The Vereniging van Effectenbezitters (VEB), the industry body representing the rights and interests of investors in the Netherlands, told Equity Report it favours an all-cash offer for Dutch paints maker AkzoNobel over a merger with
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the European Commission (EC) are expected to collaborate more closely on the design of remedies in cross-border merger control reviews as the two jurisdictions are finalising a
CMA and EC expected to collaborate more closely on remedy design Read More »
Poste Italiane’s €10.8bn (US$12.6bn) proposed takeover offer for Telecom Italia (TIM) is not expected to face major competition concerns, according to three Italian antitrust sources with knowledge of the case. On 10 April, Poste said
From a lack of transparency to irrelevant filings, Italian foreign direct investment (FDI) lawyers have flagged several concerns about the country’s golden power regime aimed at protecting Italian assets on national security grounds. Last November,
A top ten investor in Italian commercial vehicle maker Iveco Group, which is in the process of being acquired by Indian peer Tata Motors following the recent closing of the sale of its defence business
Top ten Iveco Group shareholder considers Tata Motors offer “too low” Read More »
The board of Telecom Italia (TIM) has not yet mandated advisers to assess the €10.8bn (US$12.5bn) takeover offer it received by Italy’s postal services provider Poste Italiane on 22 March, according to a person close
TIM board will not start fully assessing Poste Italiane offer before end of April Read More »
An investor in both Commerzbank and UniCredit told Equity Report he is not in total disagreement with UniCredit chief executive Andrea Orcel’s takeover approach on the German peer but he does not find the move
Minority shareholders who have raised concerns over the proposed merger between Dutch paint and coatings producer AkzoNobel and its US peer Axalta would struggle to build a legal case which would allow them to block
The EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) continues to face calls for reform by market participants as questions rise over its impact on investment. Corporate and legal experts voiced their concerns on the matter while speaking
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The chair of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Andrew N. Ferguson, does not intend to shy away from pursuing litigation in antitrust cases where he thinks the agency has the upper hand. “If we
US FTC chair indicates more litigation to come under his leadership Read More »
Valeria is a seasoned business and financial journalist with fifteen years of industry experience.
Before launching Equity Report in October 2022, Valeria was European Editor for US-based financial news service CTFN, where she spent seven years reporting on event-driven situations, breaking news stories on complex financial and regulatory issues across several jurisdictions, from Europe and Africa to China, India, Brazil, and Australia.
Prior to that, she was Senior Reporter at TelecomFinance, Middle East correspondent, and later Southern Europe correspondent at Mergermarket (currently ION), and held a number of editorial positions with Dubai and London-based b2b publications.
She holds a BA (Hons) in Languages and Public Relations from Leeds Beckett University and an MA in International Journalism from University of Central Lancashire.
