Over at Numis, Lorna Tilbian said: We retain our view that Reed has world class assets, particularly in scientific, though our top down preference remains for groups which offer more cyclical recovery potential.
The hut also housed another world-class asset, the Maudsley Twin Register.
"They are a world-class asset and now it seems other investors will have the opportunity to continue generations of world-class steel production.
The brochure, aimed at US citizens unsettled by Barack Obama's recent election to the White House, described Panama as a "489-year-old colonial city and modern, world-class asset haven on the shores of the Caribbean".
The hedge fund said a failure to consider alternative ideas from "world-class asset managers" was "symptomatic of broader corporate governance deficiencies and an unwillingness of the board to challenge the status quo".
"We believe that the Utica Shale is a world-class asset with world-class returns, and now we have a world-class partner to help develop the play more aggressively than we could have with our own resources," Aubrey K. McClendon, Chesapeake's chief executive, said in a statement.
"The British financial services industry is not about offshore private banking, it's about world-class asset management, insurance, reinsurance, banking, retail banking, commercial banking – these kinds of unsexy parts of the financial services industry which Britain does very well – I can't see how any of these are better off outside of Europe.
"Dow Jones has served as a trusted resource with world-class assets for more than a century," said Mr. Fenwick.
BHP's strong cash position means it will almost certainly try to acquire a significant asset, at a time when world-class assets around the world are fast dwindling.
"The solid financial performance of CBS Corporation, in spite of a challenging economic environment, demonstrates the enduring strength of its brands and world-class assets," the executive chairman, Sumner M. Redstone, said.
"After carefully considering all of the options for creating shareholder value, the McGraw-Hill board of directors concluded that this agreement generates the best value and certainty for our shareholders and will most favorably position the world-class assets of McGraw-Hill Education for long-term success," Harold McGraw III, the company's chairman and chief executive, said in a statement.
