EMEA 2022 M&A Outlook: What will drive deals? January 31, 2022 | City Talk M&A hit all-time highs in EMEA in 2021 and it seems activity is unlikely to slow in 2022. Deal value in the region for the year to end-Q3 2021 came in at €980bn, 100% up on the same period last year, with deal volumes climbing 49% to 7,545. Will the pace and level of M&A [...]
EU Sustainability Taxonomy: It’s not easy being green, or is it? January 31, 2022 | City Talk In the ongoing debate around environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and rising demand for sustainable investments, one major topic of conversation has been taxonomy – defining what does and does not qualify as ‘sustainable’ or ‘green’ investing. Classification to help investor confidenceRegulators in Europe have been at the vanguard for many ESG-related matters and [...]
ESG: A dealbreaker but not a board priority in the UK in 2022 January 31, 2022 | City Talk Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues aren’t expected to be prioritised by boards in 2022, even though half of M&A deals in 2021 didn’t progress due to ESG concerns, according to a survey of 200 UK dealmakers by Datasite. According to the results, over half (52%) of UK dealmakers said ESG credential concerns impacted M&A [...]
Data suggests foreign firms are responsible for almost a third of underpaid tax January 31, 2022 New analysis released today has revealed that foreign companies are responsible for almost a third of underpaid tax in the UK according to HMRC, with large US-owned businesses making up the highest percentage.
Editorial: These “tax-cutting Conservatives” seem very keen on hiking taxes January 30, 2022 If it quacks like a high-tax duck and talks like a high-tax duck, it is difficult to believe that it is fact anything but a high-tax duck. So it is with Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, who professed this weekend to be “tax-cutting Conservatives” in a column confirming they were dead set on hiking national [...]
Centrica under pressure from activist investors as energy crisis deepens January 30, 2022 The owner of British Gas is dealing with mounting pressure from activist investors looking to take advantage of energy sector volatility.
Coronavirus close-up: Long Covid changes some patients’ lungs forever January 29, 2022 Many long Covid patients who have breathlessness experience abnormalities in the lungs of long which cannot be detected with routine tests. In fact, there is significantly impaired gas transfer from the lungs to the bloodstream in the long Covid patients despite other tests – including CT scans – coming back as normal, according to a [...]
EP: 109 Cheltenham, Doncaster & Hong Kong January 28, 2022 Cheltenham Trials Day offers five graded races for us to enjoy on Saturday, whilst Doncaster showcase a handful of high quality jumps races on the same afternoon. Trainer Harriet Graham runs Aye Right in the Cotswold Chase on Saturday and she joins us to discuss his chances. City A.M. racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best [...]
No victory for bull nor bear as Bitcoin dishes up more sideways movement January 28, 2022 Bitcoin’s price – the indicator that everyone focuses on the most – is still entirely directionless and remains incapable of making a move either way
Exclusive: Nearly half of SMEs feel ‘big tech’ is standing in the way of customer connection January 28, 2022 Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are struggling to build and maintain relationships with their customers, new research has revealed.