The scoops are coming in thick and fast today!
Now former boss and colleague Mark, "the Kleinmanator", Kleinman of Sky News is reporting that Abrdn (the combination of Aberdeen and Standard Life) is in talks to buy online retail stockbroker Interactive Investor for £1.5 billion.
The talks are advanced, so you could seen an RNS this Monday, says Kleiny. Below is a link to his scoop:..
Tucked away in the back of the business section of my old employer - The Daily Telegraph - are some rather interesting comments from Gervais Williams, the respected fund manager, about the prospect of a pick up in dealmaking.
Williams, who runs the Diverse Income invesmtent trust - told Richard Evans, a rather nice former ex-colleague who writes the Questor column- that London-listed companies are at "unusually attractive valuations"...
Oh look - Comcast has just announced it owns over 30pc of Sky after tapping up shareholders (officially) for stock after the Saturday's shenanigans were finalised.
21st Century Fox has appointed a powerful shareholder solicitation firm amid speculation it is preparing to launch a final "knockout" offer for Sky.
According to sources claiming to be familiar with the matter, Rupert Murdoch's media group - which has already struck a deal to sell the majority of its assets to Walt Disney Corporation for $52 billion - has mandated Georgeson to sound out Sky shareholders about whether they are willing to support its £14.00 a share offer for Sky...
This time last week Betaville was all aflutter after the Daily Mail splashed its business section and wrote a comment piece on the possiblity of Comcast making a £19 billion counter offer for FTSE 100-listed broadcaster Sky...
Sorry for the lack of posts in the last couple of days I have been rather busy doing some freelance work for my chums at The Sunday Times.
Indeed, diligent followers of my work might have noticed I had a few jackanories in today's business section, including one on financial news giant the Mergermarket Group, publisher of Debtwire and Dealreporter...
It's a Monday, so here is a link to today's session:
http://tiptv.co.uk/ma-update-fox-sky-deal-just-beginning-betaville/..
It's a Monday, so regular readers are likely to be expecting another Tip TV session with the urbane Zak Mir.
But this also gives me the opportunity to introduce readers to a newly-designed Betaville. I hope you like the new website.
Anyway, that's enough of the self promotion. Below is the link to today's session.