Some dealers at Winterflood Securities breathed a sigh of relief the other day when it was announced the London-based market maker had been sold by its beleaguered owner Close Brothers to US-listed financial firm Marex for £104 million.
Grrr - a deal scoop little old Betaville has been chasing down in the last week was announced this morning.
There weren't too many public company deal stories in the British Sunday newspapers today but Mark "Shappers" Shapland's piece in the Mail on Sunday about the embattled lender Close Brothers caught little old Betaville's eye.