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Monday, 22 November 2021, 4:11 pm
Speculation is mounting Intertrust N.V., the trust and fund administration company, has received a higher offer.
People following the situation have heard rumours Intertrust may have received an offer of as much as EURO 20 a share.
The talk comes after Intertrust agreed to enter into exclusive talks with CVC Capital Partners about a deal that would see the private equity firm buy the business for EURO 18 a share...
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Sunday, 21 November 2021, 12:43 pm
First WM Morrison, then J Sainsbury and now, according to The Sunday Times, Apollo wants to buy Marks and Spencer.
Indeed, Jim "Armo" Armitage of The Sunday Times who has dug out a corking tale about the American private equity firm weighing a bid for M&S. Below is the link:..
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Betaville IntelligenceFriday, 19 November 2021, 3:51 pm
An American private equity firm is rumoured to be in talks with a local trade buyer about a possible deal for TIM, S.p.A.
People following the situation have heard talk KKR, the US-listed private equity giant, is in talks with a trade buyer from Italy about a possible offer for all or some of TIM, S.p.A, which was formerly known as Telecom Italia...
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Exclusive to Betaville Intelligence subscribersFriday, 19 November 2021, 3:47 pm
Betaville IntelligenceFriday, 19 November 2021, 2:33 pm
Swedish Match AB, the Sweden-listed tobacco company, has come under the spotlight amid speculation it could soon be involved in a significant corporate transaction, such as a takeover of the entire business.
People following the situation have heard rumours Swedish Match AB, the company behind Snus may be a takeover target, possibly for a US-based company interested in acquiring the business...
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Exclusive to Betaville Intelligence subscribersThursday, 18 November 2021, 3:25 pm
Betaville IntelligenceThursday, 18 November 2021, 3:00 pm
TIM S.p.A, the Italy-listed telecoms company, has come under the spotlight amid a fresh round of speculation the company may soon be involved in a corporate transaction, such as a sale of a sizeable division or even a takeover.
People following the situation have heard talk TIM S.p.A, also known as Telecom Italia, is in live talks about a deal although the specific nature of the transaction remains unclear...
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Thursday, 18 November 2021, 8:11 am
Lord Rothermere's announcement about the departure of Geordie Greig as editor of the Daily Mail wasn't the only big media industry news story announced yesterday.
The super talented Izabella Kaminska, the editor of FT Alphaville, announced on Twitter her formal departure from the venerable Financial Times, thereby confirming a tale on, er, little Betaville from a couple of weeks ago. Below is the link if you don't recall:..
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Betaville IntelligenceWednesday, 17 November 2021, 6:18 pm
I see rivals at CTFN are pissing from a high height all over little old Betaville's RARE ALERT from yesterday about An American company, possibly Thermo Fisher Scientific, weighing a counter approach for Qiagen, the US-European listed diagnostics group. Below is a link to the CTFN tale:
https://ctfn.news/news/nov-17-2021-qgen-548755..
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Exclusive to Betaville Intelligence subscribersTuesday, 16 November 2021, 11:02 am
Monday, 15 November 2021, 9:32 pm
Anybody who knows Betaville well knows I like a good lunch (dinner and breakfast, too) with a chatty chum from Mayfair or the City of London.
That's because a top quality feed often leads to an excellent lead, tip or even outright scoop.
So, Betaville was particularly excited to see a former Bloomberg food writer, Richard Vines, team up with a Michelin starred chef, Pierre Koffmann, to launch a new food and restaurant blog - Koffmann & Vines...
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Sunday, 14 November 2021, 3:12 pm
There were quite a few articles that caught Betaville's in the Sunday newspaper business sections this week.
Indeed, one of the most interesting pieces was an on the record, set piece interview by Jim "Armo" Armitage, The Sunday Times business editor, with Nick Read, chief executive of Vodafone...
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Betaville IntelligenceFriday, 12 November 2021, 10:03 pm
Hacks at the venerable Wall Street Journal are claiming to have landed an "exclusive" about activist hedge fund Mantle Ridge targeting US-listed retailer Dollar Tree, Inc. Below is the link:..
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Exclusive to Betaville Intelligence subscribersFriday, 12 November 2021, 4:19 pm
Exclusive to Betaville Intelligence subscribersFriday, 12 November 2021, 3:37 pm
Friday, 12 November 2021, 8:57 am
French media outlet BFM is claiming Dan Lan Loeb's Third Point is pushing for a merger of Compagnie Financiere Richemont and France's Kering after building a stake in the former. Below is the link:
https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/des-fonds-activistes-poussent-richemont-a-un-mariage-avec-kering_AN-202111120014.html..
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Thursday, 11 November 2021, 6:44 pm
Betaville's old pal Oliver, "Shahsy", Shah of the The Sunday Times has churned out another on point column for friends at React News, the specialist property title.
Olly's main point is that there has been plenty of activism this year across several industries - with the likes of SSE, Shell and GlaxoSmithKline all recently tageted - but that the real estate sector has been completely left out...
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Betaville IntelligenceWednesday, 10 November 2021, 7:57 am
And there you have it: Swedish retail-to-healthcare conglomerate ICA Gruppen has received a $12.5 billion takeover approach from its largest shareholder at SEK 534 a share in cash.
Now you might recall little old Betaville published an UNCOOKED Alert on ICA Gruppen a couple of weeks ago, suggesting the company could soon be involved in a major corporate transaction, such as a takeover:
Below is the link if you don't believe me:..
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Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 2:55 pm
Have you ever heard of S&T AG?
Well, Betaville's hadn't until I got wind that some of the fericious stockmarket bears have started pawing away at the 'internet of things' solutions company.
Being a bear is rather a brave thing to do in this market as it never wants to go down.
But the bears are creeping out of the woods for certain names, especially for those companies based in Germany!..
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