Geopolitics emerges as the primary risk driver: 88 percent of family offices view it as their most pressing challenge Family offices are reallocating assets: Private equity is gaining significant weight, with over 50 percent of respondents planning to increase their investments International investment remains the norm: 90 percent invest globally—primarily in North America (88%), Northern Europe
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The Entanglement Cost Trap: It is not the size, but the degree of entanglement with the parent company that drives one-time costs – in complex structures, these can exceed 15 percent of revenue.
Lasting Effects: Following the carve-out, ongoing costs rise by an average of 11 percent, particularly in IT, Finance, and HR – the loss of economies of scale makes itself felt.
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Having fallen 24% in 2023, activity in the sector is on the rise again thanks to catch-up effects, economic recovery and easier financing conditions
Investment targets are growing more attractive, with a particular focus on the technology and pharma industries
Transactions are expected mainly in the small- and mid-cap segments, where less debt financing is needed
Munich, Ma
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Nordic countries and Spain and Portugal are set to see the highest growth in M&A activity in 2023
Strong focus on small- and mid-cap segments
Primary investments (68%) and taking public companies private (55%) are the focus of PE activity
Munich, April 2023: Europe's private equity industry is initially rather cautious about the current year’s development. Almost 60% of
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The technology could lead to a new financial trading system that is more efficient, transparent and accessible
From 2030 on a total cost reduction of up to EUR 4.6 bn or 24% of the actual cost of trading is expected in equity trading alone per year
Growing number of use cases will force regulators to define necessary frameworks
Munich, December 2021: Blockchain technology is
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80 percent of banks are only planning to close a small portion of their branches in the short to medium term
Just under two-thirds are making bigger investments in digital technologies, though the focus is on day-to-day business and existing core processes
81 percent want to continue to position themselves as customer experts at the interface to the consumer
Munich, Septemb
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Large majority of financial service providers (81 percent) see the directive as an opportunity, but still don’t have suitable strategies months after its launch
Technology companies are viewed as the biggest competitors by most (71 percent) banks
80 percent of banks regard Open Banking as a priority but are still hesitant to act
Munich, December 2019: The new EU Payme
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China's asset management industry is expected to grow rapidly in the next few years on the back of strong socio-demographic fundamentals
Thanks to the ongoing liberalization of financial services and the recent regulatory changes in this sector, access to the asset management market is improving significantly
In light of these developments, and given the importance of thi
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In Germany alone, the market for digital healthcare solutions could grow to EUR 38 billionOne fifth of all medical services could be replaced by artificial intelligence Tech giants will move into the healthcare market
Munich, October 2019: The market for digital healthcare products and services is growing faster than anticipated: The size of the European market is forecast t
Digitalization and new business models have created a growing gap between product creation and product sales in the banking sector. Digital platforms are already giving incumbent banks' competitors access to the majority of their customer base and could enable them to market their services to consumers on an even greater scale in the future.
The private equity industry anticipates more M&A transactions on the part of PE firms in 2018 than last year, confident that the favorable economic outlook will offset economic uncertainties such as the ongoing Brexit negotiations.
Finance functions have been transforming themselves in recent years with the aim of evolving from a "data producer" to a "strategic business partner" for their internal clients.
Roland Berger, a leading global consulting firm announces the appointment of Ravindra Parankushan (Ravi Kushan) as their new Managing Partner in India. He assumed responsibilities on January 01 2018 and is based out of the firm's Mumbai office. He succeeds Wilfried Aulbur, who has moved to the US as Senior Partner in the Automotive Practice.