Europe

Trump and the Republicans win. Expect cross border M&A to increase. European companies best prepare now.

InFocus Capital Partners, LLC is well positioned to help high quality private and public companies Be Understood, Be Seen, and Stay in Focus.  We have offices in Paris, Hong Kong, and Princeton. The U.S. stock market is obviously surging on Trump’s victory.  Seems reasonable – some of the regulatory burdens on U.S. companies will likely lessen under a Trump administration, corporate and individual tax rates are likely to fall, and repatriation of U.S. company money in Europe to the U.S. [...]

MiFID II will shrink already shrunk sell-side budgets; InFocus Capital Partners can help

InFocus Capital Partners, LLC is well positioned to help high quality private and public companies Be Understood, Be Seen, and Stay in Focus.  In an environment of shrinking sell-side budgets and high quality companies falling between the recognition cracks, we can help. Sell-side research budgets are shrinking Thanks to bad actors in the investment arena, regulatory changes, and changing business models, resources devoted to sell-side equity research have been shrinking.  According to a study by Frost Consulting and Bloomberg (cited by [...]