[Japan M&A] KKR and Founder to Take Engineer Staffing Agency Forum Engineering (7088) Private
KKR and Founder Okubo-san are taking engineering staffing agency Forum Engineering private. High headline multiple on minimum transparency. Not...
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Forum Engineering (7088 JP): KKR’s Tender Offer at JPY1,710
While the offer is arguably light, as it falls below the midpoint of the IFA DCF range, it remains attractive compared to precedent transactions,...
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(Mostly) Asia M&A, Nov 2025 Wrap: Qube, Forum Engineering, National Storage REIT, Star Micronics
For the month of November, 8 new deals were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall deal size of ~US$10bn. The average premium for the new deals...
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Merger Arb Mondays (01 Dec) - AUB, Qube, NSR, Dongfeng, ENN, Jinke, ANE, Canon Electronics, Low Keng
I summarise the latest spreads and newsflow of merger arb situations we cover across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan,...
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Asia-Pac M&A Weekly Wrap: Mandom, Monash IVF, National Storage REIT, Iress, Digital Holdings, Grindr
This insight provides a summary of gross/annualised spreads (on deals discussed on Smartkarma) across Asia-Pacific as at the last trading date, and...
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