(Mostly) Asia M&A: April 2020 Roundup
For the month of April, just six new deals were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall announced deal size of ~US$9.4bn. Clicking on the...
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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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Cocokara & Matsumotokiyoshi: Good for Matsumotokiyoshi & Better for Cocokara
What’s Going on With Cocokara Fine & Matsumotokiyoshi On April 26th 2019, an announcement was made of a possible merger between...
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Cocokara/MatsuKiyo - Disappointing But Not Disappointing
On 26 April 2019, just before the start of the Golden Week holiday, Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co (3088 JP) (hereafter "MatsuKiyo" or "MK") and...
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Gotta Go With Cocokara
Just before Golden Week last year, specialty drugstore retailers Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co (3088 JP) (#4 or #5 in sales) and Cocokara Fine (3098...
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