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| 2025 |
Corporate spin-off
Starz was spun off from Lionsgate Studios.
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| 2025 | By early 2025, 19 private equity deals worth a total of £2.9 billion were announced, demonstrating continued sector expansion. |
| 2024 | Published 'The Corporate Life Cycle: Managing, Valuation and Investing Implications'. |
| 2024 | International Distribution Services (Royal Mail's parent company) was acquired for £3.6 billion by a private equity firm. |
| 2024 | Hargreaves Lansdown was subject to a £5.4 billion takeover by a private equity firm. |
| 2024 | A study of 51 private equity-acquired hospitals revealed a 25% increase in hospital-acquired conditions compared to control hospitals, highlighting negative impacts of private equity ownership on healthcare quality. |
| 2024 | The Bank of England issued a warning about the financial vulnerability of private equity-backed companies, noting that these firms employed over 2 million people and were responsible for 15% of corporate debt. |
| 2024 | Darktrace was acquired for £4.2 billion by Thoma Bravo, a private equity firm specializing in technology investments. |
| 2024 | Private equity deal-making in the United Kingdom surged, with total investment reaching £63 billion, just 7% below the record high of £68 billion in 2021. 305 private equity deals were completed, an increase from 229 deals in 2023. |
| 2024 | Private Equity International (PEI) released its PEI 300 ranking, identifying Blackstone Group as the largest private-equity firm based on direct-investment capital raised over a five-year window. |
| 2024 |
Venture capital
New venture capitalists in South Korea announced a 40% cut in financing.
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| 2024 |
Mark Flannery
Became the Bank of America Eminent Scholar professor emeritus at the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida.
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| July 1 2024 |
Capital gain
Implementation of a new tax policy for listed securities, introducing a flat 15% capital gains tax rate for assets acquired on or after this date.
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| May 2024 | ABN Amro agreed to purchase Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe from Fosun International for 672 million euros ($730 million), with some business units like alternative investment fund management and fund administration services excluded from the acquisition. |
| January 24 2024 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
The SEC unveiled new comprehensive rules for Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), introducing clarifications to enhance regulatory transparency and integrity. The new rules refined criteria for forward-looking statements, redefined 'blank check company', and required more detailed disclosures on board votes and potential dilutive impacts.
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| 2023 |
Corporate spin-off
Veralto was spun off from Danaher.
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| 2023 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
SPAC market faced challenges with only 31 IPOs, raising $3.8 billion with an average IPO size of $124.1 million, and 98 mergers completed.
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| 2023 | Seedcamp closed its largest fund to date, Fund VI, raising €166 million for startup investments. |
| 2023 |
Venture capital
End of a period showing a 30% increase in venture capital for greentech companies in the EU, despite downturn in other sectors.
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| March 2023 |
Financial mismanagement
Silicon Valley Bank experienced a major run-and-fall scenario, causing widespread customer panic and requiring government intervention due to significant losses from liquidating debt securities.
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| March 19 2023 |
Contingent convertible bond
UBS announced the acquisition of Credit Suisse, with Swiss regulator FINMA simultaneously declaring that CHF16 billion of Credit Suisse additional tier one (AT1) bonds would be written down to zero, causing significant financial controversy.
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| 2022 |
Thematic investing
Galilee Asset Management published a white paper on thematic investing, providing a comprehensive analysis of the concept and establishing seven key guidelines for understanding and implementing thematic investment strategies.
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| 2022 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
SPAC market significantly shrank, with only 86 SPAC IPOs compared to 613 in 2021, and total funds raised dropping to $13.4 billion from $162.5 billion.
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| 2022 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
Elizabeth Warren released a report exposing how Wall Street insiders were using SPACs in ways that harmed investors, and called for new regulations to prevent abuse.
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| 2022 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
Sharp decline in SPAC IPOs, dropping to 86 IPOs raising $13.431 billion.
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| 2022 | Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe (HAL) begins a new phase of its corporate history, potentially signaling organizational changes or strategic developments. |
| 2022 | Moved to the University of Cambridge, appointed as Leverhulme International Professor of Neuroeconomics at the Faculty of Economics. |
| 2022 |
Financial mismanagement
A review of Silicon Valley Bank revealed a fundamentally flawed business model based on incorrect assumptions about interest rates.
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| 2022 |
Venture capital
The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector closed approximately 50% of Canada's venture capital deals, with Life Sciences accounting for 16% of the deals.
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| 2022 |
Venture capital
Singapore recorded $5.5 billion Singapore dollars in startup investments up to Series B rounds, representing a 14% increase by volume and 45% increase by value.
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| 2022 |
Venture capital
Venture capital investing in the United States reached $209.4 billion, marking the second-highest investment year in history.
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| 2022 |
Venture capital
Singapore ranked seventh in the Global Innovation Index.
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| 2022 |
Venture capital
Switzerland invested CHF 4 billion in venture capital, with half of the total amount directed to ICT and Fintech sectors, and 21% invested in Cleantech.
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| December 1 2022 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
Study cut-off date revealing American-listed SPACs that merged between July 2020 and December 2021 had an average share price of $3.85, a 60% drop from the standard $10 per share.
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| March 18 2022 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
Aquila Acquisition Corp launched its initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), experiencing a 3% share price decline in the two weeks following the debut.
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| 2021 | Private Equity was invested in 13% of the Pharma 1000, with Eight Roads Ventures having the highest number of investments in this industry. |
| 2021 |
Corporate debt bubble
Full impact of new financial regulations from the Financial Stability and Development Committee is expected.
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| 2021 |
Supply chain finance
Evergrande Group, the second largest Chinese real estate company, defaulted after using risky supply chain finance-like financial products to manage funding gaps.
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| 2021 |
Golden share
The Economist and Reuters reported the Chinese government's golden share investment in ByteDance, highlighting the government's strategy of corporate stake acquisition.
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| 2021 |
Financial mismanagement
The Federal Reserve issued six citations to Silicon Valley Bank for severe weaknesses in its risk management practices.
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| 2021 |
Venture capital
Start of a period that saw a 30% rise in venture capital for greentech companies in the EU, driven by policies from the European Green Deal.
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| 2021 |
Venture capital
South Korea reached a peak of US$10 billion in venture capital investments.
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| 2021 |
Venture capital
Data revealed that female founders received only 2% of venture capital funding in the United States, highlighting significant gender disparity in VC investment practices.
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