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Long read: women in corporate finance
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- 10 Feb 2025
Around the deal table, female representation among corporate financiers has historically been poor. Retaining women and promoting them into senior M&A advisory roles is a long-term mission – and a journey firms are still on.
Trendwatch: utilities and resources M&A
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- 10 Feb 2025
From water to energy, there’s a perfect storm driving M&A in the utilities and resources sector. Jason Sinclair looks at what’s in the pipeline.
Insight: warranty and indemnity insurance
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- 10 Feb 2025
M&A inherently has risks that investors want to mitigate through a deal process. It’s no surprise that warranty and indemnity insurance uptake is seeing an uptick.
Insight: debt financing
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- 11 Oct 2024
Soaring inflation and the rapid rise in interest rates delivered a major blow to M&A deals, increasing the cost and reducing the debt finance that helps fuel them. But there are indications that better times lie ahead.
M&A in the auto industry
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- 14 Jul 2023
The switch from the internal combustion engine to EVs is a revolution for auto manufacturers and already stressed supply chains. What will it mean for investment and M&A in the sector? Jason Sinclair reports.
Roadshow: West Midlands
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- 14 Jul 2023
In the traditional industrial heartlands of the West Midlands, cutting-edge businesses have proved attractive amid this year’s tricky investment landscape. Andy Thomson gauges the temperature of the region’s deals market.
Tech and the future of M&A
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- 09 Jun 2023
Harnessing the opportunities technology offers M&A is a challenge. David Prosser speaks to advisers and investors about new technology and its impact on the future of dealmaking and execution.
The rise of private debt
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- 12 May 2023
Private debt is an asset class that’s risen meteorically – and looks set to grow further. But tough economic conditions and a flexible approach to covenants mean there may be challenges, too. With major flux in banking and lending markets, Andy Thomson looks at who will provide debt for mid-market deals.
Insight: venture debt funds
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- 12 May 2023
More common in the US, venture debt funds are being launched in Europe. David Prosser asks, is now their time?
Debt reset
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- 17 Feb 2023
Inflation and rising interest rates are reshaping the terms, pricing and availability of acquisition finance. But how will debt markets respond, given the growth of Europe’s private debt community over the past decade? Nicholas Neveling reports.
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