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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Murdoch Empire 2.0 or socialist witch-hunt? MPs debate Fox-Sky deal as culture secretary decides whether to refer bid to Ofcom

March 6, 2017

Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox is preparing to make its case to culture secretary Karen Bradley as she decides whether to submit the company’s takeover bid for Sky News to broadcast regulator Ofcom. Interested parties have until Wednesday afternoon to submit representations to Bradley. Read more: Government "minded" to scrutinise Fox takeover of Sky After [...]
Brexit challenger Gina Miller’s firm condemns active fund management industry for having “no genuine price competition”

March 6, 2017

Brexit challenger Gina Miller has condemned the active fund management industry for having “no genuine price competition”. SCM Direct, an investment management group co-founded by Miller, today released research showing 70 per cent of actively managed equity funds charge an identical annual management charge (AMC) of 0.75 per cent. Read more: Two ways investors can [...]
Brexit, Isis and attracting entrepreneurs: Just some of the challenges faced by mid-market private equity firm Livingbridge

March 6, 2017

Private equity firm Livingbridge will likely be tied to its former name, Isis Equity Partners, for some time to come. In 2014, shortly before turning 20 years old, Isis chose to change its name in light of the rising prominence of its namesake terrorist organisation. “It was kind of fine [prior to 2014],” says Wol [...]
Video game designer turned chief executive aims to propel his company into the elite

February 27, 2017

As a Star Wars and science fiction enthusiast famous for co-authoring a “seminal” video game in the 1980s, it is perhaps unsurprising that David Braben does not come across as a typical chief executive. Sitting tie-less in the City offices of investment bank Numis on the morning of a trading update, the founder of Frontier [...]
Rival Green Investment Bank bidder condemns government’s “unfortunate” choice of Macquarie as preferred bidder

February 24, 2017

The chief executive of a rival bidder in the Green Investment Bank privatisation has condemned the government for making an “unfortunate” choice of preferred bidder and stubbornly sticking with it. The government is in exclusive talks with Australian investment bank Macquarie as it seeks to sell-off the £2bn-valued Green Investment Bank. The deal has come [...]
“We are not in a bazaar”: German minister rules out HQ compromise in London Stock Exchange-Deutsche Boerse talks

February 24, 2017

Politicians in Frankfurt appear determined to accept nothing but the headquarters of the combined London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse, with an influential minister making clear he is not interested in compromise. “We are not in a bazaar,” Thomas Schaefer told City A.M. when asked whether there was anything the exchanges could offer to the [...]
Nigel Farage says he will never forgive media coverage of Ukip

February 24, 2017

Nigel Farage has said he will never forgive the British media for having “demonised” Ukip and made him “frightened” to leave his home. The former Ukip leader accused sections of the press of using members with controversial views in order to discredit the party as a whole. Read more: Nigel Farage is staying away from [...]
Here’s what analysts are saying about Pearson’s full-year results after a “challenging” year

February 24, 2017

Pearson did its best to prepare investors for today’s full-year results with a January trading update. The former Financial Times publisher’s share price jumped up at the open, before falling slightly later in the morning. Read more: Pearson lays bare 2016 results after "challenging year" Here is what analysts are making of the figures… The [...]
Jupiter’s share price falls despite dividend boost as earnings come in below expectations

February 24, 2017

Jupiter Fund Management’s share price dropped four per cent this morning after the FTSE 250 firm reported earnings below expectations. The figures The asset manager reported net inflows of £1bn in its full-year results for 2016, down from £1.9bn in 2015. Total assets under management, buoyed by the performance of stock markets, rose from £35.7bn [...]
Former FT publisher Pearson lays bare 2016 results after “challenging year”

February 24, 2017

Pearson’s share price jumped three per cent at the open this morning before falling away after the struggling education business reported its full-year results. Although the figures reflected a “challenging year”, with sales down eight per cent and operating profit falling 21 per cent, investors had already been briefed on the damage in a January [...]

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