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  • Clearwater International partners with Boardwave

    Clearwater International partners with Boardwave, Europe’s leading community of software leaders, leveraging its deep sector expertise to redefine the European software landscape.

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  • Debt Advisory 2024 Lender Survey

    Clearwater International’s Debt Advisory team surveyed 58 lenders to determine changes in the European leveraged finance market.

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  • Resurgence of UK travel M&A activity shows no signs of slowing down in 2024

    The UK travel market saw continued growth in 2023, with no signs of slowing down in 2024. Its performance coincides with the strong post-pandemic recovery seen across the travel sector, as the long-term structural tailwinds driving the growth of both business and leisure travel have reasserted.

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  • Automotive Newsletter Q4 2023

    Throughout Q4 2023, a price reduction of automotive-relevant raw materials could be observed, compared to the peak. The current environment remains challenging, especially for medium-sized suppliers, due to price increases, shortage of skilled labour, and other issues such as high inflation and increasing refinancing costs.

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  • Automotive Newsletter Q3 2023

    Throughout Q3 2023, European OEMs and suppliers have continued to grapple with the persistent burden of cost pressures and substantial investments, impacting profit margins and liquidity.

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  • Growth in travel sector M&A activity continues into 2023

    The resurgence of M&A activity coincides with the strong post-pandemic recovery seen across the travel sector, as the long-term structural tailwinds driving the growth of both business and leisure travel have reasserted.

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  • The brave new world for SaaS

    Following a tumultuous year in the capital markets for SaaS businesses, with macroeconomic headwinds driving a reset of operating models and valuations, expectations around ‘what good looks like’ for SaaS have altered substantially over the last 12 months.

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  • FAST 50: Growth rates on the rise

    In partnership with The Recruiter, Clearwater International presents this year’s FAST 50, a celebration of the 50 fastest growing, privately owned recruitment businesses in the UK, according to a revenue compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the three most recent annual reporting periods.

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  • Dental Clearview 2023

    The UK Dental Clearview 2023 analyses the dental services M&A market across the UK and Europe which has returned to pre-pandemic levels, demonstrating the resilience of the sector and reflecting the ‘U-shaped recovery’, which Clearwater International anticipated in its dental market report published in 2021.

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  • Automotive Newsletter Q2 2023

    The European automotive market is subject to opposing developments, on the one hand, the pressures on supply chains, and the availability of preliminary products and raw materials are easing however, on the other hand, the lower pre-COVID-19 cost level is looking unattainable.

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  • Why is commercial insurance broking M&A activity moving to Europe and what does this mean for independent UK brokers

    The UK commercial insurance broking market has been experiencing a boom in consolidation over a number of years. Whilst the UK market is still fragmented, with a sizeable number of small brokers, there is an increasingly scarce number of independents of scale that could either ‘move the dial’ for the growing trade consolidators or be a standalone platform investment for a private equity house.

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  • Automotive Sustainability and Circularity Clearthought

    The need to make the industry more sustainable and circular has become a huge focus of activity.

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