Apollo Global Management News

Xchanging Urges Shareholders to Accept CSC Bid; No Superior Bid Expected

Outsourcing company Xchanging Plc said it did not expect a superior cash offer from Ebix Inc and urged shareholders to accept a bid from U.S.-based Computer Sciences Corp. Insurance software company Ebix had in November made a 450 million pound …

UK’s Xchanging Receives Takeover Bid from Computer Sciences Corp. for $640M

Outsourcing company Xchanging Plc , which has already accepted a takeover offer from Capita Plc, has received a proposal from U.S.-based Computer Sciences Corp., which values the company at about 421 million pounds ($640 million). Shares in Xchanging – which …

Apollo’s Life Insurance Unit Athene Holding Said to Be Examined for Caesars Link

Apollo Global Management LLC’s dual stakes in an insurer and the largest operator of U.S. casinos are drawing scrutiny by New York’s top financial regulator, who doesn’t want policyholders exposed to the gambling firm’s debt, a person briefed on the …

Apollo, CVC Seek Initial Public Offering of Insurer Brit Group

Brit Insurance Holdings B.V., a Lloyd’s of London insurer owned by Apollo Global Management LLC and CVC Capital Partners Ltd., is planning an initial public offering in London next month. A minimum of 25 percent of the company will be …

Aviva’s Buyer Intends to Trim Des Moines-Area Jobs

The buyer of Aviva USA intends to trim about 90 Aviva jobs in the Des Moines, Iowa-area as it cuts about 10 percent of the insurer’s workforce. The Des Moines Register says Aviva employees were told about the cutbacks in …

Catalina Receives New Equity Commitment from Managed Funds

Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd, a long term consolidator in the non-life run-off sector, announced that funds and other entities “managed or advised by Apollo Global Management, and/or its subsidiaries (collectively, ‘Apollo’) have agreed to acquire, via a newly formed entity, …