Alistair Osborne

One for the “free speech absolutist” …Elon Musk is advertising his own failings https://t.co/WXGmLHgNxE

Ofwat’s £104m fine for the polluting Thames Water might make the regulator feel better but only underlines the key problem: that the company is in no fit state to be running the capital’s water network and needs urgent financial restructuring. My col https://t.co/8TNFAPWw6I

Managed wind-down? Wrecked Home Reit was a big wind-up https://t.co/zfHU8n2oPj

LXi Reit founder denies email shows involvement in Home Reit https://t.co/2EAcxWaVZ3

Thames Water bondholders need to take a haircut https://t.co/r1BlBi4eA7

Thames Water’s ring-fenced operating company is drowning in £15.2bn net debts - too much to attract fresh equity on any likely settlement from Ofwat. If we want a long-term fix, bondholders need to take at least a 25% haircut on their loans. My col https://t.co/JZAXQQXWSz

Duncan Tait, the Inchcape boss, was a former top bod at Fujitsu, embroiled in the Post Office scandal. What’s it say about his leadership skills that his default answer to the public inquiry was “I don’t know”. Shouldn’t he have known what was going on? https://t.co/WMzxJ4caHW

Some schemes aimed at sheltering inheritance tax look even better at keeping the investment manager alive than the family fortune. This one from Octopus Investments is a case in point - £683 million of fees over 14 years. https://t.co/DvQ7rBQTTy

The Special Opportunities property fund has pulled its float. Could it be because some of the directors, and notably Simon Lee, are linked to the scandal-plagued Home Reit? My col from last week outlining what should have been in the prospectus. https://t.co/7pNXQF3dmc

Like it or not, there are strong contractual reasons for giving Elon Musk his $56bn Tesla payday - even if a board with a bit of gumption would use some discretion. My col, also on BP bringing in the Bonking Police. https://t.co/chvddLCWha

Maybe the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky will prove a first-class owner of Royal Mail. But this deal still needs a proper look. My col, also on BHP’s cack-handed takeover tilt at Anglo-American https://t.co/Y7jUEw8vcs

Michael O’Leary’s big prize is on the horizon https://t.co/8seeB5ee1Z

Daniel Kretinsky’s proposed Royal Mail offer needs a careful check https://t.co/J8CraXOWlQ

Anglo American’s break-up defence strategy is chocka with risks. But it should still be able to beat the £34 billion takeover proposal presently being dangled by BHP. My take on the mining bid https://t.co/NlEfPg38Pb

An everyday tale of relationship banking… High-flyers leave investment bank Stifel after sex with cleaner https://t.co/KfVzxfNrTy

RT @Benjaminwmartin: What a story from @aliosborne20 - A US investment bank has parted company with two experienced members of its London t…

London can’t let Shell slip away https://t.co/JmsWvIHvkQ