Irish Nationwide, the building society moving towards a sale, has confirmed it is almost ready to hire corporate advisers, the Irish Examiner reported. The article quoted a spokesman for the business ... [more]

Nash Insurance Consultants could be headed for sale after Ernst & Young's appointment to look into the group's strategic options. The unattributed piece said the sale could come as soon as the beginni... [more]

Detica is to acquire M.A. International (m.a. partners), the management consultancy with 130 staff and offices in London and New York, for up to £32m. Deltica will make an initial payment of £20.5m in... [more]

Pearson is to acquire Mergermarket, the provider of financial information to investment banks with offices in London, New York and Hong Kong, for £101m. Founded in 2000, Mergermarket publishes market ... [more]

Investors in Prudential, the listed insurance giant, are pushing for the disposal of the UK assets according to reports. According to a person familiar with the matter, several major shareholders are ... [more]

Computer Software Group has acquired Videss, the legal software developer with offices in Leeds and Swindon, for £7m. The consideration will be satisfied by £6.57m in cash and the remainder in shares.... [more]

Metal Bulletin, the financial publisher, is to be acquired by Euromoney Institutional Investor for £221m. Euromoney's offer of 400 pence per share beats its previous offer in July of £187m (340 pence ... [more]

City Index is to acquire IFX, the financial spread betting company, for £58m. The 180 pence per share offer represents a premium of 15 per cent on IFX's share price on 25th April, when City's potentia... [more]

UK-listed life insurer and wealth manager Prudential could consider the sale of its closed with-profit portfolio, management has said. Closed funds - books of business that are closed to new entrants ... [more]