M&A

Global Sector Outlook The African Financial Services sector proved to be more resilient compared to the rest of the world. M&A activity in the global financial services sector has been...

M&A activity among pharmaceutical and life sciences companies is expected to rebound in 2023 despite economic headwinds. Sector Outlook The global pharmaceutical sector experienced unprecedented volatility during recent years. As...

Industry Outlook The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic had a positive effect on M&A activity in the global Healthcare sector. After an initial slowdown in 2020, 2021 saw record activity...

Higher levels of global trade & increased profits have led to an increase in M&A activity during 2021 & the first half of 2022. The health of the global logistics...

Industry Outlook As the global economy began recovering from the pandemic in the second half of 2020, the metals and mining sector benefited from rebounding commodity prices. Demand for most...

Global health trends are ever evolving and consumers are becoming more cognisant of their diet and environmental awareness. The increase in demand for organic food produce across the world has...

The South African Food & Beverage industry continues to be dominated by strategic buyers which accounted for approximately 87% of all completed transactions year-to-date. The South African Food & Beverage...

South Africa’s Chemical Industry The Chemical & Allied Industries’ Association (CAIA) reported that the chemical industry contributes in the region of 4% to the country’s GDP and 23% to total...

Current M&A activity announced during 2021 shows signs of a bullish year in the FMCG sector. With the key themes expected to dominate FMCG M&A activity during 2021. In this...

What is Sustainable Infrastructure? Sustainable infrastructure refers to the equipment and systems that are designed to meet the population's essential service needs (i.e. houses, highways, energy, etc.), with the aim...

Impact Investing The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs” or “Global Goals”) introduced a unique narrative to traditional investing called: Impact Investing. A market for purposeful change that ensures that...

Even with the pandemic, global M&A activity in the industrial sector during 2020 only decreased by 5% compared to 2019 levels. Most of this activity took place during the latter...

Global M&A activity in the information technology sector during 2020 exceeded 2019 levels, despite uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of this activity took place during the latter end of...

Financial Services Sector M&A Activity Trends 2020 vs 2019 2020 was a challenging year globally, however the financial services sector showed remarkable resilience, despite the adverse impact of the COVID-19...

Introduction to Impact Investing To put it simply, impact investments are investments made to generate positive, measurable social and environmental returns along with commercial returns. Impact investing has characteristics which challenges...