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Monday, December 31, 2012

Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions, (NYSE: DUF)

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Monday:** A group of private equity firms, including the Carlyle Group, struck a deal to purchase financial advisory and investment banking firm Duff & Phelps Corp for about $665.5 million.

Duff & Phelps Corporation (Duff & Phelps) is a provider of independent financial advisory and investment banking services. Shares of DUF remained unchanged at $13.05. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $11.36 and as high as $16.50. On average, 139389 shares of DUF exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 13550.



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