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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Bovis Homes confirms merger talks with Galliford Try after rejecting Redrow offer

March 12, 2017

Bovis Homes is in £2.5bn merger talks with fellow housebuilder Galliford Try after rejecting a bid from Redrow. FTSE 250-listed Galliford Try said the tie-up would create “a new major housebuilder with national scale and geographic coverage through the combination of the sixth and eighth largest UK housebuilders by completions”. Bovis, which is also on [...]
Inflation expectations hit highest levels since 2013, Bank of England survey finds

March 10, 2017

Britons are anticipating big price rises over the coming year, new data from the Bank of England out today shows. Members of the public quizzed in February expect inflation to rise 2.9 per cent over the next year, up from a 2.8 per cent estimate in the Bank’s previous survey in November. The 2.9 per [...]
Where to put your money? These are the most popular fund platforms for investors in the UK

March 10, 2017

Investor confidence bounced up towards the end of 2016, new figures out today show, but failed to make up for a year “overshadowed by political uncertainty”. Annual platform net sales were down 16 per cent over the year as a whole, from £45bn in 2015 to £38bn in 2016. This included £10.5bn in the last [...]
British citizens should retain EU rights, says European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt

March 10, 2017

The European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator has said British citizens should be able to retain EU membership benefits. Guy Verhofstadt, who described the EU referendum result as a “tragedy”, wants a system in which Brits can retain freedom to travel in the continent and vote in European elections. Read more: EU negotiator Guy Verhofstadt says Churchill [...]
Theresa May steps up Brexit charm offensive, reassuring City chiefs at Downing Street and Morgan Stanley party

March 9, 2017

Prime Minister Theresa May has been stepping up a City charm offensive in recent weeks, hosting top bankers and asset managers at Downing Street, City A.M. can reveal. It is understood an hour-long meeting at No 10 in late February was attended by Aberdeen Asset Management boss Martin Gilbert, Schroders’ Peter Harrison, Barclays chief Jes [...]
£30bn of IPOs in the wings

March 9, 2017

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US takeovers in Europe hit record levels despite Dulux owner brushing off £18bn approach from PPG Industries

March 9, 2017

US takeovers in Europe are heading for record levels this year, despite Azko Nobel, the Dutch paints and coatings maker behind Dulux, rejected a €21bn (£18bn) from rival PPG Industries. Some 205 US-Europe deals have been agreed so far this year, according to Thomson Reuters. While the number is down on 263 agreed last year, [...]
WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell’s share scheme pay falls more than 30 per cent (to £42m)

March 9, 2017

Sir Martin Sorrell, the FTSE 100’s best-paid chief executive, raked in £42m from WPP’s long-term incentive scheme last year, it emerged today. The £41.56m is a reduction on £63m Sorrell made from the LEAP share scheme last year, meaning his overall package for the year is likely to reduce from 2015’s £70m to around £50m. [...]
Newspaper industry calls for “urgent investigation” into Facebook, Google and fake news

March 9, 2017

The newspaper industry has today cranked up the pressure of Google and Facebook, calling for an “urgent investigation” into their impact on the media landscape and fake news. The News Media Association (NMA) wants broadcast regulator Ofcom and/ or the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to examine the “Google-Facebook duopoly”. In its submission to a [...]
Former culture secretary John Whittingdale sees no problem with 21st Century Fox-Sky deal (but would refer it to Ofcom)

March 8, 2017

Former culture secretary John Whittingdale has said he does not have a problem with 21st Century Fox’s Sky takeover and believes Channel 4 could thrive if sold off by the government. Whittingdale, who held the position until last year, was speaking at a time when his successor, Karen Bradley, is considering whether to refer Fox’s [...]

HSBC: City market’s top firm turns to Asia and Middle East

Premiership run-in: Saints and Bath will impact top four

Here We Are, National Theatre, review: Stephen Sondheim musical is more Severance than sing-a-long

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