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SPACs – a viable alternative to the IPO?
By Yasmin Rufo |
Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have seen a jump in popularity through 2020 as more firms seek a viable alternative to the increasingly unreliable IPO. Whilst not an entirely new creation – the first SPAC being a 24 million USD merger between Millstream Acquisition Corporation and NationsHealth in 2003 – a number of highly respected…
Read More Increasing competition, ESG Concerns and COVID-19 threaten to sink the previously buoyant market for bottled water
By Yasmin Rufo |
In the last decade, large bottled water producers such as Nestle and Danone have benefitted from sales more than doubling to reach 234 billion USD in 2019, with the global market projected to reach 307.6 billion USD by 2025 according to the Financial Times. It may be surprising, then, that Nestle’s announced in June that…
Read More Inflation – A realistic Threat?
By Yasmin Rufo |
The COVID-19 induced economic downturn of 2020 has resulted in a dull global economic outlook for the foreseeable future. With a suppressed global output, this would normally give rise to minimal inflationary prospects. However, recent market movements suggest otherwise, as investors have remained vigilant regarding the future prospect of prices. Excessive liquidity injections combined with…
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