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Chubb makes informal $42 billion plus takeover approach for AIG, reveals Insurance Insider - Betaville.co.uk

Chubb makes informal $42 billion plus takeover approach for AIG, reveals Insurance Insider

Thursday, 11 December 2025 9:53 am

Adam "The Nighthawk" McNestrie, an occasional contributor to little old Betaville, landed a giant insurance industry deal scoop last night.

Berkshire Hathaway

Accenture said to have 'discussed' potential M&A deal with WPP, reveals Campaign

Tuesday, 15 July 2025 8:53 am

A curious piece has popped up in Campaign, the newsletter and magazine for advertising industry executives and corporate marketing departments.

Berkshire Hathaway

Triumph Group set to be sold to Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners for $3 billion, reports Bloomberg

Monday, 03 February 2025 7:31 am

Deals are happening despite Trump's imposition of huge tariffs.

Berkshire Partners

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

Weekend review: BP and, er, that's it... - Part 2

Tuesday, 19 September 2023 1:01 pmI see Alex Brummer, veteran City hack and business commentator at the Daily Mail, is also jumping onto the BP could be vulnerable to a bid thesis.

Berkshire Hathaway

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RARE ALERT: Shire said to ... - part 4

Monday, 07 May 2018 11:44 amShire's board is expected to meet today to decide whether it should recommend Takeda's £49.00 a share takeover offer.

Shire - there has been some side swapping by rainmakers.. -part 3

Monday, 23 April 2018 9:00 pmMmmmmm...it sounds like the factoid Betaville spotted in last week's Takeda RNS about the change in advisory line up may be more significant than this website orignally thought.

Francois Maisonrouge

Shire - there has been some side swapping by rainmakers.. -part 2

Saturday, 21 April 2018 11:07 amDoes anybody else think it's curious that Francois Maisonrouge has suddenly vanished from the Takeda RNS statements re Shire?

Betaville Intelligence

RARE ALERT: Shire said to ... - part 3

Thursday, 19 April 2018 10:28 pmAnd now it is on the tape:

Betaville Intelligence

RARE ALERT: Shire said to ... - part 2

Thursday, 19 April 2018 6:38 pmThere was plenty of high drama in the City today around the fate of FTSE 100-listed Shire, some of which wouldn't be too surprising to Betaville Intelligence readers.

Exclusive to Betaville Intelligence subscribers

RARE ALERT: Shire said to ...

Friday, 13 April 2018 8:43 amFTSE 100-listed Shire is said to have rebuffed a merger proposal from Japanese drugmaker Takeda.

Shire - there has been some side swapping by rainmakers...

Wednesday, 28 March 2018 1:56 pmBetaville is in a grump. Why? Well, this website prides itself on breaking the top M&A scoops but unfortunately I completely missed the exclusive about Takeda weighing a £35 billion takeover bid for FTSE 100-listed Shire.

Shire said to edge closer to Radius deal - sources - part 2

Thursday, 16 February 2017 10:56 amLoyal readers will be well aware I wrote a piece late last year about Shire getting closer to making a move on Radius Health following reports on FT Alphaville. In case you don't recall, here is the link:

Radius Healthcare

Shire said to be participating in Merrimack Pharmaceuticals "strategic review" - sources - part 2

Monday, 09 January 2017 2:39 pmWhilst I haven't had an update on that situation since I published that article, I presume (and this is entirely my own speculation) the fact that Merrimack has agreed a transaction with Ipsen would mean it's more likely Shire will eventually go for Radius Health.

Shire said to be participating in Merrimack Pharmaceuticals "strategic review" - sources

Friday, 11 November 2016 12:33 amGood sources told little old Betaville that Shire received the information memorandum on Merrimack and submitted a first round offer for some or all of the business late last week.

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals

Shire said to edge closer to Radius deal - sources

Tuesday, 11 October 2016 12:07 amStill, well-placed City sources have told little old Betaville that the London-listed company had now lined up financing from several banks, including Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley, for the potential acquisition after Radius began working with Bank of America Merrill Lynch to pursue "strategic options" (banker parlance for sale).

Back on Tip TV talking about Agrium/Potash Corp merger, SAB Miller and Lancashire Holdings

Monday, 12 September 2016 4:22 pmIt's been a couple of weeks since Zak hosted me on Tip TV but today I was back in the chair

Lancashire Holdings