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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Boost for UK exporters as chancellor announces doubling of UK Export Finance capacity

November 23, 2016

Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced plans to make it easier for British firms to export. Hammond said in his Autumn Statement that he would be doubling the capacity of UK Export Finance. Read more: Live coverage: Autumn Statement 2016 UK Export Finance is Britain's export credit agency and a government department which works alongside the Department for [...]
Tech enthusiasts plot Black Friday spending spree, planning £425 of purchases

November 23, 2016

Tech enthusiasts are planning to go wild this Black Friday, according to a new study. Some 60 per cent of those surveyed by media company Future said they were planning to make a purchase this year, compared with 34 per cent who did so last year. Read more: Morrisons are getting hunks to help lift [...]
John Lewis stands firm, resisting growing calls to stop newspaper advertising

November 23, 2016

John Lewis is standing firm and refusing to pull newspaper advertising despite increasing pressure to do so. The retailer has emerged as the main target of the Stop Funding Hate campaign – which is calling for brands to pull adverts from the Sun, Daily Mail and Daily Express. Read more: John Lewis resists "Stop Funding [...]
Another exchange tie-up: Bermuda and Channel Islands follow the lead of London and Frankfurt

November 23, 2016

The Channel Islands Securities Exchange (CISE) and Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) are exploring options for working closer together. The exchanges have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore co-operation across both the commercial and regulatory aspects of their businesses. Under the memorandum, the exchanges will look into ways of working together, including “cross-fertilisation of regulatory [...]
Media company Future’s share price jumps as earnings and profits rise

November 23, 2016

Media company Future’s share price jumped five per cent this morning after the publisher of Tech Radar and PC Gamer reported a jump in earnings and operating profit. The figures Group revenue fell slightly, from £59.8m to £59m, for the year to 30 September as Future made a push to move from magazine publishing to e-commerce [...]
China’s European spending spree undeterred by UK’s Brexit vote

November 22, 2016

Chinese deal activity in the UK has not been slowed by the Brexit vote and the appetite for European takeovers in general is likely to increase, according to a new report. So far this year, China and Hong Kong-based dealmakers have completed 170 acquisitions in Europe, according to a Deloitte analysis. Meanwhile, in the opposite direction, there have [...]
Deutsche Boerse expects EU statement of objections to London Stock Exchange merger before Christmas

November 22, 2016

Deutsche Boerse expects the EU competition regulator to publish a statement of objections to the company’s £21bn merger with the London Stock Exchange next month. The German firm’s chief executive Carsten Kengeter said he expects the European Commission to make the intervention in the second week of December. Read more: London Stock Exchange seeks to [...]
Cloud nine: IBM announces major UK expansion, following Facebook and Google commitments

November 22, 2016

IBM has joined fellow US tech giants Facebook and Google in announcing a major multi-million dollar investment into the UK. The company is today announcing plans for four new cloud data centres – where corporate and consumer information is stored remotely – in the UK “to keep pace with growing client demand”. The commitment marks IBM [...]
“I wish we could find something”: Aberdeen Asset Management pulled out of bidding for Unicredit’s €3.5bn Pioneer fund unit

November 21, 2016

Aberdeen Asset Management dropped a bid for Italian bank UniCredit’s Pioneer fund unit because the UK-listed firm could not afford the €3.5bn (£3bn) asking price. The fund manager made it through to the second round of bidding before withdrawing, chief executive Martin Gilbert revealed. Read more: Trading in Unicredit shares suspended as investors digest bank stress [...]
London Stock Exchange boosts information business with acquisition of US-based Mergent

November 21, 2016

The London Stock Exchange Group has announced a takeover of US-based Mergent to boost its information services business. The deal, the terms of which have not been disclosed, is expected to close on 31 January. The firm will join the information services division of the group, which also houses FTSE Russell, an indexes and data [...]

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