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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Travel money exchange disruptor WeSwap launches crowdfunding campaign

October 26, 2016

P2P travel money exchange disruptor WeSwap today launched a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. WeSwap has reported growth of 204 per cent in the last year, welcoming more than 200,000 users. It has a fundraising target of £1m to accelerate development on the platform and expand into new markets. Read more: Who's responsible for greater transparency in equity [...]
New Aim floater Van Elle holds Elite status for London Stock Exchange Group

October 26, 2016

The London Stock Exchange no doubt treasures all of its newly floating companies. But the successful listing of Van Elle on the junior market today held particular significance. The Nottingham-based geotechnical, piling and foundation company is the first UK member of the London Stock Exchange Group’s international business support programme, Elite, to have gone public. Read [...]
US private equity firm eyeing UK investment opportunities as sterling value falls

October 26, 2016

JZ Capital Partners, a US private equity company listed in London, is eyeing investment opportunities in the UK, with the fall in sterling making assets cheaper. The company’s share price rose by more than one per cent today to 518p after it reported a net asset value (NAV) of $873m (£714m), up from $851.7m, for [...]
Nasdaq earnings fall after acquisition spree

October 26, 2016

US stock exchange operator Nasdaq has reported falling earnings in its quarterly earnings, despite growing its revenue. The figures The company, which also runs exchanges in the Nordic region of Europe, reported net income attributable to Nasdaq of $131m (£107m), or 77 cents per diluted share, down from $138m and 80 cents in the same period [...]
Government launches hunt for new BBC board chair… and cuts salary by £10,000

October 26, 2016

The government has officially begun its hunt for a new chair of the BBC board – offering a £10,000 pay cut on the previous salary. BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead was expected to take on the position on the newly-created BBC board automatically. Read more: Diversity pressure on BBC from incoming watchdog But she announced [...]
Convaterrifying: £4.4bn-valued medical products firm expected to float on Halloween

October 26, 2016

Medical products firm Convatec has today priced its initial public offering (IPO) at 225p per share and expects to float on Halloween. The deal, which will see 33.8 per cent of the company’s shares list on the London Stock Exchange, raising £1.5bn, values the company at £4.4bn. Conditional dealings in the shares commenced today at [...]
Britain has a new official press regulator – but the press are refusing to be regulated by it

October 25, 2016

The UK has a new, officially-recognised press regulator, but the majority of the press have refused to join it. The Press Recognition Panel (PRP) has officially recognised Impress as a regulator that meets the requirements set out by Lord Justice Leveson, who conducted an inquiry into press ethics. It is unclear at this stage how [...]
Syngenta shares begin to recover as chief exec eases regulatory fears over ChemChina deal

October 25, 2016

ChemChina and Syngenta remain confident that their $43bn (£35bn) deal will close despite regulatory doubts, Swiss company’s chief executive has said. Concerns around China’s biggest ever foreign acquisition arose this week after the European Commission said it had not been offered concessions by the companies by the 21 October deadline. Syngenta’s share price fell nine per [...]
UK dominates list of top 10 European universities, but US takes top five global positions

October 25, 2016

The University of Oxford has been named as Europe’s best by a new global ranking, ahead of Cambridge in second, Imperial College in third and University College London in fourth. The rankings have been compiled by US News & World and Oxford came sixth in the list behind – you guessed it – five American [...]
St James’s Place shares jump as it reports “business as usual” despite political uncertainty

October 25, 2016

Wealth management group St James’s Place’s share price jumped three per cent this morning as it reported “business as usual” despite political uncertainty in the third quarter. The figures The company reported gross inflows of funds under management (FUM) of £2.8bn, up from £2.3bn in the same period last year. With “continued strong retention of [...]

Henry Pollock: England rugby star joins Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Talent Agency

Henry Pollock: England rugby star joins Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Talent Agency

Rolls-Royce to launch ultra-exclusive Coachbuild Collection

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