By: William Turvill

I write about M&A, deals, IPOs, private equity, asset management, media and a few other areas for City A.M. I also write news features and am always interested in interviewing and profiling high-profile business figures. I previously worked for Press Gazette and Mail Online.

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Deutsche Boerse forced to retract and clarify executive statements on London Stock Exchange merger, Intercontinental Exchange and Brexit

April 30, 2016

Deutsche Boerse has been forced to clarify and retract comments made by executives in relation to its proposed merger with the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The German exchange has taken action after the Takeover Panel took issue with statements on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Brexit and the benefits of the LSE merger. The LSE also [...]
Peer-to-peer securitisation has arrived with “landmark” crowdfunding deal

April 30, 2016

Securitisation has arrived in the peer-to-peer market, with lending platform Funding Circle announcing a "landmark transaction". The European Investment Fund, part of the European Investment Bank Group, and KfW, a German government-backed bank, are investing in the securitisation of loans originated on the crowdfunding platform. Read more: P2P securitisation is coming Securitisation is used to transform illiquid financial [...]
Time Out magazine plots flotation to value company at £200m

April 30, 2016

Magazine publisher Time Out is planning a flotation on the London Stock Exchange. The listing, planned for June on the alternative investment market, would value the company at more than £200m. Oakley Capital, Time Out's controlling shareholder since 2011, has confirmed “it has commenced a process of review of the investment in Time Out”. Read more: Saudi [...]
Jeremy Corbyn announces launch of new Labour Party inquiry following anti-Semitism claims

April 30, 2016

Jeremy Corbyn has announced the launch of an inquiry into anti-Semitism within the Labour Party. The Labour leader also said he would be proposing a “new code of conduct on anti-Semitism and other forms of racism” to the party's national executive committee next month. Read more: Zac Goldsmith: Sadiq Khan and Ken Livingstone "part of the [...]
Zac Goldsmith: Sadiq Khan and Ken Livingstone are “part of the same movement within the Labour Party”

April 30, 2016

Conservative mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith has described Sadiq Khan as being "part of the same movement" as Ken Livingstone. The claim comes after a week in which Livingstone was accused of making anti-Semitic comments and suspended from the Labour Party. Khan earlier this week described the comments as "appalling and inexcusable", adding: "There must be no place [...]
How established firms can fight back against fintech startups and being “uberised”

April 29, 2016

When a new species enters an ecosystem, it can be disastrous for the existing inhabitants. The same is true in business. Financial markets are awash with innovation – fintech rules the day. Established players, worried that they may suddenly get ‘uberised’, have been forced to sit up. Read more: Fintech is coming to take your banking [...]
Richard Desmond is moving from porn to property as Northern and Shell plans to build homes and a school

April 29, 2016

Struggling to find a good school for your children in East London? Richard Desmond to the rescue. Shortly after selling off its pornographic network, Portland TV, Desmond's Northern and Shell has announced plans to move into property development. And as well as building 722 homes, the publisher of the Daily Express and Daily Star is also [...]
Sir Martin Sorrell’s £70m: The defence (and not just from Sorrell and WPP)

April 29, 2016

Advertising giant WPP today confirmed Sir Martin Sorrell's pay package totalled £70m last year in its annual report. The figure included a £62.8m long-term bonus. In recent weeks, Sorrell has been forced to defend his pay. And, perhaps unsurprisingly, WPP's annual report also defended its chief executive and founder: “While the value of Sir Martin Sorrell’s award is very [...]
Former Labour MEP jailed for four years over dishonest expenses claims

April 29, 2016

An MEP who claimed nearly £500,000 in expenses dishonestly has been jailed for four years. Peter Skinner was a Labour MEP for the South East between 1999 and 2014. He was found guilty of three charges after a trial at Southwark Crown Court in London. Read more: Ken Livingstone suspended as Labour is branded a home [...]
How Brits are bringing home £1.3bn of bacon and stashing it in piggy banks, glass jars and “on the side”

April 29, 2016

Brits are stashing more than £1bn in piggy banks, glass jars and "on the side", according to a new study. Virgin Money research suggests millions of UK adults currently use piggy banks. “On the side” stashes were the most preferred, with 16 per cent of those surveyed using this storage facility. Glass jars (12 per cent), [...]

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