Merger & Acquisition News

STAMFORD, Conn. & CARMEL, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hildene Capital Management, LLC (together with its affiliates, “Hildene”), an $18+ billion credit-focused alternative asset manager, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SILAC, Inc., the parent company of SILAC Insurance Company (“SILAC”), a leading provider of fixed and fixed indexed annuity products in the U.S. SILAC is headquartered in Carmel, IN and has operations across 48 states and the District of Columbia. The p...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF) (“Jefferies”) announced today it is acquiring a 50% interest in Hildene Holding Company, LLC, the parent of Hildene Capital Management, LLC and its affiliates (“Hildene”), a credit-focused asset manager with over $18 billion of assets under management for a broad range of clients in hedge fund, separately managed account, drawdown, securitization and insurance solutions products. This commitment is coincident with Hildene sig...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with NEO NEXT Energy Limited (NEO NEXT) under which TotalEnergies will merge its Upstream business with NEO NEXT and become the leading shareholder in the expanded NEO NEXT, which will be renamed NEO NEXT+, with a 47.5% ownership. After completion of the transaction, NEO NEXT+ will: be jointly owned by TotalEnergies (47.5%), HitecVision (28.875%) and Repsol UK (23.625%) and encompass a large and diverse asset portfolio including nota...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--COOL COMPANY Ltd. (“CoolCo” or the “Company”) (NYSE: CLCO / CLCO.OL) has announced today that it has established an updated record date of December 16, 2025 for a special meeting of its shareholders. At the special meeting, the date of which will be announced in due course, the Company’s shareholders will vote on the previously announced proposed merger of CoolCo with a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of EPS Ventures Ltd. CoolCo shareholders of record at the close...

MUSCATINE, Iowa & GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HNI Corporation and Steelcase Inc. Shareholders Approve Proposals in Connection with HNI’s Proposed Acquisition of Steelcase...

BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Constellation announced it reached a resolution with the U.S. Department of Justice on the conditions required to complete the Calpine acquisition....

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Learning, the global leader in financial learning and professional certifications, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Moody’s Analytics Learning Solutions (MALS) and the Canadian Securities Institute (CSI). MALS is a global provider of credit and digital learning, and CSI is a leading provider of certifications for the Canadian financial services industry. Fitch Learning, recognized globally as the premier financial education provider, delivers...

GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) (the “Company”) today announced that the Company has been informed by representatives of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. (“MSI”), a leading Japanese property and casualty insurance carrier, that MSI has acquired beneficial ownership of at least 12.5% of the Company’s outstanding common stock (the “Common Stock”) pursuant to MSI’s previously announced agreements with a company owned by members of the Berkley family and...

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Socure, the AI-first platform for global identity, compliance and risk decisioning, today announced it has acquired Qlarifi, the first real-time Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) consumer credit database. The combination establishes the industry’s first unified identity, anti-fraud, and BNPL credit infrastructure, building on the huge successes of Socure’s First Party Fraud Consortium. This enables consumers to build credit responsibly through BNPL repayment, redu...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Otovo USA, a leading home and business energy service provider, today announced it has completed a merger with Otovo ASA, a European leader in residential power, to form a global home and business services company with an AI-driven service platform. The newly combined company, Otovo, has a footprint that extends across Europe and parts of the United States with a home and business energy offering that unites retail power, repair service, and grid trading. Shares of Oto...