ASI joins calls against NSF's £1.3bn Provident Financial takeover bid - Reports

Not a 'good deal' for shareholders

Mike Sheen
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Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) is the latest to criticise a planned £1.3bn takeover bid of Provident Financial by its former chief executive John van Kuffeler and his firm Non-Standard Finance.

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