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Types of M&A
M&A Strategies used by various companies in this business: HSBC - Cross border merger Goldman Sachs - Horizontal Merger Lazard - Vertical...
Shubh Mehta
Jul 11, 20231 min read


Markowitz Portfolio Management
Harry Markowitz was the creator of the Modern Portfolio theory died recently at the age of 95. He stated that modern portfolio theory...
Shubh Mehta
Jul 4, 20231 min read


HDFC - HDFC bank merger
The biggest transaction in India with a value worth $40bn. The two organisations had to go through intense compliances from RBI and the...
Shubh Mehta
Jul 3, 20231 min read


Central Bankers meet up in Portugal
Jerome Powell, Andrew Bailey, Christine Lagarde and Kazuo Ueda meet up in Portugal to discuss the economic outlook. The hawkish fireside...
Shubh Mehta
Jun 29, 20231 min read


Fake image of explosion leads to market chaos
A picture created using Generative AI lead the market to go into a frenzy as the image was of an explosion as the US Pentagon. This lead...
Shubh Mehta
May 23, 20231 min read


Buyout not bailout
First republic will now be sold to JP Morgan. This is the 3rd bank failure in the recent months after SVB and Signature bank. The Fed...
Shubh Mehta
May 1, 20231 min read


Deposit Growth
As the Fed insists that the banking crisis is over and everything is under control from the financial stability perspective the deposits...
Shubh Mehta
Apr 15, 20231 min read


Global Bond market
Total outstanding debt securities: US - $51T China - $20.9T Rest of the world - $12.7T Japan - $11T France - $4.4T United Kingdom - $4.3T...
Shubh Mehta
Apr 14, 20231 min read


Fed tightens till something breaks
Economic cracks did appear after the first quarter. The covid pandemic lead to the extreme loosening of the monetary policy and a surge...
Shubh Mehta
Apr 13, 20231 min read


Hedge funds made $7bn from the banking turmoil
As the banking turmoil unfolded, the short sellers benefited from the falling share prices. Credit Suisse, SVB, Signature bank, Deutsche...
Shubh Mehta
Apr 6, 20231 min read


GQG sees upto 100% returns on its Adani Stake
The Fort Lauderdale based Emerging market investing group which bought a $2bn stake in the Adani group of companies. The owner, Rajeev...
Shubh Mehta
Apr 5, 20231 min read


OPEC+ announces production cuts
The main aim behind this cut is to support the prices and demand by reducing the supply of oil. The most recent cuts would amount to...
Shubh Mehta
Apr 3, 20231 min read


CS Fines over the years
They have amassed $11.4bn in fines since 200 which amounts to approximately $570mn per year in fines. 2022 - $700mn 2021 - $280mn 2018 -...
Shubh Mehta
Mar 23, 20231 min read


Asset Class riskier than Equity
AT1 bonds which got written off worth CHF 16bn are bonds which got a total value of 0. Bondholders lost their total investment while...
Shubh Mehta
Mar 20, 20232 min read


166 Year history comes to an end
UBS has agreed to buy CS in a Swiss National Bank negotiated deal which took place over the weekend. CS was bought at a heavy discount as...
Shubh Mehta
Mar 20, 20231 min read


CS Rebounds
Shares in Credit Suisse Rebound and jump 22% today in the early hours of trading. This move comes after the Swiss National Bank states it...
Shubh Mehta
Mar 16, 20231 min read


Credit Suisse finds material weakness
The Credit Default Swaps have surged to a multi year high for Credit Suisse especially after the SVB collapse. Credit Suisse did say that...
Shubh Mehta
Mar 15, 20231 min read


Oil Prices Slip
Oil has extended its loss as the collapse of the SVB has triggered speculations about a financial crisis. The shut down of SVB and...
Shubh Mehta
Mar 14, 20231 min read


Rate Hike Post SVB?
After the collapse of the SVB the speculation regarding the upcoming rate hikes has increased. One may imagine that the banks benefit...
Shubh Mehta
Mar 14, 20231 min read


World's largest Banks - brand value
Here is the lost of the world's largest banks by the brand value including trademarks and IP: ICBC China Construction Bank Agricultural...
Shubh Mehta
Mar 9, 20231 min read
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