FT Due Diligence
The great train takeover
The fiercest takeover battle of 2021 took place in a sector that hadn’t seen a major deal in over 20 years: the railroad industry. It began when Canadian Pacific agreed to buy smaller rival Kansas City Southern, a deal that would create the first US-Mexico-Canada railroad. But as the FT’s Arash Massoudi explains, everything changed when rival Canadian National gatecrashed the party.
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FT Due Diligence
FT Channels, a partnership destination that combines impactful and enriching multimedia content to spark curiosity and encourage discovery. Each vertical brings expert insights from the Financial Times and our Partners into the most pressing issues of our time.
FT Due Diligence is a video channel analysing the fast-moving world of M&A, illuminating the trends behind the complex global transactions and how to unlock value from acquisition deals. The channel alternates between independent reporting from FT journalists and insight on global dealmaking from law firm Baker McKenzie.