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Event: Webinar – Ensuring its future – technology and the insurance sector
Event: Webinar – Ensuring its future – technology and the insurance sector Our next webinar in the Inside the Deal series, in conjunction with Business Leader, discusses the opportunities and challenges of disruptive innovation facing the insurance industry. For many insurers, innovation has become the key to improving their business and staying competitive. The rise
Capital Performance – Winter 2022
Categories: NewsCapital Performance – Winter 2022 finnCap Group is delighted to share the next edition of Capital Performance. This is our review of the second half of a remarkable 2021, and our look ahead to the next 12 months. While 2022 is shaping up to continue a pattern of uncertainty, the key ingredients are nevertheless there
11 for 22: Investment ideas for 2022
Categories: Blog11 for 22: Investment ideas for 2022 Where next for markets in 2022? In our view, if COVID is not on the way out, we are just going to have to live with it now and it will have less and less impact on economic forecasts going forward. Instead, the bigger issues for investors to
Payments Sector Newsletter
Payments Sector Newsletter FinTech investors continue to be rewarded by an acceleration in digital transactions, retail trading and other pandemic-era tailwinds. From 2018 to 2022 the FinTech industry is projected to grow at an average of 25% per year, with an estimated global market value of $310bn in 2022, and investor sentiment towards the sector
Private Equity – 2021 in review: A year of remarkable success
Private Equity – 2021 in review: A year of remarkable success Our entrance into 2022 brings with it a good time to reflect on the events of the year that was. 2021 offered an unparalleled level of deal flow. Despite three national lockdowns, the private equity industry continued from strength to strength in the face
The booming M&A landscape
Categories: BlogThe booming M&A landscape By Peter gray Activity in the UK M&A market is currently at record levels. That seemed inconceivable in the dark days of Spring last year with the country in the grip of Covid when most M&A activity was put on hold. At the time private equity houses and corporate acquirers alike
Dealing with unsolicited approaches
Dealing with unsolicited approaches Company owners often receive approaches from firms (private equity and trade) who are interested in acquiring their businesses well in advance of the intended time horizon for a sale. It is always flattering to receive such approaches and is an indication that others recognize your achievements and the quality of the
Fintech will be the victor in the coming payment wars
Fintech will be the victor in the coming payment wars Head of Financial Services, Ben Goldring, recently wrote a piece for Global Banking and Finance Review on why ‘Fintech will be the victor in the coming payment wars’. Positioning Amazon recent decision to remove Visa as a payment option for UK users as a centre
How DTC companies are creating sustainable advantage
Categories: BlogHow DTC companies are creating sustainable advantage Sustainable consumerism is escalating and all consumer companies, regardless of their business model, need to reflect this shift in both behaviour and marketing. Consumers will not want to keep buying products that are unsustainable, and the circular economy is becoming more normalised. Direct-to-consumer (DTC) companies have tended to
A coming of age for DTC companies
Categories: BlogA coming of age for DTC companies Direct-to-consumer (DTC) came of age in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated ecommerce growth – far more quickly than anyone expected – and DTC brands already trading successfully online capitalised on the surge in online spending. Yet despite this being the biggest trend in retail today, it is proving
