Advising clients to sell shares is back in vogue among the more traditional stockbrokers.
A decade ago or so the blue chip brokers used to write all sorts of negative equity research about London-listed companies but then the thought police took control...
Scribblers at Quest aren't satisfied with talking up the prospects of dealmaking in the UK market.
Now Graham Simpson, an analyst at Quest, is casting his eye over Europe, suggesting there could be a flurry of takeovers of undervalued European businesses...
You can rely on Cannacord Genuity's Quest to be bullish about the prospect of more takeover deals this year.
Well, at the very least scribblers at Quest are attempting to put an optimistic spin on this year's lacklustre dealmaking environment in Britain...
There is an old saying on Fleet Street: three makes a journalistic trend.
So, no wonder little Betaville's old boss, Richard "Fletch" Fletcher, decided splash his business section in The Times for the second time in several days on the sudden mini M&A boom following takeover approaches fo London-listed THG, Network International and Dechra Pharmaceuticals...
Scribblers at Quest were this morning talking up the prospect of corporate dealmaking in the next quarter despite the bearish sentiment pervading markets.
Following last week's flurry of technology deals (i.e. Open Text's bid for Micro Focus International and Schneider Electric's possible offer for Aveva) analysts at Quest, the cashflow analysis division of Canaccord Genuity, reckon there could be a few more corporate deals in the United Kingdom on the horizon...
Ping! A note arrives from Quest, the cashflow analysis unit of broker Cannacord Genuity.
The writer is James Congdon, the analyst who has consistently predicted cash calls by Aston Martin, the luxury car marque. (see - https://www.betaville.co.uk/news/bears-paw-astin-martin-lagonda-part-2/)..
Scribblers at Quest are tipping ITV and housebuilder Crest Nicholson as takeover targets for private equity as part of a 'gold rush' period for buy-out firms looking to pick up oversold bargains from the London market.
Yes, you read that right - ITV. Below is a link to The Times piece highlighting Quest's research...
Betaville spends a lot of time talking to top City of London dealmakers even when they are working from home. Most of them say that everything that was being looked at by potential acquirers prior to early March is either off or on hold. Some M&A bankers are looking at moving into restructuring...