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Corporate Financier

Analysis and insight from the Corporate Finance Faculty

November 2024

With the faculty’s publication of its latest guideline, on financial due diligence, we examine the forward-looking nature of engagements. Plus: how UK mid-market PE firms are adopting ESG; Rose Street’s long-term view on investment; and Agathos’s innovative way to acquire from an EOT.

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Long read: Financial due diligence

Once a relatively narrow discipline that focused on the historic performance of a business being bought or sold, the depth and breadth of financial due diligence has grown significantly in the past 10 years. David Prosser reports.
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News and views

Faculty news
PwC global deals leader Lucy Stapleton speaking at the FDD financial due diligence guideline launch event 2024 ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty
November 2024

he faculty’s new guideline on financial due diligence, Annual Reception 2024, plus a new member for the tech committee.

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opinion
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Jon Moulton on revenue multiples

Revenue multiples might be easy to calculate, but they are fraught with difficulty, says Jon Moulton CBE.

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In numbers: Technical support

Tech businesses lead a surge in confidence, and M&A deals are on the rise, but geopolitical uncertainty continues.

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Innovation and sustainable recovery

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Insight: ESG

In the US, there is growing pushback against ESG by private equity, but what’s going on in the UK mid-market? Jo Russell reports.
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Insider dealing: Rose Street Partners invest in Fuelsoft

A new UK firm is taking a longer-term approach to investing. Andy Thomson looks at Rose Street Partners’ first investment, in Fuelsoft in July 2024.
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Regulation: FRS 102

Amendments to financial reporting standard FRS 102 will change how revenue is recognised and leases are accounted for. Grant Thornton’s Patrick O’Brien and Pinkesh Patel explain the impact on M&A valuations.
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EY associate partner Chris Jarvill took over as chair of the Corporate Finance Faculty's technical committee

Future advisory professionals

Profile
EY associate partner Chris Jarvill took over as chair of the Corporate Finance Faculty's technical committee
Our eyes on the rules

Chris Jarvill, associate partner at EY, took over as chair of the Corporate Finance Faculty’s technical committee in April. He talks to Marc Mullen.

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career paths
Kristine Chong, associate director at Salonica Group
New approaches

Kristine Chong, associate director at Salonica Group, loves investing in minority-led businesses from the start of a deal to completion.

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Breaking new ground

Agathos senior investment manager John Butterworth on an innovative approach to buying employee-owned businesses.

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Connections

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Corporate finance advisory

Promotions and those on the move in corporate finance advisory.

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Legal advisory

Who’s on the move or been promoted in legal advisory.

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Private equity

Recruitment and promotions in private equity.

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Browse Corporate Financier content from October 2024 and earlier.

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