Three reasons we’re about to have a new FTSE takeover frenzy

Whether a FTSE takeover frenzy is good for the economy is open to debate, says Matthew Lynn. But it's certainly good for investors.

15-6-15-shell-634

Shell has completed its takeover of fellow FTSE 100 firm BG

Take your eyes off the market for a few minutes and another FTSE 100 company might have disappeared. Shell has just taken control of BG. Vodafone has been engaged in a complex corporate dance with Liberty Global that may well end in a full-blown bid for the mobile telecoms giant.

Subscribe to MoneyWeek

Subscribe to MoneyWeek today and get your first six magazine issues absolutely FREE

Get 6 issues free
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/mw70aro6gl1676370748.jpg

Sign up to Money Morning

Don't miss the latest investment and personal finances news, market analysis, plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter

Don't miss the latest investment and personal finances news, market analysis, plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter

Sign up
Matthew Lynn

Matthew Lynn is a columnist for Bloomberg, and writes weekly commentary syndicated in papers such as the Daily Telegraph, Die Welt, the Sydney Morning Herald, the South China Morning Post and the Miami Herald. He is also an associate editor of Spectator Business, and a regular contributor to The Spectator. Before that, he worked for the business section of the Sunday Times for ten years. 

He has written books on finance and financial topics, including Bust: Greece, The Euro and The Sovereign Debt Crisis and The Long Depression: The Slump of 2008 to 2031. Matthew is also the author of the Death Force series of military thrillers and the founder of Lume Books, an independent publisher.