RARE ALERT: Midwich Group plc said to ... - Part 3
Monday, 14 December 2020, 9:36 pm
And finally Midwich Group confirmed last week's RARE Alert about the company's acquisition of Dubai-based NMK Group. Below is the link:
Posts tagged: FTI Consulting
The German payment giant that begins with W, the spinners and the hedge fund manager...
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 10:51 am
I thought I would let the venerable Financial Times bathe in the glory of its Wirecard investigation for a few days before publishing this post.
I have to admit the FT's series of articles on Wirecard is one of the finest pieces of financial journalism I have witnessed since I began my career on The Daily Telegraph's City desk all those years ago...
Muddy Waters mauls bid target NMC Health - Part 3
Saturday, 21 December 2019, 12:42 pm
It was good to see former Telegraph colleague Alistair "Acerbic" Osborne, now of the The Times, sticking up for rival hacks at the Financial Times in his column in today's business section. Below is a link to Alistair's column, one of the best business reads in the UK press:..
Muddy Waters mauls bid target NMC Health - Part 2
Friday, 20 December 2019, 6:51 pm
Tucked away in the Evening Standard's City section is a suggestion that Carson Block's next target in 2020 might be FTSE 100-listed Rolls Royce.
Now, to be clear I have no clue who Muddy Waters plans to target next but the short seller does appear to be having a bit of field day with UK-listed stocks, such as NMC Health and Burford Capital...
Losing a hostile bid is winning, apparently...-Part 2
Saturday, 2 March 2019, 2:50 pm
Betaville thought it only right that I follow up this week's piece with a snippet noting that it was, in fact, The Sunday Times Prufrock diarist Liam Kelly who first picked up on FTI Consulting's attempt to win an award for its "defence" of GKN, the FTSE 100-listed aerospace giant bought by Melrose.
So, many grovelling apologies for missing that Mr Kelly!
And below is a link to the young scamp's original Prufrock column:..
Losing an £8 billion hostile bid is winning, apparently...
Thursday, 28 February 2019, 10:05 pm
Betaville chuckled at the titbit in Dom Walsh's business diary column in The Times today about how FTI Consulting entered the PRCA City and Financial Awards for “best M&A or communication in support of a transaction award” for its work defending GKN from last year’s £8 billion hostile takeover by Melrose Industries. Below is a link if you missed it:..