Lucinda Guthrie, Executive Editor, Acuris - M&A, Capital Markets, Deals – Review and Outlook

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English - December 03, 2020 01:01 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MB
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Lucinda Guthrie, Executive Editor, Acuris, has been covering financial markets as a journalist for the past 15 years. She has been at the heart of deals and deal-making and she takes listeners through a review of 2020 and looks forward to 2021.

You can find Lucinda on LinkedIn here

Learn more about Acuris products such as Mergermarket, Dealreporter and PaRR at: https://www.acuris.com/

Timeline

00:00 Introduction

2:50 What is Acuris and why is it relevant to Securities Finance

4:15 2020 - A roller coaster year

7:55 Pandemic-proof or Bottom-fishing?

10:33 Given COVID-19 impact, how are deals affecting structures?

13:17 Corporates return to public equity markets

17:50 What does a normal Q4 look like and how does 2020 compare?

19:22 Impact of Brexit

26:52 Preliminary outlook for 2021

32:00 What is a SPAC and what are they used for?

35:15 Working From Home and deal-making

40:40 Roy's wrap up

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