Posts tagged: FT
Monday, 1 January 2024, 11:30 am
The newspapers' New Year's predictions roll on into New Year's day.
This time it is the FT's turn to wildly speculate about deals that might happen in 2024.
And hacks at the venerable newspaper aren't holding back. Adrienne Klasa, for example, seems to think that Bernard Arnault, the billionaire boss of LVMH, is keen to do another major deal and may be thinking about Switzerland-listed Compagnie Financiere Richemont, the company that owns Cartier...
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Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 7:10 pm
Hacks at the venerable Financial Times have dug out a good scoop about Entain, the FTSE 100-listed owner of Ladbrokes.
According to the FT, activist hedge funds Sachem Head and Dendur have built sizeable positions in Entain, which has seen its share price underperform since Jette Nygaard-Andersen became chief executive of the business.
They join Eminence Capital, another Wall Street activist, on the Entain register...
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Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 12:15 pm
Many of Betaville's loyal readers know Knightsbridge well. Some probably live there given its one of the smartest areas in central London similar to the Upper East Side in New York. But one thing it isn't known for is its innovative, cheap eateries that you find in hipster zones, such as Dalston, Clapton and Peckham.
If you want to eat out in Knightsbridge expect to pay high prices at places like Zuma and Zafferano...
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Monday, 22 June 2020, 5:44 pm
Does anybody else think yesterday's business splash in the The Sunday Telegraph about the Public Investment Fund accumulating a sizeable shareholding in BT Group is connected to the FT's scoop last month about Macquarie holding talks with the FTSE 100-listed telecoms giant about buying a stake in Openreach?..
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Thursday, 12 December 2019, 11:47 am
Poor Crispin Odey - his flagship Odey European Fund is back at the top of HSBC's loserboard.
According the bank's hedge weekly review, charming Crispin is down 22pc as of the middle of November, leaving him at risk of finishing the year as the worst performing European hedgie for the second time in four years...
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Monday, 18 February 2019, 7:35 am
It would appear last Friday's post on Wirecard as part of a 6 part series of stories dating back from 2016 has got quite a few readers' knickers in a twist.
Clearly, many followers of the site didn't bother to read past the headline and just presumed Betaville was reporting the Chinese are in talks about taking a 25pc stake in Wirecard.....
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Saturday, 15 September 2018, 3:23 pm
There is an interesting juxtaposition of stories/threats on the front page of the excellent business section of The Times today...
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Thursday, 2 August 2018, 7:35 pm
Shares in a company that wants to be the first cryptocurrency business to list in London are set to begin trading tomorrow.
Stock in Argo Blockchain, which hopes to mine for crypto currencies, is likely to begin changing hands on the London Stock Exchange at around 16p tomorrow, said sources claiming to be familiar with the matter...
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Tuesday, 24 April 2018, 5:41 pm
I see the Sosei Group has responded to Bryce Elder's report in the FT about a potential bid for asthma inhaler maker Vectura. Below is a link to it:
https://www.investegate.co.uk/sosei-group-corp/rns/statement-re-press-comment/201804241223349524L/..
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Tuesday, 3 January 2017, 8:59 pm
Here is something to liven up a cold January evening. Tucked away at the back of an FT analysis on dealmaking in the insurance industry is a rather intriguing line about how "rumours circulated through last year that two of the big European insurers - Axa and Generali - would try to get together".
That's the first time I have heard of that rumour for a while but perhaps Oliver Ralph, the insurance industry hack at the Financial Times, is/was more plugged in than me...
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