Tuesday, 25 July 2023 7:23 pmThe Covestro takeover situation rumbles on and the latest twist comes courtesy of German rag (and website) Frankfurter Allgemeine.
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.
Tuesday, 13 April 2021 2:25 pmThere is plenty of blackslappery doing the rounds on so-called Fleet Street from those that have been involved in revealing the financial and political calamity that involves Lex Greensill's Greensill Capital, the former British Prime Minister David Cameron and steel "tycoon" Sanjeev Gupta.
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 10:11 amI see S4 Capital has just appointed heavyweight American investment banks Morgan Stanley and Jefferies alongside Dowgate Capital as corporate broker to the company.
Friday, 03 January 2020 4:50 pmThey have been feted as Britain's top rainmakers. Yes, that's Sir Simon Robey and Simon Warshaw. Ever since they left their respective megabanks (Morgan Stanley and UBS) in 2013 and set up Robey Warshaw much smoke has been blown up their respective bottoms about how brilliant they are at advising some of Britain's biggest companies on mergers & acquisitions.
Wednesday, 11 September 2019 7:48 pmIt struck me as odd whilst re-reading this morning's press release from Hong Kong Exchange that Moelis & Company, a mid-sized American M&A advisory firm, is the sole advisor to the Asian bourse on its takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange.
Tuesday, 08 January 2019 6:32 pmBetaville stumbled across this rather curious piece on eFinancialCareers about how brilliant Morgan Stanley's toilets are whilst trawling the internet this morning.
Monday, 16 July 2018 11:41 amLoyal readers might remember this website's recent scoop about the former PM potentially joining Lex Greensill's outfit: Greensill Capital (now rebranded as just Greensill).
Tuesday, 15 May 2018 10:00 pmHere is a juicy snippet: David Cameron, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, is said to be in talks to join Lex Greensill's financial services group.
Friday, 09 September 2016 7:58 amEssentially, Deal Reporter / Parr also report, according to the news service's own sources, that Summitview Capital, the Chinese private equity firm, has shown an interest in buying Cypress. Summitview, though, is not the only private equity firm circling Cypress, according to Deal Reporter / PARR. The news service reports that another private equity firm called CEC Capital, whose parent company is China Electronics, has shown an interest in Cypress.
