The Impact of COVID-19 on the US Shale Oil Industry
2020 has been an extremely volatile year for oil and gas companies with the twin shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Saudi Arabia...
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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 23, 2020
- 10 min
The Impact of Passive Capital on Financial Markets
Passive investing is one of the most hotly debated topics in modern times. And for a very good reason, since it has fascinating ...
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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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- Jun 10, 2020
- 9 min
Impact of COVID-19 on the Private Equity Industry
By Vincent Wess (WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management) This report is meant to provide insights on how the COVID-19 pandemic has...
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- May 27, 2020
- 12 min
The Airline Industry’s Collision with Covid-19
By Luca Poeschl, Rayan Singh and Constantin Wells (University of St. Gallen) Airlines have been able to overcome a wide variety of...
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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
- 6 min
The Shrinkage of Public Markets
By Vincent Wess The shrinkage of public markets is a relatively recent phenomenon and is comprised of two main underlying trends. On the...
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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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