Oksana Remez, Senior Business Development Executive, said: We have seen a big interest in our proprietary trading platform that offers single access point for trading all instruments as well as these immense capabilities to add many 3rd party trading tools, news, education, TV channels etc. The standalone trading solution Finalto Trade was split into a…
Read more
Gopher responded on Tuesday with disappointment in Playtech’s supplement circular, claiming that it has answered its questions and the urged its shareholders to vote against the sale of Finalto to the Consortium. In its latest response, Playtech stated that it does not agree with how Gopher described the string of events and claims it is…
Read more
The Playtech added: Shareholders should ask why Gopher continues to hide and should also be suspicious of Gopher’s credibility, particularly given that disclosure is crucial when buying a highly regulated business. Furthermore, the firm associated with Gopher, TT Bond Partners, is a small boutique brokerage that raises money from Chinese investors. Gopher’s behaviour has not…
Read more
Playtech added: Playtech has continued to make significant progress against its strategic and operational objectives, including in its key target growth markets of the US, Latin America and Europe. In the US the Company signed a strategic, multi-state, multi-product deal with the Greenwood companies, which operate the Parx Casino, and subsequently launched in Michigan with…
Read more
In May Playtech and the consortium signed a binding deal for the sale of Finalto for $210 million after a lengthy and complicated approval process. Playtech said in its latest statement: Playtech and the Consortium are bound by the restrictions agreed as part of the SPA, which includes not engaging in negotiations with any third…
Read more
Macrobond, provider of global economic, aggregate financial and sector data for finance professionals, revealed that Stockholm-based Erik Penser Bank is using Macrobond to deliver critical data and modelling tools to interpret market events. Erik Penser Bank’s asset managers mine financial, corporate, sustainability and macroeconomic data to help from their allocation strategies and tailor solutions for…
Read more
If the shareholders turn down the consortium’s offer, the lengthy evaluation and regulatory approval process would have to be repeated, putting Finalto in uncertainty for many months. The consortium also reminded that according to the terms of the Sale and Purchase Agreement, in such a case “Playtech will be required to pay the Consortium a…
Read more
The statement said: Gopher is an investment vehicle backed by investors with experience in gaming and financials, and is an affiliate of TT Bond Partners (TTB). TTB, through its Hong Kong regulated entity, TTB Partners Limited, which is advising Gopher on this transaction, is an investment and advisory firm based in Hong Kong, whose founders…
Read more
The announcement further explained that Gopher Investments’ proposed valuation represents a 47% premium to the consortium and a 35% premium to the guaranteed consideration of that offer. According to the official announcement, Gopher Investments urged Playtech’s shareholders to vote against the Consortium’s offer. Gopher added that “Finalto’s attractive growth prospects are not fairly reflected in…
Read more
The governor of the Bank of Korea suggested that cryptocurrency trades from South Korean citizens are a potential threat to the country’s financial system. Increased trading of virtual assets – known for their volatile pricing – is threatening to leave the nation’s financial system at risk of instability, according to the Governor of the Bank…
Read more