Latest News

Intel

Icahn launches Illumina proxy battle

Icahn launches Illumina proxy battle

Activist investor Carl Icahn is preparing to launch a proxy fight at Illumina, seeking three board seats, prompted by the biotech company's $8 billion acquisition of cancer screening start-up Grail, which Icahn says is now costing the company $800 million per year, according to reports.

Intel

Stax opens new London office

Stax opens new London office

Stax LLC, a global strategy consulting firm specialising in commercial due diligence, value creation, and exit planning for private equity firms, PE-backed companies, hedge funds, and investment banks, has opened a new office in London, which will serve as the base for the firm's European operations.

Intel

Mizuho trader joins BlueCrest

Mizuho trader joins BlueCrest

Rodrigo Ostik has become the latest bank trader to join BlueCrest, with the London head of sterling rates and inflation trading at Japanese bank Mizuho joining the firm as a portfolio manager based in London, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.