Intel sells 51% stake in Altera to private equity firm on a $8.75B valuation

Re:Intel sells 51% stake in Altera to private equity firm on... by JoshTriplett on Monday April 14, 2025 @07:58PM (#43687594)

If you hold stock in company A, and your current company B acquires company A, that's not insider trading if you already owned the stock in company A before you had any information that company B was going to make that decision.

It is, however, a conflict of interest for you to be involved in company B's acquisition of company A (e.g. influencing company B to buy company A), and might even rise to the level of a breach of your fiduciary duty to company B.

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Re:Intel sells 51% stake in Altera to private equity firm on... by 3eb7988a1663 on Monday April 14, 2025 @09:07PM (#43688012)

I know a woman who was part of a M&A team. On her first day, she was told her days of owning individual stocks in the industry were over. She could only purchase aggregate funds. Although, I do wonder if the same rules apply to the VPs who actually have to sign off on the deals.

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