London | One of Anglo American’s biggest investors has welcomed the prospect of BHP securing a deal with the London-listed diversified miner, saying the suitor just needed to put something more on the table.

“An agreed deal would be a good outcome. We think it’s encouraging that the two parties are talking,” said Dawid Heyl, a portfolio manager at Ninety One, a $240 billion asset manager with a 2 per cent stake in Anglo, making it the seventh-largest shareholder.