Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Caesars Entertainment

28/05/2026 14:42

Adds:  Apex Service Partners, Caesars Entertainment, World Insurance Associates,  Howden Ireland  Updates: Johnson Matthey
May 28 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Thursday:
     
** Home services company Apex Service Partners has agreed to sell a minority stake to Apollo Global Management <APO.N> in a deal that a source familiar with the matter said values the whole company at $10 billion, including debt.
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** Tilman Fertitta-owned firm will buy Caesars Entertainment <CZR.O> in a $17.6 billion deal, the companies said, as the hospitality billionaire seeks to expand his leisure empire.
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** World Insurance Associates has acquired Lakeland, Florida-based Lock Insurance, the brokerage announced on Wednesday.
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** Howden Ireland has acquired Dublin-based financial and investment planning firm Opes Private Clients, further expanding its wealth management and advisory footprint in the country, the broker said.
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** British chemicals firm Johnson Matthey (JM) <JMAT.L> agreed to buy Cormetech for $360 million, in a bid to tap demand for emission control tied to mushrooming U.S. data centres, even as it forecast slower profit growth for fiscal 2027.
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** French utility EDF has postponed a plan to sell a stake in its Italian subsidiary Edison <EDNn.MI> to next year as the disruption to liquefied natural gas supplies due to the Iran conflict drags on, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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** CoStar Group <CSGP.O>, a commercial real estate data and listings company, is nearing a deal to acquire housing‑market data provider Zonda for nearly $800 million from private equity firm MidOcean Partners, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Koyena Das in Bengaluru)
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