IPO does not guarantee profits rise
Corporate Finance

IPO does not guarantee profits rise

23y Accountancy Age

IPO does not guarantee profits rise

A study by Ernst & Young has found that only 39% of companies increase their profits after going public. Read More...

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M&A deals tumble to ten-year low
Corporate Finance

M&A deals tumble to ten-year low

23y Larry Schlesinger

M&A deals tumble to ten-year low

The value of corporate finance deals in the UK continue to stagnate, with deals completed both home and abroad by UK companies falling to their lowest...

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News in brief: Profit warnings down
Corporate Finance

News in brief: Profit warnings down

23y Accountancy Age

News in brief: Profit warnings down

The absence of global conflicts over the past three months has led to a dramatic drop in company profit warnings, according to a study by Ernst & Youn...

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Generating cash from bonds
Corporate Finance

Generating cash from bonds

23y Adriana Zea

Generating cash from bonds

As a result of plunging stock markets, floating shares on the stock exchange is no longer the obvious hassle-free route to raise cash. Companies in th...

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Firms predict sector revival
Corporate Finance

Firms predict sector revival

23y Liesbeth Evers

Firms predict sector revival

After a year of depleted deal activity, corporate finance seems to have become good at one thing - finding hope in statistics that continue to show re...

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VCs to be spared tax rises
Corporate Finance

VCs to be spared tax rises

23y Larry Schlesinger

VCs to be spared tax rises

The government is set to grant venture capitalists exemptions from plans to increase capital gains tax on share options. Read More...

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Regulators cost merging businesses £7m
Corporate Finance

Regulators cost merging businesses £7m

23y Paul Grant

Regulators cost merging businesses £7m

A study by PricewaterhouseCoopers has found that large companies that undertake cross-border mergers face a 'tax' of up to £7m due to costs incurred b...

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Global M&A activity halves in 2003
Corporate Finance

Global M&A activity halves in 2003

23y Liesbeth Evers

Global M&A activity halves in 2003

International merger and acquisition activity between wealthy nations has fallen to it lowest level since the mid-nineties in the first five months of...

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Fears rise of EU taking over M&As
Corporate Finance

Fears rise of EU taking over M&As

23y Adriana Zea

Fears rise of EU taking over M&As

Concerns are mounting among corporate financiers that an increasing number of UK companies will be referred to EU competition authorities, as part of ...

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Revenue builds stumbling blocks for MBOs
Corporate Finance

Revenue builds stumbling blocks for MBOs

23y Anthony Harrington

Revenue builds stumbling blocks for MBOs

Adopting a US-style approach to employee shareholdings will have far-reaching effects on MBOs. While some analysts are not impressed with the Inland R...

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Venture capitalists more upbeat
Corporate Finance

Venture capitalists more upbeat

23y Larry Schlesinger

Venture capitalists more upbeat

A survey of venture capitalists has found that general sentiment about the economy is changing, with a greater number expecting an upturn in the next ...

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Bertelspringer changes hands
Corporate Finance

Bertelspringer changes hands

23y Gavin Hinks

Bertelspringer changes hands

In a move likely to bring optimism to the corporate finance sector, two accountants have led private equity companies in a £750m acquisition. Read Mor...

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The road to recovery
Corporate Finance

The road to recovery

23y Gavin Hinks

The road to recovery

Corporate financiers can, apparently, take heart this week. There are signs that something of a recovery may be on the way. Read More...

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Private investment holds firm
Corporate Finance

Private investment holds firm

23y Damian Wild

Private investment holds firm

Deal volumes may be declining but the prices paid for private companies are holding broadly steady. Read More...

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M&A activity in IT sector in sharp decline
Corporate Finance

M&A activity in IT sector in sharp decline

23y AccountancyAge.com

M&A activity in IT sector in sharp decline

The value of mergers and acquisitions in the European IT sector fell by almost 50% last year, according to a report released by Big Four firm Ernst & ...

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Safeway rides out merger limbo
Corporate Finance

Safeway rides out merger limbo

23y Paul Grant

Safeway rides out merger limbo

The past few months have been interesting as well as challenging for supermarket chain Safeway and its finance director Simon Laffin, the effects of w...

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Viz publisher gets swallowed
Corporate Finance

Viz publisher gets swallowed

23y Paul Grant

Viz publisher gets swallowed

Choice Publishers has announced that it has bought out rival magazine group I Feel Good, set up by former Loaded editor James Brown and publisher of c...

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Livingstone breaks free of Tenon
Corporate Finance

Livingstone breaks free of Tenon

23y Liesbeth Evers

Livingstone breaks free of Tenon

Managers of the corporate finance team buy back their business from Tenon, citing disappointment over the size of deals. Read More...

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Merger standard 'way over the top'
Corporate Finance

Merger standard 'way over the top'

23y Liesbeth Evers

Merger standard 'way over the top'

Sharp criticism has been levelled at a proposed new standard for the accountancy treatment of mergers, putting the ICAEW on a collision course with th...

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MBOs plummet to record lows
Corporate Finance

MBOs plummet to record lows

23y Adriana Zea

MBOs plummet to record lows

Management buy-outs have fallen to their lowest level since 1996, as investors refuse to sell in fear of crystallising their losses, according to the ...

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Pessimism rampant amongst VCs
Corporate Finance

Pessimism rampant amongst VCs

23y Larry Schlesinger

Pessimism rampant amongst VCs

A new survey has found that almost three-quarters of the British private equity and venture capital industry see no improvement in the corporate fundr...

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IPO activity hits twenty-year low
Corporate Finance

IPO activity hits twenty-year low

23y Liesbeth Evers

IPO activity hits twenty-year low

No new trading companies have listed so far in 2003 to the main UK initial public offering market, making this the quietest quarter for over 20 years....

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Livingston Guarantee to split from Tenon
Corporate Finance

Livingston Guarantee to split from Tenon

23y Liesbeth Evers

Livingston Guarantee to split from Tenon

Tenon group is 'disposing' of Tenon Livingstone Guarantee, which represented £7.8m of Tenon's £10 corporate finance revenue in 2002. Read More...

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Shake-up ends EU mergers watchdog
Corporate Finance

Shake-up ends EU mergers watchdog

23y Liesbeth Evers

Shake-up ends EU mergers watchdog

European regulators are to overhaul their merger control system and next year abolish the Merger Task Force, which scrutinises most European deals. Re...

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New standard may block mergers
Corporate Finance

New standard may block mergers

23y Paul Grant

New standard may block mergers

The merger that produced the global pharmacueticals provider AstraZeneca would not have gone ahead if the two companies had not had access to merger a...

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Real deal for Lindsay
Corporate Finance

Real deal for Lindsay

23y Accountancy Age

Real deal for Lindsay

Michael Lindsay, a former director at Schroder Saloman Smith Barney, is to head up the real estate financing advisory practice at KPMG Corporate Finan...

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Price of companies falling
Corporate Finance

Price of companies falling

23y Liesbeth Evers

Price of companies falling

The mergers and acquisitions market for deals below £100m is recovering even though that deals above that mark seem to have completely disappeared, ac...

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