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Corporate Financier

Analysis and insight from the Corporate Finance Faculty

December 2024

This month we look at the outlook for financial services M&A, which has been on the up in 2024. We also ask how the big firms are deploying AI in deals advisory; examine the crucial job of assessing management before a buy-out; and look back at the faculty’s glittering Annual Reception.

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Long read: Financial services M&A

Financial services M&A has been on the up in 2024. What are the drivers for this uptick in dealmaking and will it continue? David Prosser reports.
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Lord Clement-Jones CBE, co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence, speaking at the ICAEW Corporate Finance Annual Reception 2024 Fishmongers Hall London UK

Annual Reception 2024

More than 300 guests gathered last month for the flagship event in the ICAEW calendar – the Corporate Finance Faculty’s Annual Reception.
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News and views

Faculty news
The Corporate Finance Faculty and the National Wealth Fund (NWF) held an infrastructure investment forum for investors and advisers in Leeds UK 2024
December 2024

The launch of the AI in Corporate Finance hub, the Prospecting for Deals webinar and the infrastructure forum in Leeds.

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opinion
Jon Moulton ICAEW Corporate Financier
Jon Moulton on the first Labour Budget

The recent Budget presents challenges for private equity, but nothing is insurmountable, says Jon Moulton CBE.

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analysis
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In numbers: bright future

Price multiples are on the rebound, but investment in early-stage businesses slows down.

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Global investment and M&A

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Insight: management due diligence

To make an investment work the people are key, something that has long been recognised by private equity. So what can management due diligence bring to the party? Jo Russell reports.
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Innovation and sustainable recovery

Insight: AI and the Big Six

With the hype around generative AI, there is hope that it will provide a solution to many challenges. But how will it help corporate financiers and how will the big advisory firms use it? Jason Sinclair reports.
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Roadshow: Wales and South West M&A

After a challenging period for dealmakers and advisers, transaction activity in the South West and Wales is now moving in the right direction. Nicholas Neveling reports.
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Future advisory professionals

career paths
Oliver Stephens, associate director at Headpoint Advisors
Heart of the country

Oliver Stephens, associate director at Headpoint Advisors, delivers international M&A advice to mid-market companies across the UK.

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Ben Kolada is director and head of US tech investment banking at ICON Corporate Finance
International outreach

ICON’s Ben Kolada specialises in hunting down opportunities worldwide in a specialised sector – and when it works, it delivers.

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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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The archives

Browse Corporate Financier content from November 2024 and earlier.

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