Smartkarma Originals
A Potential Asian LBO Screening System
With a relatively full slate of large value takeovers in Developed Asia in the past year - often by parents but also by buyout funds - and the...
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Omron into the Nikkei 225, Pioneer Out
Friday 8 March after the close, the Nikkei announced that because the third party share sale of Pioneer Corp (6773 JP) had been completed, it...
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Pioneer Shareholders Approve Deal | What Next?
On Friday 25 January 2019, shareholders of Pioneer Corp (6773 JP) voted to implement a self-imposed (self-inflicted?) equity "cramdown" of...
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Barring Beleaguered Booster Boldness, Baring Buys Pioneer (In a Takeunder)
Pioneer Corp (6773 JP) has been under the cosh for years, and multiple self-directed rescue efforts have been to no avail. In early September it...
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Hitachi to Sell Clarion? Alpine Investors Take Note!
Yesterday after the close, the Nikkei carried a very short article saying that Hitachi Ltd (6501 JP) was "poised to" sell its 63.6% stake in car...
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