Southern California Bancorp, the holding company for Bank of Southern California, and California BanCorp, the holding company for California Bank of Commerce, will merge in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $233.6 million. read more

JAN 31, 2024 - 6:36 am

BlackRock entered an agreement to acquire Global Infrastructure Partners, an independent infrastructure fund manager, for total consideration of $3 billion of cash and approximately 12 million shares of BlackRock common stock. read more

JAN 12, 2024 - 7:02 am

Citizens’ 2024 M&A outlook report revealed optimism about the environment for dealmaking activity this year, underpinned by solid expectations for the U.S. economy and a pop in enthusiasm, especially among buyers. read more

JAN 11, 2024 - 7:00 am

HSBC Continental Europe completed the sale of its retail banking business in France to CCF, a subsidiary of Promontoria MMB SAS (My Money Group) on Jan. 1. read more

JAN 2, 2024 - 6:51 am

Daseke, a North American transportation solutions specialist, entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by TFI International, a North American transportation and logistics company, in an all-cash transaction that values Daseke at an enterprise value of approximately $1.1 billion. read more

DEC 28, 2023 - 6:48 am

Houlihan Lokey expanded its private funds group by acquiring Triago Management Development, an independent advisory firm with core capabilities in primary fund and direct investment fundraising. read more

DEC 27, 2023 - 6:31 am

Royal Bank of Canada received approval to proceed with its acquisition of HSBC Bank Canada from Canada’s federal Minister of Finance. read more

DEC 26, 2023 - 7:01 am

Baltimore Potomac Truck Centers acquired TMI Truck & Equipment, which consists of two dealerships in Chesapeake and Norfolk, VA. The acquisition was completed on Nov. 13. read more

DEC 26, 2023 - 6:51 am

American Industrial Transport, an affiliate of ITE Management, completed the acquisition of certain of the railcar assets and operations formerly owned by rail leasing company SMBC Rail Services. read more

DEC 15, 2023 - 6:50 am

H&E Equipment Services signed a definitive agreement to acquire the business of Phoenix-based Precision Rentals. read more

DEC 12, 2023 - 6:45 am

A new survey on mergers and acquisitions disputes from audit, tax and advisory firm Grant Thornton revealed that dispute activity has increased along with overall deal volume. read more

DEC 8, 2023 - 7:15 am

Banc of California completed its merger with PacWest Bancorp pursuant to which PacWest has merged into Banc of California and, as of today, Banc of California has merged into Pacific Western Bank. The combined bank will operate under the Banc of California name and brand. read more

DEC 1, 2023 - 6:58 am

Banc of California and PacWest Bancorp received the necessary stockholder approval for the proposed combination of Banc of California and PacWest at their respective special meetings of stockholders held last week. read more

NOV 27, 2023 - 6:38 am

Textainer Group, a lessor of intermodal containers, announced the expiration of the 30-day “go-shop” period under the terms of the definitive agreement it entered into to be acquired by Stonepeak, an alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets. read more

NOV 22, 2023 - 6:28 am

Composite Advanced Technologies, an affiliate of Apollo, acquired Kelley Leasing Partners, a compressed gas transportation leasing company, and launched Hydria, a compressed gas platform providing equipment and services. read more

NOV 15, 2023 - 7:00 am