Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has rapidly risen since the fall of communism, as denoted by the chart below. CEE GDP per capita Even more interesting …
Who is looking at Digital Due Diligence and why?
Without meaning to be too self-aggrandising, we do think digital data is the bees knees. Digital data is useful for consumer-facing businesses for obvious reasons. To better your offer as …
IM to be believed? Testing the numbers with Digital Due Diligence
When a private company is being sold via an auction process, an Information Memorandum (IM) – otherwise known as the ‘book’ – serves to encourage offers by providing prospective buyers …
No Deal is Better Than a Bad Deal
This early mantra of the Brexiteers in government had been put to bed, we thought, as the negotiations about the negotiations began last week. But the leaked reports of a …
Looking back on investment year 2016-17: How Private Equity Fell in Love with Digital
The continued fall out of the financial crisis combined with a year of political uncertainty and limited GDP growth have altered the characteristics of M&A activity. With limited market growth …
What investment opportunities does 2017 hold?
In light of the Political events of 2016, what does 2017 hold for the Retail, Technology and Finance Sectors? At the start of 2016, the idea of a Trump …
US Elections 2016: analysis and prediction
Love them or hate them, someone is going to win the US Elections 2016. Observations: Trump consistently gets stronger responses than Clinton, even when they are negative. The audience either …
Britain is still good for business…
We have been pounded, pulverised and blown up to smithereens over this Brexit thing haven’t we? But as ever: we will survive. No matter what happens, this is the U.K. and …
Cinven, Permira and Mid Europa acquires Allegro, “Eastern Europe’s EBAY” for $3.25bn
Cinven, Permira and Mid Europa Team up for $3.25bn Allegro Deal Eastern Europe’s largest e-commerce platform has been bought by a group of private equity investors in a $3.25bn bet …
Could these companies’ downfall have been predicted had they paid closer attention?
Is it me or are there too many large commercial entities who are not diligent about their own diligence? Whilst commerce is fraught with danger and risk is unavoidable, risk …
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