Category: Blog
2019 Business Highlights
Categories: Blog2019 Business Highlights Lord Leigh of Hurley Delivering your business ambition through leading equity capital markets and corporate finance expertise, Plc advisory, debt advisory, private fundraising and sell-side and buy side M&A advisory. Lord Leigh of Hurley, Senior Partner of Cavendish and Deputy Chairman of finnGroup plc commented: “Undoubtedly this year has been challenging for
Invest in people not ideas – Key lessons from Ambition Nation 2019
Categories: BlogInvest in people not ideas – Key lessons from Ambition Nation 2019 With contributions from polar explorer Ben Saunders, Alexander Mann Solutions CEO Rosaleen Blair CBE and entrepreneur Jamie Waller – this year’s Ambition Nation Summit proved as enlightening and surprising as the last. Here’s a round-up of what we learned… Held in the sumptuous
Selling Your Business: How do I find my exit?
Categories: BlogSelling Your Business: How do I find my exit? Peter Gray In the first of our series on exiting, we examine what makes the right conditions for the right exit, taking a first look at the four most common routes; trade sale, PE sale, refinancing and flotation. Selling a business ranks as one of the
Global trends and transactions in today’s food flavors industry
Categories: BlogGlobal trends and transactions in today’s food flavors industry Jonathan Buxton Oaklins’ specialist Michele Manetti gives us an overview of the food ingredients (FI) sector, looking at elements such as customer base and barriers to entry, as well as key global trends. He also examines a selected number of listed FI companies that have outperformed
Beauty is in the eye of the acquiror
Categories: BlogBeauty is in the eye of the acquiror An analysis of the acquisition by GPF Capital of beauty and household products company Quimi Romar highlights some of the trends currently influencing private equity M&A deals. Oaklins’ specialists José Falgás and Nicholas Walker reflect on the characteristics of this transaction as well as on key themes
Savor the benefits of healthy beverages
Categories: BlogSavor the benefits of healthy beverages Jonathan Buxton The global healthy beverages market has doubled in size over the last 15 years due to wellness trends, with strong growth expected to continue. Oaklins’ specialist Paolo Russo examines how fast-shifting consumer preferences have forced companies to innovate and introduce products with new features that blur traditional
M&A Trends in Petcare
M&A Trends in Petcare Jonathan Buxton Why the market is ripe for further merger and acquisition activity which could see a very different petcare sector emerge in the years to come. Petcare is one of the fastest growing areas of the consumer sector. Globally it’s a £100bn market, with the UK petcare sector now value
finnCap Tech Chat | Elvis on the Moon
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | Elvis on the Moon I’m fascinated by the Law of Unintended Consequences. History is littered with examples; Wrigley was originally a maker of baking powder which started to include little bits of chewing gum to sell their product when people started buying pre-baked bread. Lego was a wooden toy company until
finnCap Research Company Notes – 10 October 2019
Categories: BlogfinnCap Research Company Notes – 10 October 2019 Avacta (AVCT) : Corp New therapeutics collaboration and option agreement Key data Avacta announced a collaboration and option agreement with ADC Therapeutics to develop drug conjugates combining Avacta’s Affimer technology with ADCT’s PBD-based warhead and linker technology. This is Avacta’s fourth therapeutics partnership and follows the $310m
This Year’s Model
Categories: BlogThis Year’s Model After transforming the global consumer sector landscape over the last decade, e-commerce looks set to continue to define the sector’s future. Jonathan Buxton, partner and head of Consumer outlines M&A trends in e-commerce, and the outlook for the retail sector In August 2018, market research firm Euromonitor predicted that e-commerce would become
