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ISS clashes with German blue-chips over boardroom independence

...Munich Re chair Nikolaus von Bomhard and his BASF counterpart Kurt Bock were both previously the most senior operational executives at their respective groups....

April 17, 2024

Travel & leisure industry

Spain supplants UK as top hotel investment destination amid buoyant demand

...Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC acquired a 35 per cent stake in Spain’s Hotel Investment Partners from Blackstone Group, while Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth funds...

April 14, 2024

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Private equity

BC Partners sells IT group Presidio in sign of thaw for private equity deals

...The company was bought by US buyout group American Securities in 2011 before Apollo agreed to acquire it in 2014....

April 2, 2024

Gympass, Inc.

Corporate wellness start-up Gympass prepares for IPO with rebrand

...The group does not own or operate gyms itself, but allows members to use in-person sports facilities as well as digital offerings like online classes and personal trainers....

April 4, 2024

Lex PopuliInvestments

If you like a company, should you buy its shares?

...Wood’s stock languishes around 142p — a painful 41 per cent below the final takeover price offered by Apollo a year ago before the private equity group got cold feet....

April 19, 2024

News in-depthMining

US uranium miners resurrected by nuclear revival and Ukraine war

...“They’ve run into some ramp up issues,” said Ur-Energy Inc chief executive John Cash, which is restarting production at two mines in Wyoming....

March 10, 2024

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News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war

The Palestinian teenagers suddenly freed from jail in Hamas hostage deal

...In the little village of Beit Ur al-Tahta, Laith Othman, 16, with the tiniest wisp of a moustache, sits beside his father, confused by his ascension from local pizza delivery boy to one of the bargaining...

November 30, 2023

Inchcape PLC

Inchcape to sell UK dealerships for £346mn

...This story was corrected to reflect that Group 1 Automotive has 55 sites in the UK, not 51 as indicated in a previous version....

April 15, 2024

Airlines

US airlines under fire for raising baggage fees again

...The group estimated the rule would cost airlines $33bn over 10 years....

March 10, 2024

Inside BusinessAndy Bounds

Business worries EU directive on consumer protection will leave them exposed

...Member states can designate public bodies or consumer groups that can then bring lawsuits, possibly with outside funding, in the sort of “no win, no fee” cases common across the Atlantic....

April 3, 2024

Gillian Tett

Companies must rethink how they handle cyber risk

...Meanwhile, the entity in question — Change Healthcare — is restoring its systems, after reportedly paying a $22mn ransom to the BlackCat hacker group. But investors should pay close attention....

April 18, 2024

LexLive Nation Entertainment Inc

Live Nation deserves to face the antitrust music Premium

...By contrast, concert promotion, by far Live Nation’s biggest division with 82 per cent of group revenue, pulled in only 17 per cent of total AOI....

April 18, 2024

Lex PopuliPersonal Finance

Athleisure shares appear out of shape

...That segment is dominated by UK-listed Gym Group and private equity owned PureGym....

March 29, 2024

Paramount Global

Skydance in exclusive merger talks with Paramount

...But investors have soured on the group as it competes in a costly streaming battle with larger competitors such as Disney and Netflix....

April 3, 2024

Apple Inc

EU probes Apple over App Store shutdown of Epic Games

Brussels seeks explanation from iPhone-maker after group behind ‘Fortnite’ has account terminated

March 7, 2024

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TGI Fridays Inc.

TGI Fridays’ US operations to have London listing

...Welker is a partner at Sherborne, the investment group that led the break-up of former Hostmore owner Electra in 2021....

April 16, 2024

Lok'nStore Group PLC

Lok’nStore agrees £378mn takeover by Belgian-listed rival Shurgard

...Lok’nStore is set to become the latest company to leave the UK stock market, after the self-storage group agreed to be bought by Belgian-listed rival Shurgard for £378mn....

April 11, 2024

Cryptofinance

BlackRock Buidls back better Premium

...In a white paper last month a UK working group led by the Investment Association laid out two possible uses for tokenised funds: investing in tokenised securities and using it as collateral for bilateral...

April 12, 2024

EU tech regulation

EU probes Apple, Meta and Alphabet under landmark new law

...It also opened proceedings against Meta over whether the group’s new “pay or consent” subscription model complied with the DMA requirement for gatekeepers to obtain user agreement to “combine or cross-use...

March 25, 2024

Apple Inc

Apple loses smartphone crown to Samsung as Chinese rivals gain ground

...Xiaomi sales surged 34 per cent to attain a 14 per cent market share, as the Beijing-based electronics group experienced a wave of publicity surrounding the debut of its electric car....

April 15, 2024

Rutherford Hall

Never call yourself a futurist

...We’ve now convened a monthly working group of interested clients and experts to thrash through early opportunities. Obviously some of them have interests but they are also leaders in the field....

April 8, 2024

Disrupted Times

Brussels blasts Big Tech

...Need to know: business Novo Nordisk announced a €1bn deal for a German biotech developing therapies to treat heart disease, as the Danish group seeks to branch out from its blockbuster diabetes and weight...

March 25, 2024

Banks

Towards a theory of co-headship

A detailed taxonomy of management company rationales for this weird Wall Street anomaly

March 11, 2024

FT Magazine

The delivery rider who took on his faceless boss

...“The broader trend of people rising up against gig work exploitation has given a collective voice to [this] group.”...

March 15, 2024

Due Diligence

The junior banker behind Litquidity Premium

...Coatue Management managing director Aaron Weiner is leaving the group to start a new hedge fund, Bloomberg reports....

February 8, 2024

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