Green Day
Tuesday, 12 April 2016, 5:36 am
The Telegraph interview with the head of the Serious Fraud Office caught my eye as I was re-reading recent business coverage. Here is the link:..
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Quelle Surprise: Relypsa said to have received approaches
Saturday, 9 April 2016, 6:16 am
US biotech Relypsa shot up 67pc on Thursday thanks to this (see below) Reuters piece:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-relypsa-m-a-idUSKCN0X42B3
The thing is, I'm sure I mentioned on little old Betaville a couple of months ago something was afoot with Relypsa (from an M&A perspective). Here is the link:..
Quelle Surprise: Rob Terry confirms he is rebuilding stake in Imaginatik
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 3:11 pm
Oh look - I see my Rob Terry's outfit Quob Park Estate put a statement out last night after the market closed. The statement says his outfit now owns just over 5pc of Imaginatik, effectively confirming my tale from earlier in the week...
Canaccord Genuity wields the axe - part 3
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 5:39 am
It's tough times for the chaps in pin stripe suits at stockbroker Canaccord Genuity.
According to my mole, the Canadian broker - which is de-listing from the London Stock Exchange - has placed a blanket ban on silver service dining at its smart, wood-panelled dining rooms and restricted client lunches to sandwiches.
I imagine old school City stockbrokers (not that there are many of them left) view such modern day restrictions as abhorrent...
Multitasking
Tuesday, 5 April 2016, 3:32 pm
Clearly, the Panama Papers was one of the biggest stories around yesterday...
Weekend review on a Monday
Monday, 4 April 2016, 4:17 pm
My old mucker from my Telegraph days, James - "Quinny" - Quinn, had one of the best deal stories of the weekend after securing an on-the-record interview with Xavier Rolet, the boss of the London Stock Exchange...
2016's top Fool
Saturday, 2 April 2016, 10:30 am
Take a bow City AM for the best business April Fools story of 2016...
Quelle Surprise: Reuters reports £1 billion Argus Media Group sale is in the final stages
Thursday, 31 March 2016, 7:00 pm
This story - http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-argusmedia-sale-idUKKCN0WX1WH - broke on Reuters this afternoon...
Back on Tip TV talking about Whitbread, LSE and Actelion - part 2
Thursday, 31 March 2016, 7:11 am
There were a flurry of stories this evening about US pharmaceutical company Medivation hiring JP Morgan to field takeover offers...
Top of the market of the (London housing) market? - part 7
Wednesday, 30 March 2016, 12:00 am
Friends, readers and contacts who know me well know that I called the London property market right in 2007 (the last top) but ever since then I have called it wrong - as in, I still don't own a London residential property/house/flat.
So, for good reasons I have deliberately avoided prognosticating on what might happen with the London property market...
Argus Media Group appoints bankers to carry out sale of up to £1 billion - part 5
Tuesday, 29 March 2016, 5:59 pm
Apologies for the lack of posts over the last few days - I have been very busy scoffing chocolate over the long weekend...
That "own goal" gaffe
Thursday, 24 March 2016, 6:01 pm
Much of the mainstream business press dubbed Mike Ashley's comments to The Times earlier this week as an "own goal" by the maverick entrepreneur and owner of Newcastle United (I'm pretty sure I saw at least two headlines containing "own goal")...
Confirmations, confirmations and confirmations for, er, little old Betaville
Wednesday, 23 March 2016, 6:14 pm
I see Watkin Jones has this morning issued a statement about its listing on AIM, which saw the Welsh property developer raise £131 million.
Here is a link to today's statement:
http://www.investegate.co.uk/watkin-jones-plc--wjg-/rns/first-day-of-dealings-on-aim/201603230700089642S/..
Apple in/out talks with Imagination Technologies
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 11:48 pm
Hat tip to Ars Technica, the tech blog, for breaking the news about Apple's interest in purchasing Imagination Technologies, which sent the shares up 18pc during this morning's trading session...
Watkin Jones to hit London's public market soon...
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 4:22 am
It sounds like the Welsh student accommodation developer's initial public offering is set for lift off.
Watkin Jones announced its intention to float earlier this month -
http://www.investegate.co.uk/watkin-jones-limited/rns/intention-to-float-on-aim/201603110700117724R -..
Back on Tip TV talking about Whitbread, LSE and Actelion
Monday, 21 March 2016, 12:36 pm
Old Harrovian Zak was in the chair today, quizzing me about the weekend M&A stories and recent bid gossip. So, here is a link to today's Tip TV clip:
http://www.tiptv.co.uk/finance/ma-update-whitbread-breakup-back-on-the-cards-monsanto-one-to-watch/..
Equity "research" on, er, little old Betaville
Friday, 18 March 2016, 8:27 pm
I see JP Morgan has decided to dedicate a piece of equity "research" to little old Betaville and the stories I have published following my tale from earlier in the week on Mead Johnson...
The acerbic commentator, the SFO and lingering investigations
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 9:15 pm
The Serious Fraud Office took a bit of pasting yesterday in the British business press following it's move to close its criminal investigation into the $5 trillion-a-day global currency markets after two years of investigation...
High Court sets aside default judgement obtained against Ryan Corp; claim expected to proceed before court, according to The Times
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 6:24 pm
There is a good follow up in the The Times today about the Saudi Arabian diplomat who is suing Credit Suisse and Tom Ryan, the mystery Irish property developer, for the return of a £25 million investment in Hertsmere House, the scheme to develop a residential skyscraper in Canary Wharf...
Praag-matic
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 12:46 am
Here's a curiosity - a quick look at the LSE / Deutsche Borse merger announcement shows that Lucas Van Praag has landed a rather juicy mandate as a PR advisor to the LSE on the £20 billion plus exchange tie-up...
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