Aggreko deal in the balance as top investor leads the revolt

Aggreko deal in the balance: Top investor leads revolt over power equipment firm’s £2.3bn private equity takeover By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 21 April 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 21 April 2021 The £2.3billion private equity takeover of Aggreko has been thrown into doubt after the power equipment provider’s biggest … Read more

Glaxo investor suggests chief boss’s days are numbered

Major investor in Glaxosmithkline suggests chief executive’s days are numbered after company comes under siege from activist investor Elliott By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 16 April 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 16 April 2021 A major investor in Glaxosmithkline has suggested its chief executive’s days are numbered after the pharmaceuticals … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: GSK boss braces for action over activist investor

ALEX BRUMMER: Activist investor Elliott’s arrival on the doorstep of GSK may require boss Emma Walmsley to strengthen the defences By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:17 BST, 15 April 2021 | Updated: 22:17 BST, 15 April 2021 The arrival of activist investor Elliott Management on the doorstep of Glaxosmithkline’s glistening headquarters in … Read more

Activist investor Elliott builds stake in Glaxo

Billionaire plotting shake-up at Glaxosmithkline: Activist investor Elliott builds stake in British drugs giant Infamous activist investor Elliott Management has snapped up a multi-billion pound stake in Glaxosmithkline  Elliott, run by US billionaire Paul Singer, has accumulated a ‘significant’ position in the underperforming company Shares jumped 4.6 per cent, or 58.8p, to 1348.4p as the … Read more

How to tell if you’re a prudent investor or a reckless gambler

Gambling and investing are worlds apart. One could lose you all your money. The other is a slow and steady route to long-term wealth.  Yet telling the difference between the two is easier said than done. After all, both can involve holding shares in companies or trading other financial instruments. A new type of investment … Read more

Credit Suisse faces investor backlash after Archegos crisis leaves it nursing heavy losses

Credit Suisse faces investor backlash after Archegos crisis leaves it nursing heavy losses By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:18 BST, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 30 March 2021 Credit Suisse is facing a major investor backlash after the Archegos crisis left it nursing heavy losses. The banking giant was already … Read more

Deliveroo will lower share price citing ‘volatile market’ after investor concerns over worker rights

Deliveroo has said it will price shares for its highly anticipated stock market listing towards the bottom of its price range due to ‘volatile’ market conditions. It comes after a week in which a raft of leading fund managers said they will reject the listing – which could be the UK’s biggest for a decade … Read more

THE PRUDENT INVESTOR: Why I’ve fallen back in love with my Isa

I have fallen in love with Isas all over again. For years, my Isa was the poor relation in my investment portfolio as I piled money into my pension to gain tax relief on contributions. But punitive recent tax changes have taken the gloss off pensions for anyone who saves hard and invests successfully. Those … Read more

THE PRUDENT INVESTOR: Why I’ve fallen back in love with my Isa

I have fallen in love with Isas all over again. For years, my Isa was the poor relation in my investment portfolio as I piled money into my pension to gain tax relief on contributions. But punitive recent tax changes have taken the gloss off pensions for anyone who saves hard and invests successfully. Those … Read more

Interactive Investor snaps up personal investing accounts from Equiniti

Investment platform Interactive Investor snaps-up 50,000 personal investing accounts from Equiniti in £49m deal II has bought Equiniti’s share dealing, ISA and SIPP accounts for £48.5m Sale and migration of around 50,000 customers set to complete this summer  If customers find that after six months they would have paid less with Equiniti, Interactive Investor will refund … Read more