Global Finance

JUNE 13, 2025

To give you an example, we signed a strategic agreement with Volkswagen in December of last year; the first discussion started two years ago. Bergmann: Clearly, 2025, with the situation that the US administration has started with tariffs, is creating a lot of uncertainty for our customers.

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Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

ADGM supports businesses of all sizes, a spokesperson says, with a competitive tax environment with low to zero percent tax on profits and no restrictions on capital repatriation, cutting-edge digital infrastructure, and a plug-and-play ecosystem that simplifies the process of setting up and doing business within the jurisdiction.

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Global Finance

MAY 1, 2025

M&A activity got off to a strong start in 2025, with global deal value surpassing $1.2 Mounting recession fears, renewed trade tensions, and shifting political winds are weighing heavily on corporate dealmakers and private equity firmsparticularly in the US, where valuations remain flat. billion (73%); Canada, $52.4 billion (7%).

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Musings on Markets

MARCH 5, 2025

I start with a framework for thinking about how much cash a business can return to its owners, and then argue that, in the real world, this decision is skewed by inertia and me-tooism. In my ninth (and last) data post for 2025, I look at cash returned by businesses across the world, looking at both the magnitude and the form of that return.

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Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

billion by then, up from $8 billion today, which should translate into over 100,000 jobs. Etihad Airways, the UAEs national airline, announced a multi-year sponsorship agreement with the Badminton World Federation (BWF), starting with the 2025 season. billion a year, or 1.5% The sectors market value is projected at $22.4

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Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

Sometimes you wake up in the morning and something has changed, so as a business, you have to be able to live with this dynamic. Initially expected to be taken up by 540 companies by 2030, the kingdom surpassed this goal within the first year. It creates opportunities, but for example, laws and regulations evolve rapidly.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Global Finance: How has the CFO role changed? I started in public accounting at Ernst & Young, where we did everything manually. This involved restructuring the former company, setting up the right platform, and securing the proper capital structure. GF: What keeps you up at night? Ledgers and calculators.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

I spend most of my time in the far less rarefied air of corporate finance and valuation, where businesses try to decide what projects to invest in, and investors attempt to estimate business value.

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Global Finance

MARCH 18, 2025

Thats caused the Bank of Japan to start moving interest rates up for the first time in at least a generation. dollars To sum up, the money owed to policy holders is in a yen portfolio. The way weve tried to neutralize our yen exposure is by setting up these two portfolios. Today, were finally seeing that happen.

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Global Finance

APRIL 24, 2025

People are starting to believe that theres a real opportunity to invest capital. So, we show those success stories and say, Look, you might see headlines of a rocket blowing up Were not investing in that. And we started to notice that SpaceX was a line item in our company and thought, Is this something we want to focus on?

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Many funds are starting to feel less cautious, and a chunk of that uncommitted capital is expected to get deployed. I think theres a pent-up demand thats now being released, Dermarkar says, citing lower interest rates and the expectation that President-elect Donald Trumps administration will be friendlier toward consolidation.

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Global Finance

MAY 7, 2025

But the Trump administrations appearance of favoring one company over another encourages him to gear up for an October trial date. He also showed leniency to the cryptocurrency industry, which provided millions in donations throughout his campaign and up to his inauguration. The tiniest thinge.g.,

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Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

However, for a CFO, the real deal starts at day one after the listing day. For me, it starts with hiring for attitude: finding people who have the ambition to improve processes and always keep an eye on the result. GF: What keeps you up at night? Being new to the public markets and building teams at the same time is not easy.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 30, 2024

We invest on a global scale, across multiple sectors, geographies, and we build up strong partnerships with our investee companies, because we’re a long-term investor, we’re able to do that. Byrne: If you’re starting out knowing that you want to be a CFO, it’s great to have that clarity. Number one, invest in yourself.

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Global Finance

APRIL 5, 2025

As of March 20, Japan is up 123%; Asia, 39%; Middle East/Africa, 137%; Canada, 95%; Australia, 26%; and Europe, 18%. There is pent-up demand as companies across banking, life sciences, oil and gas, tech, and advanced industries seek acquisitions to adapt and grow. Corporate Finance Editor Anthony Noto served as lead editor.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

I am in the third week of the corporate finance class that I teach at NYU Stern, and my students have been lulled into a false sense of complacency about what's coming, since I have not used a single metric or number in my class yet.

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Accountancy Today

APRIL 9, 2025

The acquisition strengthens Tiffins production and distribution capacity in Scotland thanks to PJs purpose-built factory which outputs up to 90,000 products per week. Lead advisory services were provided by the Consilium team of Corporate Finance partner Linzi Wilson and manager Colin McCrann.

