Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

More than 300 companies went public via mergers with SPACs over the past two years, but many of these listings proved to be problematic.

Elon Musk’s plans to make Twitter an open forum for speech may be a double-edged sword. 

The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused international investors to pause for thought on where their international investments reside. Are they seeing China in a new light?

Like BP, Norway’s Equinor and France’s TotalEnergies, Shell’s leadership decided that the war with Ukraine made it impossible to maintain its business in Russia. 

Michel Combes, a graduate of the France’s elite Ecole Polytechnique, has three decades of experience in the telecom industry. 

Walmart is finalizing its push into the metaverse, according to trademark application filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office at the end of 2021.

Global VC investment nearly doubled in value to $671 billion, according to the latest quarterly report from KPMG Enterprise.

In the Conference Board’s annual C-suite survey, executives express concerns about inflation, talent sourcing, and impediments to pandemic recovery, including possible recession in China and supply chain concerns in the US and Europe.

More than two dozen shareholder class actions were filed with New York and Delaware courts in the past two years.

SPACs have become all the rage in North America, but have yet to make a big splash in Asia. 

At the tender age of 26, Alex Rodrigues became the youngest current CEO of a US-based publicly traded company after the trucking software company he founded, Embark Trucks, went public on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Big Tech preps for going back to offices by scooping up commercial real estate.

Decentralizing finance can unlock capital in cryptocurrencies, but will it last?

Six-month lockup periods used to be the strong recommendation from banks that underwrote traditional IPOs; no longer.

New technologies demand new kinds of talent and make addressing labor shortages easier.

Spare a thought for corporate treasurers as they mull where to invest their excess cash. 

If you cannot measure it, you cannot manage it. 

Sustainable finance makes inroads in Africa.

Increasing competition, consumerization and the quest for a bigger wallet share have transaction banks eyeing retail divisions for inspiration.

Amit Thakur, a managing director at Amax Capital and CFO of Augie, is a financial advisor in M&A, debt and equity raising, and strategic finance deals totaling $35 billion. A cross-border pro, Thakur launched Standard Chartered's U.S. M&A business, and led Morgan Stanley's Indian FIG group. He mentors startups as well as multinational companies, globally. As worldwide M&A activity reached $2.8 trillion in the first half of 2021, Thakur says there are plenty of factors that can affect deal pace, including heightened regulatory scrutiny, debt issuance and a tempering SPAC boom.