Little old Betaville is kicking himself this morning and loyal readers may be wondering why.
Well, it's because BC Partners and Pollen Street Capital have just raised their hostile bid for challenger bank Shawbrook to 340p a share. Here is the link to this morning's press release:..
Looking over today's coverage of the Pollent Street Capital / BC Partners bid for Shawbrook I was somewhat dismayed that none of the mainstream business sections picked up on the fact that the private equity firms had actually gone "hostile" on challenger bank by taking their offer directly to shareholders...
Zak doesn't do afternoons so I was interviewed by the charming Matt Brown. Here is a link to today's session:
http://tiptv.co.uk/exova-confirms-bid-interests-old-mutual-sells-stake-hna-betaville/..