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Long read: Mitigating supply chain risk
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- 10 Jul 2025
Resilience and ESG in supply chains have long been a focus for acquirers, but the US tariffs and Middle East troubles have thrust complex issues into the spotlight. David Prosser looks at how firms are mitigating global supply-chain risk in choppy waters.
Insight: CDFIs
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- 10 Jul 2025
Addressing the funding gap for small businesses, often women- or ethnic minority-led, has been a perennial problem as they fail to meet banks’ lending risk profiles. We look at community development finance institutions, an initiative with its roots in 1970s Chicago.
Regulation: anti-money laundering
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- 06 Jun 2025
Corporate finance advisory has not been the top priority area for UK regulators’ oversight of anti-money laundering controls and process, in no small part due to the diligence of corporate finance firms. But that is changing as policymakers clamp down on financial crime.
Long read: Debt markets
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- 09 May 2025
The good news for business, and businesses looking to grow through M&A, is that the lending environment has turned the tide and moved back to a borrowers’ market. David Prosser talks to the debt advisers overseeing the shift.
Long read: women in corporate finance
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- 10 Feb 2025
Around the deal table, female representation among corporate financiers has historically been poor. Retaining women and promoting them into senior M&A advisory roles is a long-term mission – and a journey firms are still on.
Trendwatch: utilities and resources M&A
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- 10 Feb 2025
From water to energy, there’s a perfect storm driving M&A in the utilities and resources sector. Jason Sinclair looks at what’s in the pipeline.
Insight: warranty and indemnity insurance
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- 10 Feb 2025
M&A inherently has risks that investors want to mitigate through a deal process. It’s no surprise that warranty and indemnity insurance uptake is seeing an uptick.
Insight: debt financing
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- 11 Oct 2024
Soaring inflation and the rapid rise in interest rates delivered a major blow to M&A deals, increasing the cost and reducing the debt finance that helps fuel them. But there are indications that better times lie ahead.
M&A in the auto industry
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- 14 Jul 2023
The switch from the internal combustion engine to EVs is a revolution for auto manufacturers and already stressed supply chains. What will it mean for investment and M&A in the sector? Jason Sinclair reports.
Roadshow: West Midlands
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- 14 Jul 2023
In the traditional industrial heartlands of the West Midlands, cutting-edge businesses have proved attractive amid this year’s tricky investment landscape. Andy Thomson gauges the temperature of the region’s deals market.
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