By James Skinner – Tuesday, 19 January, 2016
All that remains for Shell’s (LSE: RDSB) takeover of BG Group (LSE: BG) to become a done deal is for shareholders to vote it through at the end of this month (AGM).
I’m now having second thoughts about this, partly as a result of last week’s news, which saw Standard Life announce that it will vote against the merger at the upcoming meeting.
This announcement has prompted me to stop for a moment and ask if the transaction still makes sense.