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Capital & Markets
The New Liquidity Question: When Private Capital Must Prove Its Value
Private capital faces a growing challenge: translating portfolio valuations into realised investment returns. New ILPA guidance and Blackstone's latest results highlight why…
Capital & Markets
The Economics of Tokenisation Begin After Issuance
The European Central Bank is advancing the infrastructure supporting tokenised financial markets. With Pontes now operational and Appia progressing, SMAM examines how…
Strategic Perspectives
The Value of Focus: When Acquisitions and Separations Become One Strategy
Informa's proposed £2.24 billion acquisition of Clarion Events, alongside plans to separate Taylor & Francis, illustrates why corporate focus is becoming an…
Strategic Perspectives
Energy Reliability Is Becoming an Investment Underwriting Issue
Electricity security is moving beyond operational risk management. As infrastructure and climate-related disruptions become more material, companies and investors need to assess…
Capital & Markets
Why Private Capital Is Moving Upstream of the Spin-Off
A $2 billion investment into Flex’s Axiom business shows how corporate carve-outs are evolving from legal separation exercises into capital-formation events involving…
Capital & Markets
Public-Market Readiness Is Becoming a Strategic Asset
Oura’s decision to postpone its IPO despite strong demand highlights an important distinction: accessing public markets and needing them are not the…
Strategic Perspectives
Grid Capacity Is Becoming a Strategic Asset
Electricity generation is no longer the only constraint on capital-intensive growth. As connection queues lengthen and demand accelerates, access to grid capacity…
Capital & Markets
Private Credit Is Moving Closer to the Asset
Private credit is expanding from corporate loans into equipment, receivables and contractual cash flows. The strategic implication is significant: companies can increasingly…
Strategic Perspectives
AI Is Becoming a Capital-Structure Story
Artificial intelligence is moving from a software-led investment narrative to a capital-intensive infrastructure cycle. As hyperscalers, asset managers and lenders build new…
Strategic Perspectives
Capital Is Available. Conviction Is Scarce.
Private capital has not disappeared. It has become more selective. For growth companies, the competitive advantage is increasingly the ability to convert…
Strategic Perspectives
From Business Potential to Investable Opportunity
A promising business is not necessarily an investable business. The difference lies in translating entrepreneurial potential into a proposition that external capital…
Capital & Markets
Capital Is Not the Starting Point
Fundraising is not the first step. Investability is built upstream, through strategic clarity, financial visibility, governance, risk architecture and execution readiness.
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