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The European Champions Report 2019

Wolfgang Kniest · 16 January 2019

In the third edition of “The European Champions Report”, KPMG’s Football Benchmark team pays tribute to the champions of Europe’s most prominent leagues in the 2017/18 season, reviewing and comparing some of their most relevant business performance indicators to provide perspective on these clubs’ future.

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Industries in 2019

Wolfgang Kniest · 15 January 2019

A special report from The Economist Intelligence Unit.

The world’s major industries are all set for further growth in 2019, but there are some worrying risks.

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The state of the deal: M&A trends 2019

Wolfgang Kniest · 4 January 2019

Annual comprehensive look at M&A activity by Deloitte about deal trends and common challenges faced by corporations and private equity firms.

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Truth and Bias in M&A Target Fairness Valuations: Appraising the Appraisals

Wolfgang Kniest · 27 December 2018

by Matthew Shaffer, Harvard Business School.

In U.S. M&A transactions, target directors are effectively required to seek and consider a “fairness opinion” and supporting valuations before accepting a takeover offer. Despite their legal status, critics have argued that these valuations are biased and sometimes low-quality, and that even unbiased valuations would not be useful to public companies, which can use their pre-deal stock price as an appraisal of their value.

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Cost of Capital Study 2018 (New Business Models – Risks and Rewards)

Wolfgang Kniest · 18 December 2018

by KPMG. The thirteenth edition of the study includes 276 companies.

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