David Atterbury, managing director at global private markets asset manager HarbourVest Partners, analyses the trends and developments in the private equity secondary market
Samson Lo, head of Asia M&A for UBS, remains bullish about the Chinese M&A market as financial sponsors, SOE restructuring and capital controls continue to shape deals
For the past two decades, technology has permeated the financial services market. Developing countries such as Costa Rica and its neighbours are being favoured by these emerging fintech startups. Entrepreneurs are focusing on developing financial tech tools in areas such as lending, payments, alternative scoring, data management, digital banking, personal finance management and crowfunding in order to offer a varied and accessible range of services for different market segments.
Alex Baker, director of competition advisory boutique Fingleton Associates, finds issues with the UK’s targeted merger strategy and its wide margins of discretion
