Betaville

2018 - a year of private equity tyre kicking...

On the cusp of the New Year Betaville thought looking backwards might be useful excercise to figure out what 2019 holds, especially for those bankers, lawyers and investors looking to get involved in dealmaking next year.

One thing that struck Betaville was the amount of attempted leveraged buy-outs of public companies, in particular UK-listed businesses, that failed to make it over the finishing line...

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Chinese said to be in talks with Wirecard about purchasing a 25pc stake; could make a move on the whole company - part 4

Remember Wirecard?

Let me remind you in case you don't: it's the controversial German payment company that two years ago was the focus of a public attack by short sellers.

And two years ago, Betaville broke a series of stories about how Wirecard had seen interest from the Chinese, possibly China Mobile, about buying a large stake in the business. Below is a link to one of those pieces:..

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Chinese said to be in talks with Wirecard about purchasing a 25pc stake; could make a move on the whole company - part 3

I have a little update on the Wirecard story I wrote about a few weeks ago.

Regular readers will be well aware that about a month ago I broke a story about how Wirecard is/was in talks with a mystery Chinese investor, thought to be China Mobile, about purchasing a 25pc stake in Wirecard or, possibly, the entire company...

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