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How ESG Ratings Can Affect a Firm’s Cost of Equity

Reynolds Holding

2019) , for example, strong ESG performance correlates positively with higher equity returns and a reduction in downside risk. In a new paper, we address the impact of ESG ratings on a firm’s financial performance by studying how those ratings affect the cost of equity (COE). Kim (2022). public firms. Guenster, R.

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Wachtell Lipton Discusses Mergers and Acquisitions–2022 and 2023

Reynolds Holding

2022 was a tale of two halves for M&A. Notwithstanding lower overall activity, 2022 witnessed a number of megadeal announcements, including Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware, Adobe’s $20 billion purchase of Figma, Prologis’s $26 billion acquisition of Duke Realty, Microsoft’s $68.7

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