Private equity firms backed to capitalise on Brexit opportunities October 20, 2016 Private equity houses have been backed to capitalise on uncertainty over the UK’s Brexit vote with new investments. A Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report out today highlights a number of areas private equity (PE) should be focusing on after the EU referendum result. And one of the report’s authors, Antoon Schneider, a senior partner at [...]
M&A activity surge predicted in betting, airline and homebuilding industries after Brexit vote November 9, 2016 The UK’s Brexit vote is likely to increase deal activity in the betting industry, among airlines and between homebuilders, new analysis out today suggests. With the outcome of the Leave vote far from decided, “the only certainty is uncertainty”, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) report noted. But the report, “Will Brexit hurt – or help [...]
Banks need to act swiftly to avoid Brexit problems, warns report August 1, 2016 The banking sector needs to think quick to swerve some of the more negative effects of June's Brexit vote, a report out today suggests. The study by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) warns that, not only will the worsened economic outlook take its toll on banking sector performance, banks need to be preparing for action now, [...]
Asset management growth has “stalled” to 2008 levels, new report finds July 11, 2016 The global growth of asset management "stalled" in 2015, marking its worst year since the 2008 financial crisis, a new report has found. Growth in assets under management (AUM) rose by one per cent globally to $71.4 trillion (£55 trillion), from $70.5 trillion. The figure grew by eight per cent in 2014 and averaged five per cent [...]
Deal or no deal? Companies that are more M&A active perform better August 30, 2016 Companies that are more active through mergers and acquisitions outperform their less active rivals, new research has suggested. A report from the influential Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has found firms that regularly acquire and divest businesses as part of their corporate strategy consistently outperform less active dealmakers in terms of total shareholder return. The most regular dealmakers outperform one-time [...]
Investment banking revenues plunged to financial crisis levels in 2015 – and a greater drop is expected this year May 17, 2016 Global investment banking revenues dropped to their lowest levels since the financial crisis last year. And they are expected to plummet even further this year, according to a new report. Analysis in the Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) Capital Markets 2016 report predicts 2016 investment banking revenue to total $212bn (£147bn), down seven per cent from [...]
There are now nearly one million millionaire households in the UK June 7, 2016 The UK is close to having one million millionaire households, new research out today shows. In 2015, there were 961,000 UK households with $1m (£0.7m) of private financial wealth, up 12.4 per cent on 2014, according to the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The UK’s millionaire growth is nearly double the global year-on-year rate of increase, [...]
Price conscious, sceptical and socially responsible: Wealth managers face millennial challenge June 7, 2016 Wealth managers should target the growing number of millennial investors, a new report has advised. Millennials, defined as those born between 1980 and 2000, currently account for 10 per cent of global private wealth, according to the Boston Consulting Group. This proportion is forecast to increase to 16 per cent by 2020. Read more: The City’s philanthropic heritage [...]
Prime position: Will Amazon come out on top in TV? May 16, 2016 Not content with battling premium video services like Netflix, Amazon now has YouTube in its sights. The launch of new user-generated content platform Amazon Video Direct (AVD) will allow video makers to upload their content to the site, where it can be watched by tens of millions of Prime subscribers. But becoming a one-stop shop for [...]
Better on stormy seas than calmer water: Lessons from family-owned firms January 20, 2016 Western business has long criticised the family-run firm. From succession disputes to their reliance on dual-class shares and pyramid structures to clip the wings of external investors, they’re not often held up as models of corporate achievement. But research by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has found that 40 per cent of French and German companies with [...]