GasLog chairman Peter Livanos is a smart mover, so Monday’s announcement that he plans to take his company private by selling 45% to asset manager BlackRock sparked market comment.

Disclosure of the deal was ­followed by a lack of explanation from Livanos, as well as the refusal of executives to speak about ­GasLog during a company conference call or to field analysts’ questions about the future of spin-off outfit GasLog Partners.