Category: Blog
Changing spaces: The future of student living
Changing spaces: The future of student living Keith White, Chairman, CRM Students, is in conversation with Andrew Jeffs, Partner, Business Services in this video interview. Further to their conversation, Keith shared his insights on how the student living and co-living market looks set to evolve, and how it might be impacted post-COVID-19. Watch the interview…
Personal shoppers: How the consumer sector is repositioning for the future
Categories: BlogPersonal shoppers: How the consumer sector is repositioning for the future As we approach a potential easing of the lockdown, people are beginning to look at their way of life and asking quite fundamental questions about how we do things. What has this taught us? Is there a better way of doing things, from the…
ESG: A challenge to the Private Equity industry
Categories: BlogESG: A challenge to the Private Equity industry One of the most fundamental differences between public and private companies lies in disclosure. In public markets there is no place to hide, with companies operating under the steely glare of investors, regulators, auditors, ratings agencies, analysts and essentially a higher standard of reporting requirements. Conversely, in…
Public M&A: The year that was
Categories: BlogPublic M&A: The year that was Henrik Persson, Head of Plc Strategic Advisory, finnCap Capital Markets We are delighted to announce that finnCap Capital Markets’ Plc Strategic Advisory team is advising on the mandatory offer for Watchstone Group by Polygon Global Partners LLP. We’ve remained very busy over the last year and are pleased to…
How Mergers and Acquisitions in EdTech shows the sector continues to thrive
How Mergers and Acquisitions in EdTech shows the sector continues to thrive The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted education in quite remarkable ways, ways that would have been perhaps unthinkable even just a couple of months ago. With schools, colleges and universities almost entirely closed and exams cancelled and there has been a dramatic shift to…
Selling Your Business: How to attract the best buyer
Categories: BlogSelling Your Business: How to attract the best buyer In the final part of our series on exiting, we look at the four most common types of buyer, the processes involved for each one, and discuss what you can do to make your business more attractive. As well as securing you a good deal, finding…
finnCap Tech Chat | Emotional Investment
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | Emotional Investment So sport is coming back. Football is coming home (the German Bundesliga kicks off tomorrow). Golfers are teeing up their tournaments and anglers are preparing to cast off. The world is tiptoeing back towards normality, sportsmen are taking their socks off to dip a toe in the water and…
finnCap Tech Chat | A Spoonful of Sugar
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | A Spoonful of Sugar Today we are exactly one third of the way through the year. As years go, I have far fewer holiday snaps than I’d like to have had by this stage – and yet the year has actually been rather too remarkable so far. May 1st has connotations…
Fund managers and exchanges likely winners post-COVID-19
Categories: BlogFund managers and exchanges likely winners post-COVID-19 Figures show that recurring revenue, high ROCE, economies of scale and active management put fund managers and exchanges at an advantage when it comes to recovery. Overall the wider financial services sector is in a strong position to recover despite initial losses. Fund managers and exchanges are likely…
Is now a good time to raise institutional capital?
Categories: BlogIs now a good time to raise institutional capital? It’s probably fair to say that in the immediate days of lockdown, few were looking to transact. But as we continue through this period, particularly to the point now where we are beginning to see an easing of restrictions, funds are considering new investments. So, for…
