With so much (attempted) dealmaking taking place at the moment the Daily Mail's business section has decided this morning to wheel out a list of ten London-listed companies it believes could be vulnerable to a 'foreign predator'.
Now, when reading through the list of Daily Mail takeover targets it struck me that there were a few companies that have already appeared in these pixels before...
The Kleinmanator of Sky News landed a good tale yesterday about Schroders and Lloyds Banking Group looking at tie up of their wealth management units. And this morning the scoop was confirmed. Below is a link to the confirmation:
I see my former Daily Telegraph colleague, Katherine Griffiths, has written a rather lengthy article in today's The Times extolling the potential benefits of a combination of Lloyds Banking Group with Prudential M&G.
Below is a link to Katherine's piece:..
Prudential, the FTSE 100-listed insurance company, is said to have received a merger proposal for its UK and European operations ahead of the completion of its demerger into two separately-listed companies.
Earlier this week, the Financial Times suggested Germany's Allianz or a Chinese group is interested in buying the whole of Prudential...