Wednesday, 20 September 2023 8:52 amFranklin Mutual Advisers has clearly got fed up with the lack of action at London-listed chemicals company Elementis.
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.
Tuesday, 18 February 2020 12:58 pmWell that didn't take long. From one asset management deal to the next in just 24 hours. The latest is in the US with Franklin Templeton buying Legg Mason for $6.5 billion.
Monday, 11 December 2017 6:03 pmBetaville has discovered that some of Hammerson's shareholders have questioned on the record the validity of the deal for Hammerson shareholders.
Tuesday, 28 February 2017 3:45 pmAccording to sources familiar with the matter, investment banks - such as JP Morgan - are said to have put in place a big debt financing package for GVC to use as funds for major M&A tansaction. Some sources claimed GVC is interested in some kind of tie-up with Playtech, the gambling software and services company founded by entrepreneur Teddy Sagi. According to one source, GVC could be interested in a reverse merger deal that would value Playtech at £11.10 a share.
Monday, 15 August 2016 2:51 pmI see Rank, 888 Holdings and William Hill have all effectively confirmed my tale from the weekend in the Mail on Sunday and on Betaville yesterday that the "consortium" was planning to raise its indicative offer for the bookie.
Tuesday, 09 August 2016 6:53 pmI must say this William Hill situation really has thrown up some quite bizarre behaviour by "people close to the situation".
Monday, 25 July 2016 8:09 amAnyway, I'm heading on to Tip TV this morning, so I should be able to provide a bit more detail and colour about this three-way tie-up, merger or whatever you want to call it.
