The Mail on Sunday's hardworking business section dug out this weekend's biggest deal scoop.
According to Amy-Jo Crowley's report, NatWest - the bank that was formerly known as Royal Bank of Scotland - is in the early stages weighing a takeover bid for FTSE 250-listed Quilter. Below is the link:..
Quelle surprise: Aston Martin Lagonda, the London-listed maker of the luxury car marque, is ploughing ahead with another equity fundraising after all.
Well, that's according to Peter Campbell of the Financial Times, whohas just landed a cracking tale about Aston Marin tapping shareholders up for about to £500 million with much of that coming from another rights issue. Below is a link to Campbell's scoop:..
The Mail on Sunday's scoop about a takeover bid for Euromoney, Betaville's former employer, has been confirmed.
This morning Euromoney said it has received an approach pitched at £14.61 from buy-out firms Astorg and Epiris. Below is the link to the confirmation:..
Most this weekend's Sunday newspaper business sections were dominated by stories about interest rates, stock market falls and cryptocurrency wipe outs.
But there was one deal story that caught Betaville's eye: a piece in the Mail on Sunday about how FTSE 250-listed Euromoney has drawn takeover interest from buy-out firms...
Hat tip to Neil "Neily" Craven, the Mail on Sunday's extremely hard working deputy city editor, who reported just over a week ago that Authentic Brands may "pull its bid" for Ted Baker, the London-listed fashion label.
Below are the links to Neily's piece and also the announcement from Ted Baker today...
Neil "Neily" Craven dug out one of the most interesting weekend lines on THG, the London-listed online retailer.
The hardworking Mail on Sunday deputy business editor and colleague wrote yesterday that Matt Moulding, the founder of THG, would back an offer for THG of 250p a share.
That is some premium to where the shares closed on Friday - 145p a share...
Splashed across the pages of most of today's British newspapers business sections is the latest twist on the battle between FTSE 100-listed energy giant SSE and Elliott, the activist investor led by Paul Singer.
This time Elliott has officially broken cover by going "on the record" about its position and what it wants (for the moment). Below are the links to all the relevant articles:..
Plenty of Fleet Street hacks have jumped on the bear story surrounding The Hut Group, the London-listed e-commerce company also known as THG, in the last few days.
Indeed, the company's problems, including an over 40pc share price collapse over a fortnight, are managing to fill whole front pages and commentary columns this week...
It's been almost eighteen months since Betaville has enjoyed a good old fashioned knees up with fellow hacks (basically alcoholic drinks in a dingy pub in the backstreets of London).
So, it was great to catch up with old colleagues and friends from The Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday tonight for John "The Ridge" Collingridge's leaving do before he heads of to become head of business at The Guardian...
Chums at the Mail on Sunday dug out a decent tale about top institutional shareholders backing GlaxoSmithKline in its running battle with American hedgie Elliott Management...