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Corporate Treasurers Proceeding With Caution

Global Finance

Corporate treasury professionals are reassessing investment strategies to stay agile and conserve cash amid interest rate shifts and geopolitical uncertainty. Corporates are hoarding cash, and that has meant a return to dividends and distributions but also more conservative cash management.

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Special Purpose Acquisition Companies: too Alternative to be an Alternative Investment Fund?

Corporate Finance Lab

While Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) made a comeback to the American stock markets in 2020, Euronext Amsterdam became the SPAC champion on the old continent, with 16 SPAC listings ( FT, 17 February 2021 ). SPACs do not perform any economic activity and have not yet decided on a target-company.

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Fall 2021 | M&A Report In The Energy Industry Sector

Corporate Finance Associates

The report below gives a good overview of the Fall 2021 M&A activity in the Energy Industry Sector. The post Fall 2021 | M&A Report In The Energy Industry Sector appeared first on CFA. The global energy system is at a point of inflection. However, this does not seem to be the case. in billion 2020 to $833.71

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Fall 2021 | M&A Report In The Metal Fabrication Industry Sector

Corporate Finance Associates

The report below gives a good overview of the Fall 2021 M&A activity in the Metal Fabrication Industry Sector. The industry structure, government support measures, and the balance struck by individual governments between virus containment and promoting economic activity, will play a major role in the recovery in the steel demand.

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Fall 2021 | M&A Report In The Semiconductors & Advanced Materials Industry Sector

Corporate Finance Associates

The report below gives a good overview of the Fall 2021 M&A activity in the Semiconductors & Advanced Materials Industry Sector. in 2020, according to a report by International Data Corporation (“IDC”). One of the most significant issues is the worldwide scarcity of semiconductors. Posted by Gunther Hofmann.

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CFOs’ Goals For The Year: Act Like ‘Tech Titans,’ Prep For Trade Volatility

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Citi ‘s latest report on how the corporate finance world plans to navigate volatility in 2019 suggests chief financial officers (CFOs) have a role model toward which to look: the so-called “tech titans.” ” The report stated that Citi estimates $10.6 ” The report stated that Citi estimates $10.6

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New FDI rules in the Benelux: a brief analysis from a Law and Economics perspective

Corporate Finance Lab

As many have pointed out, the practical implications of these new FDI rules for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the Benelux can hardly be overstated. As with merger control, the deal will not be able to close prior to the green light from the respective screening authorities (i.e.