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Global Finance

JUNE 20, 2025

The US Treasury announced in May that it will start phasing out the production of its lowest-value coin. Officials expect that businesses will start rounding up to the nearest nickel—worth five cents—and gradually elimi- nate cents in cash transactions. cents, almost four times its face value.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 19, 2024

In fact, the business life cycle has become an integral part of the corporate finance, valuation and investing classes that I teach, and in many of the posts that I have written on this blog. In 2022, I decided that I had hit critical mass, in terms of corporate life cycle content, and that the material could be organized as a book.

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Mckinsey and Company

MARCH 23, 2023

Innovators from large organizations talk about working with start-ups, and how each can support the other.

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Mckinsey and Company

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Both large corporations and start-ups have much to gain from collaboration, but corporate venture capital investments need a clear strategy, focus, and operating model.

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Mckinsey and Company

JANUARY 18, 2023

Congratulations, you’ve made it—now hit the ground running. Here are seven key mindsets and practices that effective CFOs adopt from day one.

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Mckinsey and Company

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Based on past successes within the world’s third-largest start-up ecosystem, two innovation leaders see technological and cultural change as catalysts for future growth.

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Brian DeChesare

JULY 9, 2025

Whenever I write about Corporate Finance jobs on this site, there’s always a fair amount of criticism in the comments. But many corporations also realized that Corporate Finance has a branding problem , because they created “Strategic Finance” roles. Recruiting: Who Wins Strategic Finance Jobs?

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IVSC

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

He leads a team of quants, focusing on the valuations of complex securities and instruments issued by start-up companies to venture capital and private equity investors. He has three decades of experience in capital markets, corporate finance, and valuations.

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Mckinsey and Company

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Investing in start-ups can help you tap external innovation, as long as you avoid the pitfalls.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 11, 2024

Continuing an annual ritual of long standing, ahead of starting my spring teaching at NYU starting in a couple of weeks, I would like to invite you, if you are interested, to come along for the ride. In 1984, I moved on to the University of California at Berkeley, as a visiting lecturer, teaching anything that needed to be taught.

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Mckinsey and Company

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Two leaders within the world’s third-largest start-up ecosystem discuss how the tiny Middle Eastern country grows and supports a culture of innovation.

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Viking Mergers

MAY 9, 2023

Reed grew up on a farm in rural Tennessee, where his father was a farmer and a lawyer. He says it was a good way to grow up, but anxious to experience what life might offer outside of a small country town, Reed left to study business at the University of Tennessee. To work for myself, get out of Corporate America, and start a business.

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Starting in late January 2023, I will be back in the classroom, teaching valuation and corporate finance to the MBAs and valuation to the undergraduates, and these classes will continue through May 2023. The class starts with a question of what the end game should be for a business (profitability, value, social good?)

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Global Finance

JULY 29, 2024

After all those grueling years of education, a CPA might well hold their paycheck up to those of other professions and think, “Was it worth it?” Bokhari’s observations, they agreed, highlight a serious issue in the corporate finance world: making numbers cool again. What Keeps CFOs Up At Night Bokhari isn’t alone.

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Brian DeChesare

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Misfits – Many finance roles do not fit into either category; the classic examples are corporate finance and corporate development at normal companies. they don’t profit from investing in stocks and betting that prices will go up or down). see below). from a successful investment). (But

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Brian DeChesare

APRIL 20, 2022

But IB summer internship recruiting has become far more competitive, everything starts earlier, and full-time recruiting for non-interns is close to “endangered species” status. is more than a year before the internship start date, but it’s later in the U.K. Also, even within one level, some large banks might start very early (e.g.,

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Brian DeChesare

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The commonality is that they can be useful side doors into the finance industry, especially if you got started late , earned lower grades , or did not complete enough internships : What is a “Credit Analyst”? Unfortunately, they’re all somewhat different – despite the similar names. And What Do They Do?

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Brian DeChesare

DECEMBER 20, 2023

If you want to know how to get an investment banking internship, it’s simple: Start very, very early and have a great “Plan B” if something goes wrong. Admittedly, not all banks did this, and many bulge bracket firms will start in the normal time frame of January – March. Corporate finance roles at nearby companies.

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Reynolds Holding

JUNE 24, 2024

Before I begin, I do need to provide our standard disclaimer: The views we express today are provided in our official capacities in the Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance but do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, the Commissioners, or any other members of the staff. 2009, available at [link]. [13]

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Fox Corporate Finance

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Tech Tour NRW Green Programme is designed to help start-ups based in North Rhine -Westphalia region developing tech solutions in the broad. Read more The post FCF at the Tech Tour NRW Green 2023 in Dusseldorf on 19 September, 2023 appeared first on FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH.

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