Sept 26 (Reuters) - Macquarie said on Thursday its infrastructure fund and other pension funds will sell a co-owned 74.25% combined stake in Queensland Airports Ltd to a consortium comprising global investment firm KKR and Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund. The Infrastructure Fund, managed by Macquarie Asset Management, and pension funds State Super and Australian Retirement Trust, will sell their combined...

* Global M&A volume up 14% to $846.8 billion * U.S. M&A volume slides 8% from last year * Asia Pacific deal volume surges 54% * Mars' $36 billion takeover of Kellanova ( K ) biggest deal of Q3 * Private equity-led buyouts up 42% By Anirban Sen and Andres Gonzalez NEW YORK/LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Dealmakers are bracing...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines ( LUV ) will lay out a strategy on Thursday to turn around its business and restore profit margins to pre-pandemic levels as the U.S. carrier faces pressure from an activist investor to shake up its management. The pioneering low-cost airline once boasted a record 47 consecutive years of profit before the COVID-19 pandemic. But...

(Reuters) - Australian casino operator Star Entertainment posted a 71% drop in annual profit on Thursday, hurt by tighter regulatory restrictions, higher operating expenses and weak consumer spending. The cash-strapped casino firm has been plagued with tighter regulatory controls, guest management, and governance compliance costs over the past two years following alleged breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing rules....