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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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- Jul 5, 2021
- 1 min
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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- May 13, 2021
- 1 min
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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- Jan 7, 2021
- 10 min
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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- Nov 5, 2020
- 7 min
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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- Sep 24, 2020
- 10 min
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 3, 2020
- 8 min
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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- Aug 6, 2020
- 6 min
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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- Jul 29, 2020
- 5 min
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 15, 2020
- 8 min
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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- May 20, 2020
- 6 min
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 13, 2020
- 3 min
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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- Apr 28, 2020
- 5 min
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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- Mar 29, 2020
- 11 min
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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- Jan 31, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 6 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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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