May 2025
In this month’s Corporate Financier, we reveal the mid-market firms busiest in buyouts, take the temperature of debt markets and look at M&A in the fashion sector. We also examine the latest investment in a British institution - amplifier business Marshall Group - by Chinese private equity.
Long read: Debt markets
News and views
May 2025
A summit on funding for scale-ups and high tech, information about the faculty AGM, tax questions and answers, and diary dates.
Read moreJon Moulton on the US tariffs
How to deal with the US tariffs is a tough question to answer, says Jon Moulton, particularly as their logic is hard to fathom.
Read moreGlobal investment and M&A
Trendwatch: M&A in the fashion sector
Analysis: The business of buy-outs
Innovation and sustainable growth
Roadshow: East of England
Insider dealing: Marshall
Future advisory professionals
New role model
Sriram Ainkaran, Buzzacott corporate finance manager, says role models helped his career and now he wants to assist others.
Read moreCare and trust
Building trust early can help overcome obstacles later down the line, says Quantuma corporate finance director Calvin Bond.
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