Dealcast: The M&A Podcast ION Analytics

In this episode we’re looking at a funny thing which has happened on the way to the US stock market hitting record highs this year. Several publicly traded companies decided they would be better off operating in the private markets. Joining Julie-Anna Needham is Troy Hooper who is Head of Pre-Event Equity Capital Market Coverage at Mergermarket and Cristiano Bona who is Senior US Equity Capital Markets Reporter at Mergermarket.

Today's Dealcast will take a look at an emergent trend towards a greater need for qualitative research. Due diligence around environmental, social and governance issues - known as ESG - is becoming much more important by the day. Joining Julie-Anna Needham is Rupert Cocke, Senior Editor for Mergermarket and Liz O’Leary Co-Founder and Director of Claros Due Diligence

In this week’s episode we’re heading to Sydney to find our about the resurgence of take privates in Australia. Joining Julie-Anna Needham is Maggie Lu Yueyang, who is the Bureau Chief in Australia and also Associate Editor for the APAC region.

In this week’s episode we’ve looking at how the LATAM Ecommerce industry has seen outstanding growth and shows huge potential to continue to grow over the year ahead. Joining Julie-Anna Needham is Max Gonzales who is the Brazil correspondent for Mergermarket with a focus on Technology, based in San Paolo.

In this episode we’re going nuclear and talking about the resurgence of nuclear power in Europe and the M&A opportunities it presents. Joining Julie-Anna Needham is Georgina Barnard who is the Industrials Reporter for Europe and Arezki Yaïche, the France Bureau Chief for Mergermarket.

This week we are hearing from the US and finding out why Private equity wants to get it’s teeth into the dental market. Joining Julie-Anna Needham is Rebecca Wenzel who is a senior reporter for Mergermarket with a focus on Healthcare.