To stay relevant and competitive, investment banks have adapted new hiring practices in the technology-dominated, post-COVID world. These hiring trends were visible across financial institutions. While in the previous calendar year institutes were worried about staffing and labour shortage, banks were predicting a long struggle for employees to continue to post the COVID-19 pandemic, according […]

Top investment banks, around the globe, anticipate global economic growth to come to a further slowdown in 2023. 2022 has been a year of turmoil, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine inflation skyrocketing, which triggered one of the fastest monetary policy tightening in decades.  Barring Japan, central banks of major economies, across the EU, North America, […]

Over the past few months, experts have predicted the possibility of a global recession. A recession is defined as a period of economic downturn, marked by a decline in GDP for two successive quarters. One of the most prevalent indicators of a slowdown has been the stock market. Investors across the world have witnessed a […]

Unless you were betting on the short side of the market, the year 2022 has been a disappointing year for most investors. There are several contributors to this, the two most significant being a short-lived recession caused by the two-year-long covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Our focus in this article will be on […]

Experts have predicted that a recession is looming in the U.S. One of the most prevalent indicators of a slowdown has been the stock market. Investors across the world have witnessed a significant drop in share prices over the last few months. Under such circumstances, uncertainty about the job market and the economy begins to […]

A recession is a macroeconomic event marked by substantial economic decline in a region. It is identified by a fall in GDP for two successive quarters, accompanied by slow trade and industrial activity, and a rise in unemployment.  One of the most noted recessions in history was the Great Recession of 2008 in the United […]

S&P Global has put Mergers & Acquisitions on their list of 2021 trends shaping sectors. As per their recent Global Market’s Intelligence report, Q2 FY 2021 was the third straight period with the total M&A value suprassing $1 trillion. With this rapid surge and growth in volume, a few trends have begun shaping the mergers […]

Poison Pill Defense, Crown Jewels Defense, Pac-Man Defense, Greenmail Defense, and the Golden Parachute Defense. All these terms feel like they would only be used in movies! However, these are defenses against hostile takeovers. In the mergers and acquisitions world, hostile takeovers are common, or at least hostile takeover attempts are common. These defense strategies […]