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Hiscox said to be a takeover target for Intact, reveals Insurance Post

Friday, 15 May 2026 1:42 pm

The Insurance Post has delivered a decent scoop this morning about a takeover of Lloyd's of London insurer Hiscox.

Bill Ackman launches $65 billion takeover bid for Universal Music Group

Tuesday, 07 April 2026 7:56 am

Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital investment group has just announced it is launching $65 billion a cash and shares takeover bid for Universal Music Group.

Universal Music Group

Pershing Square

Yorkshire Water owner said to be working with Goldman Sachs to find a buyer for a multi-million pound stake - sources

Thursday, 23 November 2023 4:50 pmIt sounds like the owners of Yorkshire Water are gearing up for another attempt at selling their stakes in the water company.

Yorkshire Water

Deutsche Asset Management

G4S, the bid battle and the potential auction...

Thursday, 28 January 2021 10:00 amThere is speculation circulating the London market that the Takeover Panel and the various advisers working on the G4S bid battle are preparing for a unusual weekend auction process.

Allied Universal

Deals deals deals ...in a bear market - Part 11

Thursday, 19 November 2020 7:50 amAnother day, another multi-billion pound deal announced during this public health crisis, with RSA formally recommending a £7.2 billion offer from Canada's Intact and Denmark's Tryg.

Deals deals deals ...in a bear market - Part 8

Thursday, 05 November 2020 7:03 pmThe beast of financial journalism - Bloomberg - dug out today's mammoth M&A scoop with a tale about Canada's Intact Financial and Denmark's Tryg circling London-listed insurer RSA.

Betaville in 2019...

Tuesday, 31 December 2019 4:15 pmCompetitors like to write off little old Betaville but this website was punching above its weight in 2019, landing a series of exclusive genuine "scoops" throughout the year.

Capital & Counties

Betaville Intelligence

RARE ALERT: Inmarsat said to ... - Part 9

Tuesday, 03 December 2019 7:53 amThat's the end of that, then.

Ligado Networks

Betaville Intelligence

RARE ALERT: Inmarsat said to ... - Part 8

Monday, 02 December 2019 9:05 pmTo the Court for tomorrow's hearing to approve Warburg Pincus and Apax's Scheme of Arrangement to take Inmarsat private.

Betaville Intelligence

RARE ALERT: Inmarsat said to ... - Part 7

Wednesday, 27 November 2019 5:30 pmThe Inmarsat takeover saga continues, with the company delaying the Court hearing to sanction the Scheme of Arrangement until next week.

Betaville Intelligence

RARE ALERT: Inmarsat said to ... - Part 6

Tuesday, 26 November 2019 4:17 pmYou don't see this very often: hedge funds coming out publicly against their rivals in support of the board during a row about whether the target company should be a soliciting a higher offer from its private equity acquirers.

Betaville Intelligence

RARE ALERT: Inmarsat said to ... - Part 5

Wednesday, 20 November 2019 4:21 pmInmarsat's board is facing another shareholder backlash after it emerged almost 17pc of the company's shareholders have written to the company, arguing it should delay the sale of the business or even appoint an independent financial adviser to review the offer from Apax and Warburg Pincus amid questions about a "conflict of interest".

Betaville Intelligence

RARE ALERT: Inmarsat said to ... - Part 4

Thursday, 10 October 2019 10:56 amYesterday Nicky Morgan - the culture secretary - declared she is minded to approve Apax and Waburg Pincus's £2.7 billion takeover of Inmarsat.

More M&A on the way in Britain post Brexit deal, top fund manager tells the Telegraph

Saturday, 29 June 2019 9:16 amTucked away in the back of the business section of my old employer - The Daily Telegraph - are some rather interesting comments from Gervais Williams, the respected fund manager, about the prospect of a pick up in dealmaking.

The Daily Telegraph

Betaville Intelligence

RARE ALERT: Inmarsat said to...- Part 3

Tuesday, 21 May 2019 7:21 pmArbitrageurs breathed a huge sigh of relief after the Scheme of Arrangement to take Inmarsat private scraped through with just 78.9pc of Inmarsat shareholders giving it the green light.

Betaville Intelligence

RARE ALERT: Inmarsat said to...- Part 2

Friday, 10 May 2019 6:36 pmSo, that was close: just 78.9pc of Inmarsat shareholders voted to approve the Scheme of Arrangement at today's court meeting.

"Chinese walls"...

Friday, 26 April 2019 6:24 pmMark Kleinman's piece about the private equity firms that looked and then ditched a counterbid for London-listed Inmarsat caught Betaville's eye today.

REVEALED: Drapers owner in advanced talks to buy Money Marketing publisher for up to £5 million - sources - Part 2

Monday, 01 April 2019 8:46 pmBetaville endeavours to break accurate and exclusive deal stories big or small.

Betaville Intelligence

RARE ALERT: Inmarsat said to...

Tuesday, 19 March 2019 5:01 pmPrivate equity firms are said to be circling Inmarsat, the London-listed satellite company.