M&A

 Mergers & Acquisitions News (M&A)

• German insurance giant Allianz will acquire HSBC's Singapore life and health insurance business for $2.1B Reuters

• Blackstone, Donerail, and Centerbridge are the final bidders to acquire yacht retailer MarineMax for $1B Reuters

• Japan's Seven & i Holdings ended talks to invest $1B in Polish convenience store operator Zabka Group Yahoo.Finance

• Amancio Ortega's family office Pontegadea Inversiones acquired theCapital 8 business center in Paris from Invesco for $912M Bloomberg

• Tech PE firm Ridgeview offered to acquire UK's Pinewood Technologies for $726M at a 42% premium Yahoo.Finance

• Ares held talks to acquire $85B AUM PE firm Leonard Green & Partners Financial Times

• State-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp.signed a $16B lease agreement with a group of investors led by Blackstone, Brookfield, and KKR Reuters

• Hellman & Friedman is exploring a sale of software firm TeamSystem at a $9B valuation Financial Times