Wednesday, 06 July 2022 12:00 amBack in the aftermath of the 2020 stockmarket crash little old Betaville broke the story of an impending row between property entrepreneur Robert Tchenguiz and a group of well known stockbroking firms, such as FTSE 250-listed IG.
Sunday, 05 June 2022 1:17 pmSplashed across the front page of The Sunday Times business section is a tale about ailing online food delivery firm Just Eat Takeaway, a company loyal Betaville readers know this website has been following closely.
Monday, 25 October 2021 10:33 amOliver Gill, the hotshot business hack on The Sunday Telegraph, dug out an interesting line on the weekend about Go-Ahead, the beleguered train operator.
Wednesday, 01 September 2021 3:53 pmOften when an activist, such as Elliott Advisors, gets involved in a listed company in the US or Europe it agitates for a sale of the business.
Thursday, 27 May 2021 2:30 pmIt's deal mania in Britain at the moment, so it's a perfect time for analysts to speculate about more deals, especially as FirstGroup recently agreed a sale of First Student and First Transit to Nordic private equity firm EQT for $4.6 billion.
Tuesday, 26 May 2020 9:29 pmSo, the Tchenguiz / FirstGroup saga rumbles on although probably not in a way the flamboyant property entrepreneur envisaged.
Tuesday, 24 March 2020 5:56 pmRobert Tchenguiz may have bailed out of FirstGroup but his chum at Coast Capital is upping its shareholding in the bus and rail company.
Wednesday, 18 March 2020 6:44 pmPoor old Robert Tchenguiz. People with knowledge of the situation said the property entrepreneur has been selling some of his 5pc shareholding in FirstGroup, the bus and rail company he has been pushing to break itself up by spinning off its US businesses.
Friday, 27 September 2019 7:24 pmRobert Tchenguiz, the property entrepreneur and onetime corporate raider, isn't just content with investing in beleguered bus and rail company FirstGroup.
Thursday, 19 September 2019 5:27 pmRobert Tchenguiz, the property entrepreneur and activist investor, is said to be increasing his stake in FirstGroup, the FTSE 250-listed bus and rail company, to over 4pc.
Monday, 12 August 2019 10:10 pmHere is something that reminded little old Betaville of the pre financial crisis / credit boom era: Robert Tchenguiz building substantial stakes in British publicly-listed companies.
Monday, 31 December 2018 5:30 pmOn the cusp of the New Year Betaville thought looking backwards might be useful excercise to figure out what 2019 holds, especially for those bankers, lawyers and investors looking to get involved in dealmaking next year.
Wednesday, 05 December 2018 8:30 pmPing! A friendly broker gets in touch to point out that Coast Capital, a New York-based activist hedge fund, has increased its stake in beleguered bus and rail operator FirstGroup to 4.1pc.
Wednesday, 11 April 2018 9:50 pmBetaville is feeling sorry for himself. After getting wind late in the day about an impending takeover of bus and rail company FirstGroup the company decided to announce an approach from American private equity house Apollo.
