Tagged: 'barclays'

Spotted: The BBC Chairman lunching with ex Barclays chairman at The Wolseley

Tuesday, 20 January 2026 11:01 am

The Wolseley has a reputation as place where financial hacks go to see who was breakfasting or lunching with who so they can generate leads for great business scoops.

BBC

Barclays

Wolseley

Standard Chartered may get taken over in 2026; Barclays could be the acquirer, suggests The Kleinmanator in City AM

Thursday, 08 January 2026 9:56 am

Bullish stuff from Mark, "The Kleinmanator", Kleinman in his column in today's City AM.

City AM

Standard Chartered

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Sky News

Fantasy M&A from the Telegraph: Tesco to buy Carrefour, Barclays to acquire Credit Suisse and ...

Tuesday, 25 January 2022 10:23 pmMatthew Lynn, business commentator at Betaville's former employer The Sunday Telegraph, was at it again this weekend: making audacious predictions about potential megadeals this year.

Panmure Gordon stung by £28 million loss...

Monday, 18 January 2021 7:46 pmThings are going from bad to worse at Panmure Gordon, one of the City of London's oldest stockbrokers.

Deals, deals, deals...in a bear market - Part 3

Saturday, 28 March 2020 7:59 pmClearly, there are more important things happening in the world at the moment than mergers & acquisitions.

The ailing marketing communications giant, the Vampire Squid and the mandate...

Wednesday, 20 June 2018 9:25 pmIt has been brought to Betaville's attention that Investment bankers are all over WPP chairman Roberto Quarta, angling for permanent mandate as the company's financial advisor.

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HSBC

Goldman Sachs

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

WPP

Sir Martin Sorrell

Another day, another mega merger bank scoop from the venerable FT...

Monday, 04 June 2018 12:19 pm

Top of the market - the series returns, again...

Wednesday, 23 May 2018 9:08 amThe venerable Financial Times landed a cracking scoop overnight about Barclays explorer a merger with Standard Chartered.

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Financial Times

The activist, the Evening Standard columnist and the top of the market...

Friday, 01 December 2017 6:41 pmIt's been ten years since Sir Christopher Hohn (then just Chris Hohn) launched a viscious activist campaign against ABN Amro by calling for the dismissal of its chief executive and a sale of the business. That move ultimately led to takeover approaches from Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland. And we all know what happened next...

English on form at Osborne's paper...

Saturday, 29 July 2017 7:50 am

Spotted: The BBC Chairman lunching with ex Barclays chairman at The Wolseley

Tuesday, 20 January 2026 11:01 am

The Wolseley has a reputation as place where financial hacks go to see who was breakfasting or lunching with who so they can generate leads for great business scoops.

BBC

Barclays

Wolseley

Standard Chartered may get taken over in 2026; Barclays could be the acquirer, suggests The Kleinmanator in City AM

Thursday, 08 January 2026 9:56 am

Bullish stuff from Mark, "The Kleinmanator", Kleinman in his column in today's City AM.

Fantasy M&A from the Telegraph: Tesco to buy Carrefour, Barclays to acquire Credit Suisse and ...

Panmure Gordon stung by £28 million loss...

Monday, 18 January 2021 7:46 pmThings are going from bad to worse at Panmure Gordon, one of the City of London's oldest stockbrokers.

Deals, deals, deals...in a bear market - Part 3

Saturday, 28 March 2020 7:59 pmClearly, there are more important things happening in the world at the moment than mergers & acquisitions.

The ailing marketing communications giant, the Vampire Squid and the mandate...

barclays

HSBC

Goldman Sachs

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

WPP

Sir Martin Sorrell

Another day, another mega merger bank scoop from the venerable FT...

Monday, 04 June 2018 12:19 pm

Top of the market - the series returns, again...

Wednesday, 23 May 2018 9:08 amThe venerable Financial Times landed a cracking scoop overnight about Barclays explorer a merger with Standard Chartered.

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Financial Times