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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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Focus Finance
Sep 17, 20211 min read


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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Focus Finance
Jul 5, 20211 min read


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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Focus Finance
May 13, 20211 min read


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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Focus Finance
Jan 7, 202110 min read


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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Focus Finance
Nov 5, 20207 min read


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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