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3i and a top City rainmaker

Are we about to see some action at struggling private equity group 3i? Chairman Sir Adrian Montague must be hoping so.

Amid talk that several large shareholders are planning to abstain or vote against re-election of chief executive, More…

Snap news

Breaking pre-market news on Wednesday,

- 3i appoints Greenhill’s Simon Borrows as its new chief investment officer — statement and results.

- Sodexo sees Q3 sales growth slow, but retains targets — statement. More…

Roche readies fresh $44bn Genentech buy-out attempt

Roche of Switzerland is preparing a fresh offer for Genentech, the US biotech in which it already owns a 56 per cent stake.

The bid, to be pitched at around $95-a-share, is likely to be placed in front of Genentech’s board ahead of Roche’s year-end figures, More…

Greenhill lures bankers for Japan advisory firm

Greenhill has hired bankers Kensuke Hotta and Hiroto Yamada to launch an advisory business in Japan, where it will guide companies through domestic deals and cross-border investments into the US and other developed markets. More…

People: Helix/Goldman Sachs, Greenhill/Morgan Stanley, Barclays Wealth/Credit Agricole, JP Morgan

Clive Norton, former co-head of Goldman Sachs private equity group’s European operations, is joining Helix Associates, an agency that helps buy-out groups raise cash, as managing director in the firm’s London office. More…