Thursday, 13 April 2023 6:35 pmHaving completely missed the Network International takeover story broken by Bloomberg at lunch time little old Betaville was glad to see FTSE 250-listed Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Scandinavian private equity house EQT and the Abu Dbabi Investment Authority have finally confirmed today's UNCOOKED alert.
Monday, 27 March 2023 10:22 pmBill "Baby face" Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund manager, has discovered that journalism isn't actually as easy as it looks.
Friday, 17 March 2023 6:04 pmNot content with earning millions, if not billions, from the world of hedge fund management Bill Ackman is turning his hand to deals reporting.
Monday, 23 September 2019 4:08 pmThis piece - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/09/21/hong-kong-enlists-help-banking-heavyweights-win-london-stock/ - in the Sunday Telegraph's business section about Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing hiring HSBC to bolster to its bid for the London Stock Exchange caught Betaville's eye.
Wednesday, 20 June 2018 9:25 pmIt has been brought to Betaville's attention that Investment bankers are all over WPP chairman Roberto Quarta, angling for permanent mandate as the company's financial advisor.
Saturday, 08 April 2017 10:48 amWell-placed sources said the Mergermarket Group, which is being advised Deloitte, has effectively agreed a deal with TIM Group's founders, Colin Berthoud and Richard Koppel, to purchase TIM Group for around £30 million.
Tuesday, 29 November 2016 10:32 amNow, followers of my work should recall that I broke the orginal story in 2013 about how Borealis and the Kuwait Investment Authority had teamed up together to mount a joint £5 billion takeover of Severn Trent on Private Equity News / Financial News, part of Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal. I also followed up that piece a year or so later in with another story on the situation in the The Sunday Times.
