Tuesday, 2 April 2013 | Biman Mukerji Indian Fertilizer Firms Hunt for Resources Click here to read full article: www.wsj.com
Monday, 25 March 2013 | Antoine Gara Dell Reboots Takeover With Blackstone, Icahn Offers NEW YORK ( TheStreet) — The biggest private equity buyout since the financial crisis has received a […]
Monday, 25 March 2013 | Jonathan Berr WILL MICHAEL DELL PLAY HARDBALL WITH RIVAL BIDS? He wants to buy the company he founded decades ago. But 2 other offers have come in […]
Friday, 22 March 2013 | Javier E. David AS US ENERGY SECTOR FLOURISHES, SO DO KEY STOCKS Click here to read full article at www.cnbc.com The oil and gas development revolution […]
February 27, 2013 The Valence Group has acted as M&A advisor to Tessenderlo Group on the intended sale of its Compounds activities to Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation. Terms of the transaction […]
Saturday, 16 Feb 2013 | Matt Twomey WE KNOW M&A’S BACK—BUT WHERE’S IT GOING? Read full article at cnbc.com M&A activity could be up some 50 percent this year, and analysts […]
February 4, 2013 | Patrick Winters & Sheenagh Matthews Clariant Exit Seen Ending Leather-Chemical M&A False Starts Clariant AG (CLN)’s decision to sell its leather-chemicals business is poised to spark more deals in […]
January 22nd, 2013 The Valence Group, the world’s largest chemicals and materials investment banking boutique, has hired Ian George as Managing Director. Ian, who will be based in the firm’s […]
Monday, 14 January 2013 | Giles Turner Q&A: Hall expounds the intrinsic attractiveness of specialisation Peter Hall co-founded the firm in 2008, with several fellow Bear Stearns alumni, to focus […]
January 14th, 2013 The Valence Group, the world’s largest chemicals and materials investment banking boutique, has hired Alex Khutorsky as Managing Director. Alex, who will be based in the firm’s […]
January 9, 2013 | Jonathan Shieber “Buyout Firms Will Head to the Chem Lab In 2013” Investment bankers, analysts and investors are predicting a busy year for buyout firms looking to […]
January 8th, 2013 The Valence Group has acted as M&A adviser to Golden Gate Capital on its acquisition of ArrMaz Custom Chemicals (“ArrMaz”) from private equity firm Snow Phipps. Terms […]
21 December 2012 | Joseph Chang NEW YORK(ICIS)–There is a great will on the part of global chemical companies for mergers and acquisitions (M&A), but two major roadblocks are hindering activity […]
Thursday, December 20 2012 | Bailey McCann Movers & Shakers: New Research Shows Big PE Play in the Chemical Industry Click here to view full article at www.opalesque.com Chemicals companies are […]
December 17, 2012 | Ed Crooks Chemical boom hit by construction costs Click here to read the full article on the Financial Times One consequence of the rising surge of investment in US […]
December 17th, 2012 The Valence Group, a specialist M&A investment bank offering advisory services to companies and investors in the chemicals, materials and related sectors, has advised Niacet Corporation on […]
21 November 2012 Chemical Companies are Continuing to Seek Growth Opportunities Mergers & Acquisitions – Almost 35% of chemicals M&A transactions currently involve Asia or the Middle East. With […]
November 13, 2012 | Prudence Ho Chemical Sector Begins to Simmer Click here to view the full article on The Wall Street Journal After a lackluster few quarters, as economic uncertainty globally […]
November 12, 2012 | Andrew Noel Borealis Acquires Plastomers Venture From Exxon, Royal DSM Click here to view full article at www.bloomberg.com Borealis AG agreed to buy a plastomers joint […]
Joseph Chang | ICIS Click here to read the full interview at ICIS.com NEW YORK (ICIS)–US chemical merger and acquisition (M&A) activity should get a boost following the US presidential […]
Joseph Chang | ICIS Click here to read the full article at ICIS.com After all the hard campaigning, billions of dollars in political advertising, the rhetoric, the debates and posturing, […]
1 November 2012 | Agustino Fontevecchia The $2.5 trillion chemicals industry provides a good vantage point from which to observe the state of the global economy, as many of its products […]
September 24th, 2012 The Valence Group has advised IGM on the sale of the company to NY-based private equity firm, Arsenal Capital, that specializes in making investments in middle market […]
21 September 2012 | Patrick Winters Syngenta to Buy Biotech Seedmaker Devgen for $523 Million Syngenta AG (SYNN) agreed to buy Devgen (DEVG) for about 403 million euros ($523 million) as […]
McIntosh: How the Boutique Model is Challenging the Large Investment Banks Compared to the scale of operations of the likes of Goldman Sachs, the boutique investment bank is a more […]
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19 July 2012 | Ernest Scheyder Georgia Gulf doubles in size with PPG chlorine deal (Reuters) – Georgia Gulf Corp GGC.N struck a deal to buy PPG Industries Inc’s (PPG.N) commodity […]
15 June 2012 Fertilizer Industry Performs Best, Biofuels Worst among Chemical Sub-Sectors The fertilizer industry has been the best share performer over the past five years, and biofuels industry shares […]
28 May 2012 | Giles Turner & Tom Osborn More hires than fires lift some market gloom While the majority of firms are cutting staff a few opportunistic banks and boutiques in the […]
21 May 2012 | Andrea Tse & Shanthi Bharatwaj Stocks Snap Losing Streak in Style Wall Street gets a lift from M&A activity and news that the Chinese government plans to […]
Evonik IPO to underscore its key role Click here to read article
4 May 2012 Investors underestimate opportunity in agriculture SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Investors have been put off by weak performance in most agricultural markets, but prices at these levels may […]
April 26th, 2012 The Valence Group hasadvised Arsenal Capital on the sale to BASF of Novolyte, a leading global producer of electrolyte materials for lithium batteries and high-performance solvents. The […]
The Valence Group is advising Arkema on its announced project for the sale of its tin stabilizer business to PMC Group, headquartered in Mount Laurel, NJ, a manufacturer of performance […]
The Valence Group has launched The Valence Global Chemicals Indices, a unique benchmark and share performance tool for the diversified global chemicals industries. The Valence Global Chemicals Indices break down […]
The Valence Group acts as independent advisor to the Board of Directors of Solutia in relation to the acquisition of Solutia by Eastman Chemical Company The Valence Group, a specialist […]
The Valence Group, a specialist M&A investment bank offering advisory services to companies and investors in the chemicals, materials and related sectors, has advised Kennametal (NYSE: KMT) on its proposed […]
The Valence Group, a specialist M&A investment bank offering advisory services to companies and investors in the chemicals, materials and related sectors, advised TA Associates, a Boston-based private equity firm, […]