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How Technology and AI are Redefining Investment Banking

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download pdf Think of the M&A deal process as the journey driving home through a city at rush hour. AI agents are your navigation system that helps reduce the complexity of your journey. However, for the navigation to really provide support, it requires the appropriate roads, rules, and driver to successfully complete the journey. This … Continue reading How Technology and AI are Redefining Investment Banking →

Prosus acquisition of Just Eat Takeaway.com: creating the fourth-largest food delivery group worldwide

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DOWNLOAD PDF Prosus, one of the biggest technology investment companies in the world, has proposed to acquire Just Eat Takeaway.com, aiming to give birth to one of the principal global players in the food delivery sector, expanding its capillary presence in Europe, North America, South America, and many other key areas, with millions of active … Continue reading Prosus acquisition of Just Eat Takeaway.com: creating the fourth-largest food delivery group worldwide →

On Recursion–Exscientia and The Long Game of Reinventing Drug Discovery

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DOWNLOAD PDF Introduction Although improvements in medical technology have accelerated at breakneck speed over the past decades, drug discovery has been seemingly inverting this trend. Since the 1950s, the chances of a drug successfully passing clinical trials and becoming a new molecular entity (NME) have been steadily declining. This was the observation that researchers at … Continue reading On Recursion–Exscientia and The Long Game of Reinventing Drug Discovery →

Retelit and mef’s Bold Move: Will the €700 Million Bid for Telecom Italia Sparkle Succeed?

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Introduction On October 3, 2024, the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, along with Retelit S.p.A., moved to file a binding offer worth €700 million for the acquisition of a 100% stake in Sparkle, the subsea cable unit of Telecom Italia. Sparkle is vital in Italy's digital connectivity, connecting the country to global hubs via … Continue reading Retelit and mef’s Bold Move: Will the €700 Million Bid for Telecom Italia Sparkle Succeed? →

Swisscom’s Big Bet: Transforming Italy’s Telecom Sector with € 8 Billion Vodafone S.p.A. Takeover

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INTRODUCTION On March 15th, Swisscom concluded binding agreements with Vodafone Group Plc to acquire 100% ownership of Vodafone Italia, marking the culmination of negotiations that began in February, at a price of EUR 8 billion, paid entirely in cash and funded through debt.  The intention behind this acquisition is to merge Vodafone Italia with Fastweb, … Continue reading Swisscom’s Big Bet: Transforming Italy’s Telecom Sector with € 8 Billion Vodafone S.p.A. Takeover →