Download PDF At the beginning of 2020, BSIC members took a first glance at NIRP in the article “Negative interest rate policy – friend or foe?”. The piece discusses the impact of negative rates in the Euro area and the possible unintended consequences. This year we try to go through Read more…
Download PDF Renesas Electronics [TSE: 6723] – market cap as of 19/02/2021: ¥2.14tn Dialog Semiconductor [FWB: DLG] – market cap as of 19/02/2021: €4.99bn Introduction Renesas Electronics has agreed to buy the Anglo-German Dialog for €4.9bn in an all-cash transaction. The offer priced Dialog at €67.50 per share, a 52% Read more…
Download PDF Introduction It takes over 70bn kilowatt hours per year to power the internet, which means the tech titans leave behind a massive carbon footprint. This article will focus on the largest technology companies, most notably Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft, and their growing impact on the Earth’s Read more…
Download PDF Introduction In his famous speech on July 26, 2012 at UKTI’s Global Investment Conference, Mario Draghi emphasized on the ‘irreversibility’ of the euro and ECB’s preparedness to do ‘whatever it takes’ to preserve it. The macroeconomic European atmosphere at the time was defined by uncertainty and financial troubles, Read more…
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Download PDF Part 1 – A booming equity market The successful IPOs of Airbnb and DoorDash at the end of 2020 were in stark contrast with the high-profile debuts of big privately held companies, such as Uber and Lyft, which were not met with investor excitement in 2019. Not to Read more…
Download PDF USA US stock indexes closed at all-time highs also this week, showing modest weekly gains. This was mainly due to expectations for a fresh round of stimulus spending, strong corporate earnings, and progress in the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines. The S&P 500 rose 1.2% for the week, closing Read more…
Download PDF Welcome back from the winter break and happy 2021! According to JPMorgan, the outlook of M&A in 2021 is very positive. Indeed, mainly due to a reduction in political uncertainty, the development of vaccines and strong capital markets, there is increased confidence in management and board of directors, Read more…
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Download PDF Introduction The pharmaceuticals sector has been the center of attention lately for the successful vaccines trial that finally gave some hope of recovery, even though it wasn’t without controversies. However, a lot more has been going on in the industry that might change the reputation that the industry Read more…
Download PDF BuzzFeed – privately owned company HuffPost – private company owned by Verizon Media Introduction On November 19th, 2020 BuzzFeed and HuffPost, two of the largest players in digital media, announced the latter’s acquisition in a stock deal. The transaction is part of a larger agreement between HuffPost’s owner, Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Once again, we are approaching the end of the year, but this time, perhaps more than ever, the takeaways to bring home look exceptionally valuable: living in a world full of uncertainty due to the spread of COVID-19 pandemic represents indeed an increasingly demanding challenge for market Read more…
Download PDF US US stocks went further into top territory this week. S&P was up 14.50% YTD at 3,699.12 points; DJIA up 5.89% YTD at 30,218.2 points, recording the best monthly performance since 1987. Similarly, small-cap Russel 2000, up 13.36% YTD at 1,891.35 points, showed its best gain since inception, Read more…