp. and Goldcorp Inc. proceeds, it might make more sense to put mines or projects on the market one at a time to keep prices high.
The EU will no longer be able to investigate UK aspects of mergers or anti-trust cases and the UK will no longer be part of the Civil Judicial Cooperation regime.
Mergers and acquisitions activity is to continue at heightened levels through 2019 as re / insurers try to find opportunities for growth against a backdrop of adverse market conditions.
The UK's early support for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank provides a positive example of how UK engagement can help to encourage China to adopt higher standards, in a way which might be relevant to the UK's approach to the Belt and Road Initiative in the coming years.
With the aftermath of China's game licensing freeze continuing into 2019, Chinese firms will push harder for international expansion and mergers and acquisitions could become more common.
Although approvals for new game titles will gradually resume in early 2019, Chinese firms will continue to push harder for international expansion, and mergers and acquisitions could become more common.
Investors could expect to see more mergers and acquisitions in the energy and oil space in 2019.
Bitmain Technologies, the world's largest designer of products used for mining cryptocurrencies let its application for a Hong Kong initial public offering lapse as hopes for cryptocurrency companies to go public fade.
Foreign investment in strategic sectors, acquisitions of critical assets, technologies and infrastructure in the EU, involvement in EU standard-setting and supply of critical equipment can pose risks to the EU's security.

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Last updated: 22 October 2019