Dominic "Dom" Walsh, veteran leisure hack on The Times business section, appears to be hearing similar things to little old Betaville on the M&G takeover situation.
This morning Dom reports that Macquarie is rumoured to be talking to multiple insurance companies, such as Phoenix, about mounting a joint bid for M&G, the FTSE 100-listed asset manager.
Fancy that!
Below is a link to Dom's piece:..
There is an intriguing little diary piece in today's The Times about how a mystery property tycoon with a penchant for the Latin phrase Veni Vidi Vici has bought 200 copies of Oliver Shah's new tome about Sir Philip Green and is handing them out to friends, business acquaintances and colleagues.
Below is a link to Dom Walsh's City people diary column:..
Combing through my copy of The Times this morning I noticed Dom Walsh's story on Punch Taverns corroberated little old Betaville's piece from a few weeks ago about how Alan McIntosh's Emerald consortium had approached the billionaire Reuben brothers to back his consortium bid for the pub company.
Here is a link to the piece in The Times:..