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...DD’s Kaye Wiggins and Antoine Gara have the full story. 2....
...Among the names mentioned in the industry have been Co-op Group’s head of food Jo Whitfield, Wm Morrison chief operating officer Trevor Strain and Tesco head of UK and Ireland, Jason Tarry....
...If successful, the CD&R transaction would also reunite Leahy with Morrisons chief executive Dave Potts and chief operating officer Trevor Strain, both of whom worked under him at Tesco....
...Catch up on the story from DD’s Kaye Wiggins and the FT’s Kate Beioley here....
...Like chair Andrew Higginson and chief operating officer Trevor Strain, he worked with Sir Terry Leahy — now an adviser to CD&R — when Leahy was running larger rival Tesco....
...Additional reporting by Arash Massoudi and Kaye Wiggins...
...“If companies are able to get interpretations of covenants . . . lenders might rethink the way the covenants work going forward,” said Trevor Piper, senior credit officer at rating agency Moody's....
...DD’s Kaye Wiggins and Rob Smith break down the deal here....
...Catch up on all the details with this scoop from DD’s Kaye Wiggins and the FT’s Olaf Storbeck and Patricia Nilsson....
...Watch the full private equity panel held by DD’s Kaye Wiggins. On Bill Ackman’s latest hedge: “I’m long equities and still short investment-grade credit....
...When Aviation was announced, people thought ‘it worked with Casamigos — maybe it’s going to work here’,” said Bernstein analyst Trevor Stirling....
...In December, Andy Wiggins joined Amundi as head of UK and Ireland institutional business. Mr Wiggins used to be head of UK institutional business development at Allianz Global Investors....
...Nelson Mandela has said: “No white person has done more than Trevor Huddleston in the struggle against apartheid.”...
...Trevor Stirling, analyst at Bernstein Research, said Oxxo’s move was likely to be successful because chain’s breadth – it is Mexico’s biggest convenience store chain controlling about half the market with...
...Trevor Stirling at Bernstein Research, said: “Strategically it’s a very sensible deal at a very sensible price. . .they certainly haven’t overpaid.”...
...“Losing Femsa would close down one of its most obvious options to diversify away from low-growth Europe and compromise its US business,” said Trevor Stirling, analyst at Bernstein Research....
...Trevor Stirling, beverages analyst at Bernstein, said a deal between Diageo and United Spirits would have been “a big positive” for the UK company because it would have given it access to the Indian group...
...“They must see the writing on the wall,” said Trevor Stirling, beverage analyst at Bernstein Research....
...“It’s possible but it’s a tough job,” said Trevor Stirling, analyst at Bernstein Research. “Consumer preferences in terms of beer brands tend to move very, very slowly.”...
...Trevor Stirling, an analyst at Bernstein Research, said the figures marked the first time in two years that on-trade beer sales accounted for more than 60 per cent of the total UK market....
...The latest results highlighted the strength of the Baltika brand, Carlberg’s Russian business, according to Trevor Stirling, analyst at Bernstein Research....
...“Clearly, strategically, it’s a good thing but it’s a question of price,” said Trevor Stirling, beverages analyst at Bernstein Research....
...Trevor Stirling, beverages analyst at Bernstein Research, said: “It’s been growing like a steam train until now.”...
...Trevor Stirling, an analyst at Bernstein Research, said: “There is a possibility, if offered a suitably attractive price, they would sell the Russian and Ukrainian business.”...
...Trevor Stirling, analyst at Bernstein, said it may be difficult for A-B InBev to sell the South Korean business because Asahi was tied up with its Cadbury acquisition and Japan’s Kirin was in talks to buy...
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