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In the past 18 months six UK marketing companies have ceased to be listed on the London stock exchange. That’s 27% of the total. Some have failed and fallen into the hands of administrators. ... Read more
The Stock Exchange "temporarily" suspended trading in Aegis Group shares from 5pm this evening at the request of the company, presumably in anticipation of completing its sale to Dentsu tomorrow and... Read more
Dentsu revealed today that it is still awaiting approval of its Aegis Group takeover from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, despite having previously announced that it expects the acquisition to be... Read more
The MSFI Index of marketing companies’ share prices continued to close the gap on the FTSE All-Share Index in the month to 12 March, the third consecutive month when this has happened. The... Read more
Dentsu sold the balance of its shareholding in Publicis Groupe yesterday morning for €181.4 million, ending the link formed when Publicis bought BCom3, in which Dentsu had a substantial... Read more
The MSFI Index of shares prices of companies in the marketing communications sector continued to make progress at a faster rate than the FTSE All-Share Index in the month to 12 February 2013,... Read more
Aegis Group and Dentsu have agreed to a one month delay in the completion of the takeover of the UK based company to allow the Chinese Ministry of Commerce more time to review the proposals. The... Read more
Prices of shares in the marketing sector recovered confidence in the month to 12 January after faltering in the previous month. The sector’s MSFI Index rose by 6.53% to 36.1 (Jan 2001: 100)... Read more
Aegis Group has acquired a majority stake in its Colombian affiliate that trades in Bogotá as Carat Colombia, with an option to acquire the remaining shareholding in five years' time…The... Read more
After last month’s encouraging upward movement in share prices in the marketing sector, investors lost their nerve and marked time in the latest month to 12 December. The standstill... Read more