Ivan Levingston

RT @Simon_Foy: FT Scoop: Santander rejected £11bn bid from NatWest for UK unit https://t.co/bEaqNHeq0f via @ft

Scoop: Reckitt’s plan to sell Air Wick unit at risk of collapse ⁦@SpeedMaddie⁩ ⁦@alexandraheal⁩ https://t.co/9AZgtV2J6B

If you know, you know.

Crossing Broad @CrossingBroad

You and Pope Leo XIV have probably eaten at the same Wawa. Let that sink in.

scoop: Smiths Group kicks off break-up with move to sell £1bn unit @sylviapfeifer @mroliverbarnes https://t.co/S3Sb4mEsRw

RT @FT: Private equity’s best days are over, says Egyptian billionaire Sawiris https://t.co/HUZxy6TgLF

More must read comments from the billionaire Nassef Sawiris - this time on the challenges facing the PE industry. We discussed the lack of exits, continuation funds, and fund manager priorities @ArashMassoudi

Financial Times @FT

Private equity’s best days are over, says Egyptian billionaire Sawiris https://t.co/HUZxy6TgLF

This is a big win for VCs at a time of few exits. Also shows one of the newer routes to liquidity: PE

Techmeme @Techmeme

Sources: CVC and Blackstone invest $2B+ in equity and debt to take a minority stake in Istanbul-based Dream Games, which makes Royal Match, valuing it at ~$5B (Financial Times) https://t.co/NlPRII2doR https://t.co/Ic3TfxIRsT https://t.co/ZOzeer2dpR

RT @Techmeme: Sources: CVC and Blackstone invest $2B+ in equity and debt to take a minority stake in Istanbul-based Dream Games, which make…

RT @blakeir: pretty wild that no one in tech is talking about this: every VC in Dream Games (Royal Match) just fully exited at a ~$5B val…

RT @dave_brown24: 🚨BREAKING: Trump is planning to oust national security adviser Mike Waltz, who has lost the confidence of other administr…

RT @sindap: NEW: Rogo, which makes a chatbot for investment banking analysts, sees its valuation jump from $80mn to $350mn in six months af…

RT @DanielThomasLDN: And with new Monday M&A meat ... FT can reveal that Banijay has held talks with CVC, the private equity group, about f…

Scoop: France’s Banijay explores takeover bid for ITV ⁦@DanielThomasLDN⁩ ⁦@BryceElder⁩ https://t.co/ywYhpHFliM

Barbarians at the sluice gate: KKR’s Thames Water quest Our team FT deep dive ⁦@BondHack⁩ Gillian Plimmer ⁦@EuanHealy⁩ https://t.co/mbuwzcLGEP

RT @MalcolmMoore: Elliott wants BP to increase its cash flow to $20bn a year, and has upped its stake past the 5% disclosure threshold. @Co…

Must read: Egyptian billionaire Sawiris tells us ‘Tory incompetence’ forced him to quit UK. ⁦with the maestro ⁦@ArashMassoudi⁩ https://t.co/9kUL1ljgTf

“A perpetual Barney Greengrass breakfast” https://t.co/l6gAGQpPdO