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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Facing the prospect of working beyond 65? Good news – it could save your life

April 29, 2016

Good news for those facing the prospect of working beyond the age of 65: it may save your life. New research has found healthy adults who retired one year after the age of 65 had an 11 per cent lower risk of death from all causes. Participants in the study who categorised themselves as unhealthy were [...]
Former Financial Times owner Pearson reports sales fall in first quarter as it seeks 4,000 job cuts

April 29, 2016

Education company Pearson's share price was down slightly this morning after it reported a four per cent fall in sales in the first quarter of 2016. The figures Pearson, which sold the Financial Times and Economist last year, reported its revenue had fallen nine per cent year on year during the period. The company said [...]
Spin-off deals appetite remains strong across Europe despite general M&A slowdown and looming EU referendum

April 29, 2016

The looming EU referendum is not expected to slow spin-off mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in Europe. Following a record 2015 for M&A as a whole, with more than $5 trillion of deals announced, there has been a slowdown in global activity so far this year. But Aurelius Group, which surveyed 200 respondents from its network [...]
UK consumer confidence at highest level for two years, despite Brexit concerns

April 29, 2016

Consumer confidence in the UK has reached its highest level in nearly two years despite concerns over the EU referendum, new figures released today show. The YouGov and Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) Consumer Confidence Index increased by 2.2 points in April to 115.2 – slightly behind the 115.4 recorded in May 2014. The largest [...]
How the UK led private equity buy-and-build activity to four-year high in 2015

April 28, 2016

European buy-and-build activity, where private equity firms acquire a company and merge it with a counterpart before selling the group on, reached its highest level since 2011 last year, according to a new report. Silverfleet Capital’s annual European Buy and Build Monitor tracks this add-on activity across the world. Over the course of the year, it tracked [...]
Comcast’s NBCUniversal agrees $3.8bn deal for Shrek maker Dreamworks

April 28, 2016

NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, has announced a $3.8bn (£2.6bn) deal to acquire Dreamworks Animation. Shareholders of Dreamworks Animation, the maker of Shrek and Kung Fu Panda, will receive $41 in cash for each share under the deal. On Thursday morning in the US, after the announcement, the share price of Dreamworks was up 24 per cent to [...]
Why London’s position as UK centre for business and finance is under threat

April 28, 2016

London stands as not only the symbolic centre of our country, but as the epicentre of the UK’s business and finance activities. However, recent analysis by Sungard of government and third party data has found that the capital’s position is coming under threat: in a ranking of ten of the UK’s major cities across a wide range [...]
Peer-to-peer mortgage company LendInvest announces £40m warehouse funding line from Macquarie

April 28, 2016

A peer-to-peer (P2P) mortgage lender has announced a new funding round worth £40m. The firm has signed a warehouse financing deal with investment bank Macquarie. LendInvest said the £40m, used to fund mortgages via its website, will allow it to grow and consolidate its position in the UK short-term mortgage market. Read more: Skype's founder just invested £17m in this [...]
Purrplexing: Halifax faces questions over decision to give “dodgy”, “high-risk borrower” Top Cat a mortgage loan

April 28, 2016

Halifax's latest advert has left some purrplexed. The bank has been teased over its decision to make Top Cat the star of a mortgage advert. In the clip, the gangster cat is approved a loan in a branch of Halifax. Read more: That Robert Dyas Christmas ad: What were they thinking? But some on social media have [...]
Graduate debts in England now average £44,000 – 50 per cent more than those faced by students at private US colleges

April 28, 2016

Graduate debts in England now average £44,000 – over 50 per cent more than those faced by students at private for-profit universities in the United States. Students in England also face higher debts than counterparts in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, according to the Sutton Trust's Degrees of Debt study. Read more: UK governments rack up £1.85 trillion liabilities [...]

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