UNCOOKED ALERT: Pearson said to ... - Part 2
Friday, 11 March 2022, 11:20 am
So, it turns out it was Apollo stalking Pearson, the FTSE 100-listed education publisher.
Below is the link to the press release:
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Chelsea FC on the block; Abramovich said to be seeking £3 billion, according to reports - Part 7
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 10:57 am
Forget about days; it would appear there is a new bidder interested in buying Chelsea Football Club every hour.
Last night it emerged Josh Harris - the former Apollo dealmaker that owns a stake in Crystal Palace - and Jamie Reuben, the son and nephew of billionaire brothers David and Simon Reuben, have both thrown their hat in the ring to buy Chelsea FC from Roman Abramovich, the Russian oligarch...
UNCOOKED ALERT: Tronox Holdings said to ... - Part 2
Monday, 13 September 2021, 5:37 pm
Oh look - rivals at Reuters have finally decided to follow Betaville's intelligence from a couple of weeks ago about a potential takeover of Tronox Holdings, the US-listed titanium ore and zircon mining company.
Below is a link to my original alert and the Reuters follow up, which suggests Apollo has made an approach for the company...
UNCOOKED ALERT: J Sainsbury said to ... - Part 2
Sunday, 22 August 2021, 9:10 am
Rivals at The Sunday Times have this morning gone big on the prospects of Apollo taking a 45-degree right hand turn and launching a multi-billion pound bid for J Sainsbury instead of Morrisons. Below is a link to this morning's business splash "scoop" from retail hack Sam Chambers:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bidders-train-guns-on-sainsburys-sh8228nst..
Softbank-backed Fortress teams up with American billionaires to make £6.3 billion counter bid for WM Morrison - Part 3
Monday, 5 July 2021, 8:39 am
It appears The Sunday Telegraph was bang on the money with it's weekend line about Apollo Global Management coming in for WM Morrison.
So who would have thought it: a potential three-way tussle for Morrisons! Below is the link to the Apollo statement:..
China's HNA Group said to rekindle $3 billion Swissport sale - sources - Part 4
Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 7:08 am
I see Reuters is reporting that China's HNA is looking to rekindle a sale of Swissport International, the baggage handling group. Below is a link to media group's story.
China's HNA Group said to rekindle $3 billion Swissport sale - sources - Part 3
Thursday, 16 January 2020, 3:59 pm
American hedge fund Centrebridge is said to be one of the more enthusiastic parties interested in HNA's Swissport, the Swiss airport cargo handling group.
Readers might recall that Betaville reported late last year China's embattled HNA Group is once again trying to offload Swissport, the airport cargo handling group, via bankers from NM Rothschild and boutique firm Benedetto Gartland & Company...
RARE ALERT: RPC said to... - Part 4
Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 10:49 pm
Betaville has to admit it's puzzling that there was no deal announcement following yesterday's definitive report from the Wall Street Journal about the £3 billion takeover of RPC by Apollo being announced today.
In case you missed it, below is a link to the WSJ story following Betaville's Friday RARE on the topic:..
Another Insider scoop...
Tuesday, 28 August 2018, 7:33 pm
Hat tip to The Insurance Insider.
Adam McNestrie, editor of the trade newspaper for the specialist insurance industry, broke a tale last week about the imminent takeover of US-listed insurer Aspen by Leon Black's Apollo for $2.6 billion. Below is the link:..
Alan McIntosh's Punch line up
Thursday, 23 March 2017, 3:43 pm
This Heineken / Punch takeover deal appears to be almost done and dusted but I did discover over lunch the other day (that's old school "journalism" for you, I guess) some more detail about the consortium Alan McIntosh was trying to put together to buy the business...