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.
Marriott International have signed an agreement with Helbor Empreendimentos SA to build and manage the first W branded hotel in São Paulo, Brazil. The luxury project will have 216 branded residences and 179 hotel rooms.
Noerr has advised the Swedish web hosting service provider Loopia Group AB on its acquisition of the Slovakian company WebSupport s.r.o., the leading web host and main registrar of .sk and .eu domains in Slovakia.
Whatever business you’re in, you know perfectly well the new realities of commerce: Customers expect sophisticated services across the digital domain. Markets and competitors change at internet speed – while legacy IT infrastructure does not. And data is the electricity that flows through it all: difficult to control but also immensely powerful.
Debbie Green, VP of Applications, UKI at Oracle, discusses the growing role of the CFO, and how technology is enabling them to both get greater visibility over the business and achieve all of the many tasks expected of them.
Whoosh! That was it. The March 14th deadline for PSD2 - the date by which banks in Europe were required to implement facilities for third-party providers (TPPs) to test their functionality against a simulated bank environment - has just flown by.
For financial institutions, executing the move away from the interest rate benchmark, LIBOR, to alternative interest reference rates (e.g. SONIA, SARON) is a colossal exercise. It requires them to structurally revisit everything from their products and accounting strategies and tactics through to their risk models and valuations – to make the necessary amendments.
Driven by the promise of greater efficiency and better user experiences, digital transformation has become a key initiative across a broad range of industries.
Mergers and Acquisitions are complex and high-risk undertakings. However, if successful, M&A can fuel company growth through the addition of new products, markets and customers and result in increased profitability. In competitive and crowded marketplaces, M&A is increasingly being viewed as a strategic route to gain coveted market share, and research shows that this type of activity is surging in the Financial Services sector. According to Deloitte, the drivers that were favourable for bank M&A in 2018 — tax reform, increasing interest rates, digital investments and a business-friendly regulatory environment — continue to make a strong showing, and 76% of M&A execs in US firms and 87% of those in private equity (PE) expect the number of deals they will close in 2019 to increase. Some 70% are anticipating bigger deals, with 51% predicting them to be worth $500m-$10bn, compared to 38% in 2018.
For an insight into the online payments market, Finance Monthly speaks with Artem Tymoshenko - a FinTech expert specialising in payment systems, processing systems, e-money, risk management, network & system security, digital self-service and e-billing.
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