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- Alchemy hit by Moulton's parting shots
- Jon Moulton's letter to Alchemy investors announcing his surprise resignation from the private equity firm he founded was the equivalent of pulling the pin out of a grenade and lobbing it over his shoulder as he walked out the door. The 58-year-old Alchemy boss – a well-known Cassandra of the...
- News items 2009-09-03
- Moulton: Banks Must Be Trustworthy
- Wordy and over-long reports were a big contributor to the failures of financial institutions such as AIG and Lehman Brothers, says Jon Moulton of private equity firm Alchemy. He talked to me about some of the causes of the financial market chaos and what needs to be done. ...
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- The Decline of the U.K. Auto Industry
- Though it was a blow to national pride, the U.K. has learned to live without a British-owned motor industry. The U.S. could probably do the same. Protecting the National Psyche Jaguar was acquired by...
- Articles 2009-05-13
- How the UK Lost its Car Manufacturing Industry
- Though it was a blow to national pride, the U.K. has learned to live without a British-owned motor industry. The U.S. could probably do the same. ...
- Articles 2009-05-15
- Civil Liberties
- Recent events show how far we have gone from a country governed by Parliament to one ruled by out-of-control civil servants. HM Revenue & Customs is crying "tax-avoidance" to make a really big change in the UK's tax law. You can search the budget speech and the...
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- UK Bank Bailout Has Strings Attached
- UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government will make £500bn available through a series of measures designed to salvage the fortunes of struggling commercial lenders. These include Debt issued by banks will be guaranteed up to £250bn Up to £200bn from the Bank of...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- UK Offers Bailout Funds to HSBC, Seven Other Banks
- UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s government will make £400bn available through a series of measures designed to salvage the fortunes of struggling commercial lenders. These include: Debt issued by banks will be guaranteed up to £250bn Up to £200bn from the Bank of...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Soros: "Depression Cannot Be Ruled Out"
- Â George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management, has predicted "a deep recession is now inevitable and the possibility of a depression cannot be ruled out." Speaking before the US House of Representatives committee on oversight and government reform, Soros admitted that hedge fund...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- What Baugur's Fall Means for British Retail
- This week the rout of the UK retail sector continues with the demise of Icelandic retail investor Baugur. According to reports, the investment company went into a form of Chapter 11 after Icelandic bank Landsbanki pulled funding. The bank has also petitioned the High Court in London...
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- Alchemy lines up pounds 1.5bn bid for Whitbread pubs
- ALCHEMY, THE venture capital firm that abandoned talks to buy Rover from BMW earlier this year, has emerged as an early contender in the battle to buy Whitbread's 3,000 pub estate, which was put up for sale last Thursday. Jon Moulton, chief executive of Alchemy is thought...
- Research articles 2000-10-23
- Royal Doulton faces Alchemy bid
- ROYAL DOULTON, the struggling fine china group, is being stalked by Alchemy, the venture capital group which tried to take over the Rover car company last year. However, Alchemy denied reports that it is preparing to make an imminent bid. Jon Moulton, Alchemy's senior partner, said yesterday:...
- Research articles 2001-08-13
- Alchemy interest boosts UK Coal
- Shares in UK Coal rose 3.5 per cent to 135p after Jon Moulton's venture capital firm Alchemy offered to re-open takeover talks with the beleaguered miner. Kwik-Fit's founder Sir Tom Farmer and the Duke of Buccleuch are also involved in the approach.
- Research articles 2005-06-17
- Investors grab chance to go private.
- Mar 23, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Sharemarket floats on the Australian Stock Exchange may be scarce, but the reverse process is flourishing. International investors are looking to invest in taking devalued and illiquid publicly-listed Australian companies private. According to...
- Research articles 2003-03-23
- That was then, this is now.
- Jon Moulton of buy-out firm Alchemy Partners publicly declared a few days back that it's business as usual. He is apparently burning to do more deals. Well, his first big deal in the City of London is turning into the Jarndyce v. Jarndyce of...
- Research articles 2001-10-08
- How do you pull off a U-turn when the facts change?
- The problemGeneral Motors surprised the business world by deciding not to sell its Opel and Vauxhall subsidiaries to Canada's Magna and Russia's Sberbank. GM's board had seen signs of recovery in the European market, and reconsidered. When is a company justified in changing its mind, and how should the...
- News items 2009-11-10
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