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Growth of the Streaming Industry
The pandemic further accelerated an industry that was already on a meteoric rise. Streaming has taken over the entertainment landscape, ...
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Sep 17, 20211 min read
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The Rise of Cryptocurrency
As markets continue to fluctuate, there is no industry more volatile than that of cryptocurrency. With a rapid increase in investors and...
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Jul 5, 20211 min read
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A Global Breakdown of Private Equity
The sharp decline in interest rates has caused a global pile up in dry powder, shooting up deals volume and valuations, in both VC ....
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May 13, 20211 min read
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Filing for Disruption: The Tech Sector is Changing the IPO Market
Is technology going to cause a transformation of public markets? While tech companies have disrupted countless industries, its most...
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Jan 7, 202110 min read
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Private Equities Increasing Interest in Sport
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, professional sports worldwide came to a halt, suffering significant losses attributed to foregone..
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Nov 5, 20207 min read
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M&A Activity in Telecoms: An Industry in a State of Flux
The telecom industry has experienced a revolution over the last half a decade. As it stood back in the late 2000s to the early 2010s...
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Sep 24, 202010 min read
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Hollywood M&A
Competition within the media and entertainment sector has intensified as some of the largest entertainment conglomerates struggle to win...
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Sep 3, 20208 min read
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Healthcare Dominates Covid-Era M&A Activity​
There’s no doubt that COVID-19 had an adverse effect on global M&A activity, with the number of M&A transactions in Q2 falling...
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Aug 6, 20206 min read
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Big Tech and Its​ Pandemic Spending Spree
The tech sector as a whole has weathered the coronavirus crisis well. In particular, record valuations and large cash balances have left...
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Jul 29, 20205 min read
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Eat or be Eaten in the Payment Industry
In the last 10 years, the market environment has changed and apart from banking players such as Barclaycard, Crédit Agricole & ...
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Jul 15, 20208 min read
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The Fall in Cross-Border Deals
By Francesca Bandini During the last decade, the need for companies to internationalise their supply chains in a search of competitive...
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May 20, 20206 min read
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Growth in Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
By Jamie McLean Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACS) are companies with “no or nominal operations and either no or nominal...
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May 13, 20203 min read
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The Fight to Win the Hunger Games
By Julius Kalvelage In the food delivery industry, M&A activity and valuations have been at very high levels over the past years. There...
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Apr 28, 20205 min read
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The Impact of The Covid-19 Crisis on U.S. M&A Deals
By Dylan Litt, Kyle Amelio, and Michael Lipsky (New York University), Charlie Solnik (CalPoly), Mihir Gupta (University College of...
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Mar 29, 202011 min read
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Specialisation in the Pharmaceuticals Sector
By Julius Kalvelage Many companies in the pharmaceutical industry are facing pressure to generate sales and profit while losing ground...
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Jan 31, 20204 min read
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Big Pharma's Patent Panic
By Julius Kalvelage Over the past years, large pharmaceutical companies have experienced a deterioration in their ability to grow...
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Jan 31, 20206 min read
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Consolidation is Key for the Automotive Industry
By Francesca Bandini The automotive industry is undergoing unprecedented changes on multiple fronts. Strong sales fluctuations and fierce...
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Jan 31, 20205 min read
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The Rising Prominence of Activist Investors
By Jamie McLean Investor activism is where an individual or group “purchases large numbers of a public company’s shares and/or tries to...
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Jan 31, 20204 min read
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