MARKET REPORT: Private equity firm Sirius Capital swoops on Equinti

Private equity has been swarming all over the London stock market and yesterday Equinti moved one step closer to being swallowed. The little known outsourcing firm – it provides payment services for companies like Easyjet (up 1.1 per cent, or 11p, to 997.8p) – has agreed a £673million deal with New York-based Sirius Capital. It … Read more

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Sirius proves doubters wrong

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Business park firm Sirius Real Estate proves doubters wrong By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 30 January 2021 Just like the UK, Germany is in lockdown. Businesses are hurting and a furlough scheme has been extended to the end of … Read more

Sirius Minerals faces legal bid from shareholder group after rescue

Sirius Minerals faces legal bid from shareholder group after Anglo’s ‘daylight robbery’ rescue deal By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 7 December 2020 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 7 December 2020 An influential shareholder organisation is assembling a legal case against Sirius Minerals after thousands of ordinary investors saw their savings and … Read more

Sirius Minerals boss pocketed £1.3m as investors lost fortune

Sirius Minerals boss pocketed £1.3m after agreeing takeover that cost many shareholders their life savings  Former chief executive Chris Fraser received £1.3m in bonuses Former finance boss Thomas Staley pocketed a total of nearly £900,000 Fraser and Staley are now running Anglo’s new ‘crop nutrients’ division By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: … Read more

Yorkshire mine Sirius sinks into a cash crisis as MPs plead with government to save it 

Yorkshire mine Sirius sinks into a cash crisis as MPs plead with government to save it  By Jamie Nimmo For The Mail On Sunday Published: 09:14 BST, 25 August 2019 | Updated: 09:14 BST, 25 August 2019 The Government is being urged to provide emergency financial support to Sirius Minerals to prevent its huge fertiliser … Read more

Hedge fund tycoon Crispin Odey bets on Sirius Minerals bidding war

Hedge fund tycoon Crispin Odey bets on Sirius bidding war as shareholders approve £405m Anglo American takeover By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 4 March 2020 | Updated: 11:54 GMT, 17 March 2020 The hedge fund managed by millionaire Crispin Odey is talking up the prospect of a bidding war breaking … Read more