Adam Arnold is a seasoned financial journalist with a decade of experience reporting on critical developments in the global financial landscape. For the past ten years, he has been a consistent voice at Finance Monthly, specializing in comprehensive coverage of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), and broader financial news. Adam also provides deeply researched insights for the publication's net worth articles, offering readers a meticulous examination of wealth accumulation and financial standing. His deep understanding of market dynamics and corporate finance makes his insights invaluable to readers navigating today's complex economic environment.
With blockchain trends bursting into the mainstream, divorce lawyers explain how prenuptial agreements can protect spouses from unforeseen financial complications.
There is simply no hiding that our planet is under great pressure. From rising sea levels to increasingly warmer temperatures across the globe, climate change is having a serious impact on the well-being of our environment.
Julie Hutchison is the Charities Specialist at abrdn, in the award-winning Charities Investment Team which sits within the UK discretionary management business. Julie’s been in role for nearly seven years, during which time the charity AUM has more than doubled. Her experience spans the charity, private, public and academic fields, building on her background in law where she specialised in trusts and philanthropy before moving into financial services eighteen years ago. Julie supports the company’s charity, endowment and foundation investment clients on governance and policy issues, in particular where boards are looking to refresh their investment policy statement to consider responsible investment and ESG matters. The Charities Investment Team comprises Portfolio Managers who focus on managing investments for charitable institutions, ranging from household-name charities to less well-known endowments and trusts. In particular, the team has a depth of experience in managing portfolios for grantmakers, health and hospice charities, education bodies and conservation charities.
April’s inflation numbers must have been a real disappointment to Central Bankers around the globe. Last year they were assuring us that their financial models showed the inflation generated by supply chain breakdowns during the pandemic would be nothing more than “transitory”…. and we had nothing to worry about.
We are connecting with Peter W. Brown - Partner and Forensic Services Practice Leader at GHJ, headquartered in Los Angeles. Peter has been a forensic accountant for over 30 years. GHJ is a full-service accounting and advisory firm that provides audit, tax and a robust array of advisory services. The firm is very active in the M&A space and provides a host of transaction advisory services for private equity firms and business owners. In addition, GHJ has a market-leading practice in the entertainment space where it represents creative talent and audits the profit participation agreements that actors, producers, writers, and other profit participants have with the major film and television studios.
Finance Monthly sat down with Dustin Serviss - the founding partner of Serviss Wealth Management – a company that helps people get financially organised and strategic all on one page. The firm uses this one-page map to enable people to live more of their life and be financially responsible for their future and takes pride in facilitating family meetings to bring clarity to wealth transitions be it a business, a cottage, cash or investments.
‘Invest In Our Planet’ is the bold call to action for this year’s Earth Day. Historically, Earth Day is a moment in time to call on businesses, governments, and individuals to work together to help solve the climate crisis. However, this year there is an undeniable focus on the role of businesses as the leading agents of change and how they can be the true enablers of sustainability. Without the backing of businesses, big and small, there is little hope for the kind of transformative change needed to help mitigate the worst effects of climate change.
We speak with Dr Steven Kaufman - an accomplished investor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is the current Chair of TIGER 21 Houston and Managing Principal at Zeus Equity Group.
We caught up with John Agogliati, CFA, ASA - Senior Managing Director at Marshall & Stevens Incorporated. Marshall & Stevens is a premier independent, full-service valuation consulting firm that was founded in 1932 and provides valuations of businesses, intangible assets, machinery & equipment, and real estate.
Lynda Hoffman is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Through her business, Lynda Hoffman Life Coaching, she coaches passionate and self-directed business professionals - with or without ADHD - who want to create meaningful personal and organisational change. Lynda partners with clients to increase their personal agency and strategic decision-making. Her extensive experience in the field of executive functioning and mindfulness training supports clients in understanding how their brain functioning informs their behaviour - and how to change what needs changing. She encourages her clients to do the deeper work to create transformational change – the kind that lasts.
Finance Monthly delivers authoritative insight into global corporate activity, covering mergers and acquisitions, corporate transactions, private equity, capital markets, and strategic dealmaking. We provide clear reporting and analysis on the forces shaping companies, markets, and investment decisions worldwide for a professional audience of executives, investors, and advisors.