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  • ESG focus rises on debt market agendas

    Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is very much a topic of the moment in the finance market and is becoming increasingly prevalent in the debt markets. As social awareness and government regulation continues at pace, lenders are adapting themselves for a world in which economic success is not limited to financial returns and where high ESG standards will become the market norm.

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  • Automotive Newsletter Q3 2021

    As of the end of Q3, the ongoing semiconductor shortage is assumed to have lost 7.4 million units of global light vehicle production so far in 2021.

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  • Electric Vehicle leasing and incentivising the Road to Zero

    The Electrical Vehicle (EV) and broader e-mobility sector has long been a target area for M&A, desired by both strategic acquirers, who strive to ensure they remain relevant during the most significant technological shift in a generation, and by institutional investors who wish to enter one of the UK’s fastest growing market sectors.

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  • Podcast: Unquote interviews Clearwater International to review Q2 2021 PE trends

    Following the publication of the Q2 2021 Clearwater International Multiples Heatmap, Unquote interviewed Clearwater’s executive team to discuss valuation trends in European private equity.

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  • Clearwater International Multiples Heatmap - Q2 2021

    This quarterly report identifies the major themes driving EV/EBITDA multiples in European Private Equity (PE) deals. The objective is to help PE investors understand trends across regions and sectors, leading to better investment decisions.

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  • Automotive Newsletter Q2 2021

    The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are no longer a major concern for the automotive industry, as government support programmes have allowed the industry to cope with the pandemic better than initially anticipated.

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  • Critical Transport Infrastructure Services

    Following a strong period of M&A activity, the UK critical transport infrastructure services sector is expected to remain highly attractive to institutional investors and strategic acquirers over the coming months, driven by excellent resilience and a multitude of positive market growth drivers.

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  • Outsourced Pharma Services 2021

    A high-growth and resilient market characterised by high levels of M&A activity from both trade buyers and private equity.

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  • Podcast: Unquote interviews Clearwater International to review Q1 2021 PE trends

    Following the publication of the Q1 2021 Clearwater International Multiples Heatmap, Unquote interviewed Clearwater’s executive team to discuss valuation trends in European private equity.

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  • Clearwater International Multiples Heatmap - Q1 2021

    This report identifies key themes driving European Private Equity (PE) deals’ EV/EBITDA multiples on a quarterly basis. Through illustrating key valuation trends across regions and sectors, we aim to support PE investors source better investment opportunities.

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  • ESG Financing

    Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is a hot topic in the finance market as well as amongst management, sponsors and institutional investors. While market participants are testing different strategies internally and with their capital providers, it can be expected that ESG will become a norm in the debt capital markets pretty soon.

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  • Fuel Cell Technology Clearthought

    Driven by tough emissions regulations the fuel cell market is growing exponentially across the world.

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