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The great train takeover
The fiercest takeover battle of 2021 was set to create a rail network that stretched across the USA, but then things got complicated.
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Music: the hot new asset class
A streaming-led recovery for the music industry has PE investors vying to spend big on back catalogues.
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How private equity firms can resemble the empires they once broke up
The idea of bringing hundreds of unrelated companies together under common ownership hasn’t died, it has a new name: private equity.
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How did Hertz bounce back from bankruptcy?
Car-rental giant Hertz was crippled by the pandemic and filed for bankruptcy in May 2020. Since then, in a bankruptcy like no other, it’s staged a remarkable recovery, but how did it happen?
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The healthtech sector’s spectacular surge in Spacs and de-Spacs
Spacs offer healthtech companies a faster route to capital than traditional IPOs, but the process comes with certain challenges
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Spacs: under the microscope
Today about half of America’s newspapers are controlled by investment groups. But as the FT’s James Fontanella-Khan explains, one name stands above the rest: Alden Global Capital. Critics say it’s destroying local newspapers, but Alden says it’s saving th
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Are investment groups killing US newspapers?
Today about half of America’s newspapers are controlled by investment groups. But are they saving these newspapers, or destroying them?
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EG Group: building an empire on debt-fuelled growth
How low interest rates and bold ambition created a multibillion-dollar business
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The rise of private equity in the complex carve-out
With businesses reassessing strategy more than ever before, private equity companies are profiting from the resulting growth in complex carve-outs
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The pandemic has stalled activist investors, but for how long?
Activist investors have had a quiet year, thanks to Covid-19. Even a group of investors renowned for their aggressive tactics were reluctant to publicly attack companies reeling from the impact of a global pandemic.
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ESG and the rise of sustainable dealmaking
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are fast becoming a central part of how investors and companies are preparing for the future.
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Can cross-border transactions fuel growth in a post-Covid world?
As the markets start to stabilise in the fourth quarter of a challenging year for M&A, a number of significant trends have emerged.
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Masayoshi Son and the faulty crystal ball
In fairy tales, a crystal ball can be many things: it can reveal the future, but it can also be a malevolent charm.
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How SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son struggled with his crystal ball purchase
Why has Chinese dealmaking fizzled out? Due Diligence’s dynamic duo, James Fontanella-Khan and Arash Massoudi, answer this question in a brilliant comic book style video.
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The western backlash against China's dealmaking
Why has Chinese dealmaking fizzled out? Due Diligence’s dynamic duo, James Fontanella-Khan and Arash Massoudi, answer this question in a brilliant comic book style video.
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Why the tech giants have CEOs running scared
Due Diligence’s James Fontanella-Khan, US corporate finance and deals editor, explains why established companies from brick and mortar retailers to broadcasters are taking risky bets on big acquisitions.
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Why healthtech gets our pulses racing
With healthcare providers turning to digital to meet consumer demands, an increasing convergence of healthcare and tech companies could restore M&A activity for 2019. But is this emerging healthtech sector immune to global uncertainty?
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