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Financial Institutions


Klarna's IPO
By Amya Hillis, Jacob Liu, Agastya Mittal, and Dirk Harrison (Columbia University); Shahmir Ahmed and Francesco Del Sesto (Bocconi University) Photo: Jonas Leupe (Unsplash) Summary of IPO The buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) model and broader shift to online commerce have reshaped consumer finance over the past decade, and Klarna has been one of the central players in that transition. Founded in 2005 in Stockholm, Klarna built a platform that lets consumers split payments, pay later,
Dec 10


Fifth Third Bancorp's $10.9bn Acquisition of Comerica
By Alexander Svanidze, Ava Singer, Ryan Leo, Julianna Zelnhefer (Boston University); Giuseppe Mazza, Alvaro Aguilada De Nalda (ESADE) Photo: Eduardo Soares Overview of the deal Acquirer: Fifth Third Bancorp Target: Comerica Inc. Implied Equity Value: $10.9 billion Total Transaction Size: $10.9 billion Closed date: Expected Q1 2026 Target advisor: Goldman Sachs (Financial) and Sullivan & Cromwell (Legal) Acquirer advisor: J.P. Morgan (Lead Financial), Keefe, Bruyett
Dec 5


Tata Capital's IPO
By Oluwafemi Adesuyi, Archie Clarke, James Midgley, Ben Motamed (Durham University); Rakan Aqrouq , Krissa Mou , Terry Zhang, Scarlet Park (University of British Columbia) Photo: Scott Graham Summary of IPO Tata Capital (NSE: TATACAP), a subsidiary of Tata Sons, is one of India’s largest non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), acting as a one-stop financial solutions partner for retail, corporate, and institutional customers. Classified as an Upper Layer NBFC in 2022, the fi
Dec 3


Nomura's $1.8bn Acquisition of Macquarie's Asset Management Units
By Alex Scothorn, Anna Chesca, Ahyaan Malik, Aditya Tatwawadi (University of Cambridge); Gabriel Ferraz Girotto, Eva Schuppe, Gabriela...
May 29


Rocket Companies' $9.4bn Acquisition of Mr. Cooper
By Manha Awais, Prisha Agarwal, Osman Draman (Cornell University); Julia Weinrod, Yuyu Huang, Kelly Liu, Jenny Sun, Henry Yao (Johns...
Apr 28


Berkshire Hills Bancorp and Brookline Bancorp $1.1 Billion Merger of Equals
By Haci Eren Sidar, Leon Gaster, Adalia Melvin, Aviral Jain (University of Nottingham); Kevin Xu , Cooper Thompson (University of...
Mar 7


Eurazo’s €600 million acquisition of Eres
By Melvin Bergeret, Bilal Chihuailaf, Arthur Delfour, Agathe Melhem, Clément Melusson, Axel Nkam, Victor Zheng (ESCP Business School) &...
Jun 12, 2024


Capital One Financial Corporation’s $35.3 bn Acquisition of Discover Financial Services
By Jian Wee Soh, Bharath Sivakumar, Aaren Tan, Arfred Garcia (Imperial College London) and Nancy Huang, Minh Ngoc Nguyen, William...
May 6, 2024


Cinven agrees to pay €4.9bn for a majority stake in Alter Domus
By Enrique Perez-Hernandez, Tarvo Simons, Taha Yassine, Michael Joachim ten Eicken, and Juan Pelaez (IE University) ; Edward Mazin,...
Mar 19, 2024


Bain Capital’s $5.3bn Acquisition of Guidehouse
By Jian Wee Soh, Kai Ye, Bharath Sivakumar, Aaren Tan, Arfred Garcia (Imperial College London), Devina Aggarwal, Atin Narain, Omar Ali,...
Jan 11, 2024


Forvis’ $5bn merger with Mazars US
By Ahaan Roychowdhury, Krish Raj, Diti Shah, Shyam Patra and Dimos Kamposioras (UCL) ; Enrique Pérez-Hernández, Taha Yassine, Tarvo...
Nov 28, 2023


UBS’s $3.3bn Acquisition of Credit Suisse
By Ayushman Mukherjee, Divy Dayal, and Matthew Liu (University of Cambridge), Gonzalo Riera-Ripoll, Felix Hooper and Rafi Glass (Durham...
Apr 21, 2023


HSBC’s £1 Acquisition of Silicon Valley Bank UK
By Ross Barrett, Tigran Minasian, Jian Wee Soh, Kai Ye, Oscar Silva, and Yagnesh Patel, (Imperial College London), Junqi Wang, and Annant...
Apr 1, 2023


Clayton, Dubilier & Rice's $7bn Acquisition of Focus Financial Partners
By Marvin Stenersen and Gabriela Lenerte (Stockholm School of Economics), Michele Silvestri, Kayla Ho and Jia-Jian Gan (LSE) Photo: Timo...
Mar 9, 2023


Intercontinental Exchange’s $16bn Acquisition of Black Knight
By Jack Lee, Ryan Chan, Heather Leung and Terry Au-Yeung (HKUST), Friedrich von Storch, Enrique Pérez-Hernández and Ties Oudmayer (IE...
Feb 14, 2023


Nuvei’s $1.3bn Acquisition of Paya
By Anna Muizniece and Carl-Gabrial Jakobsson (Stockholm School Of Economics), Rhys Meredith, Salah Baaziz, Kian Patel, Oliver Platts,...
Feb 6, 2023


RBC’s C$13.5bn Acquisition of HSBC Canada
By Jack Lee, Jeremia Darmadi, Heather Leung, Sissi Zeng and Victor Leung (HKUST), Ayushman Mukherjee, Matthew Liu and Divy Dayal...
Jan 17, 2023


EQT’s $1.7bn Acquisition of Billtrust
By Théo Leleup and Tom Bendinelli (HEC Paris), Nishil Lakhani (University of Nottingham) Photo: Nathan Dumlao (Unsplash) Overview of the...
Oct 31, 2022


KKR’s £1.56b Acquisition of Accell Group
Martin Palomar, Tom Bendinelli, Dorian Song and Léo Clément (HEC Paris) Photo: Coen van de Broek (Unsplash) Introduction On January 24,...
Mar 15, 2022
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