Aug 13, 202013 minThe Impact of COVID-19 on the US Shale Oil Industry2020 has been an extremely volatile year for oil and gas companies with the twin shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Saudi Arabia...
Aug 6, 20206 minHealthcare Dominates Covid-Era M&A ActivityThere’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...
Jul 29, 20205 minBig Tech and Its Pandemic Spending SpreeThe tech sector as a whole has weathered the coronavirus crisis well. In particular, record valuations and large cash balances have left...
Jul 23, 202010 minThe Impact of Passive Capital on Financial MarketsPassive investing is one of the most hotly debated topics in modern times. And for a very good reason, since it has fascinating ...
Jul 15, 20208 minEat or be Eaten in the Payment IndustryIn the last 10 years, the market environment has changed and apart from banking players such as Barclaycard, Crédit Agricole & ...
Jun 10, 20209 minImpact of COVID-19 on the Private Equity IndustryBy Vincent Wess (WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management) This report is meant to provide insights on how the COVID-19 pandemic has...
May 27, 202012 minThe Airline Industry’s Collision with Covid-19By Luca Poeschl, Rayan Singh and Constantin Wells (University of St. Gallen) Airlines have been able to overcome a wide variety of...
May 20, 20206 minThe Fall in Cross-Border DealsBy Francesca Bandini During the last decade, the need for companies to internationalise their supply chains in a search of competitive...
May 13, 20203 minGrowth in Special Purpose Acquisition CompaniesBy Jamie McLean Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACS) are companies with “no or nominal operations and either no or nominal...
Apr 28, 20205 minThe Fight to Win the Hunger GamesBy Julius Kalvelage In the food delivery industry, M&A activity and valuations have been at very high levels over the past years. There...
Mar 29, 202011 minThe Impact of The Covid-19 Crisis on U.S. M&A DealsBy Dylan Litt, Kyle Amelio, and Michael Lipsky (New York University), Charlie Solnik (CalPoly), Mihir Gupta (University College of...
Feb 1, 20204 minSpecialisation in the Pharmaceuticals SectorBy Julius Kalvelage Many companies in the pharmaceutical industry are facing pressure to generate sales and profit while losing ground...
Feb 1, 20206 minBig Pharma's Patent PanicBy Julius Kalvelage Over the past years, large pharmaceutical companies have experienced a deterioration in their ability to grow...
Feb 1, 20205 minConsolidation is Key for the Automotive IndustryBy Francesca Bandini The automotive industry is undergoing unprecedented changes on multiple fronts. Strong sales fluctuations and fierce...
Feb 1, 20206 minThe Shrinkage of Public MarketsBy Vincent Wess The shrinkage of public markets is a relatively recent phenomenon and is comprised of two main underlying trends. On the...
Feb 1, 20204 minThe Rising Prominence of Activist InvestorsBy Jamie McLean Investor activism is where an individual or group “purchases large numbers of a public company’s shares and/or tries to...