Posts tagged: Tchenguiz

Tchenguiz carted out of FirstGroup - Part 3

Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 7:04 pm

It sounds like there is more to the sale of Robert Tchenguiz's 6pc shareholding in FirstGroup than meets the eye.

Last week, brokers to the flamboyant property entrepreneur forced him to sell is investment after he failed to come up with the "margin" (cash to fund the leveraged position held by spreadbetting firms), say people following the situation...

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Tchenguiz buys 9pc of Urban Exposure PLC - Part 2

Tuesday, 5 November 2019, 7:17 pm

It's getting frothy out there.

First off: it emerges Stefano Pessina is exploring a $70 billion plus leveaged buy-out of Walgreens Boots Alliance. The last time Italian took a company private was just before the credit crunch in 2007 when he acquired Alliance Boots for £11 billion with the backing of KKR, Wall Street's most powerful private equity firm...

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