Interviews
One-on-ones with heads of regulatory agencies, lawyers, bankers, portfolio managers, CEOs and CFOs and other senior execs
Energy majors bet on Eastern Mediterranean expansion as gas takes central stage amidst global energy supply challenges
Some of the world’s largest energy companies are focusing their efforts on further developing their gas operations across Egypt and the rest of the Eastern Mediterranean as the war against Iran and its wider impact […]
Update to Canadian FDI screening guidelines to include economic security risk signals tightening of review process, but pragmatic approach expected
In a social media post on 5 March, Canada’s Minister of Finance François-Philippe Champagne, who was appointed to the role last week after previously holding the position of Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (ISI), […]
ACCC likely to increase coordination with other mature jurisdictions following launch of mandatory merger control regime, says commissioner
In an exclusive interview with Equity Report, Stephen Ridgeway, commissioner for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) discusses the recently announced regulatory changes to the national competition framework, which will see Austr… To read […]
Changes to premerger filing rules could hamper “procompetitive” M&A, says former FTC exec
In an exclusive interview with Equity Report, Professor Andrew Sweeting, former director of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s Bureau of Economics, gives his take on the agency’s proposed changes to the premerger notification process, […]
Decrease in M&A activity leading to more stringent ESG due diligence process
Edward Tran, financial markets and funds partner, and Oliver Williams, corporate partner in the London office of US law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP elaborate on the impact that ESG concerns are having on the […]
Brazilian Ministry of Finance’s draft proposal could increase shareholder claims on ESG matters
Alessandra Lehmen, partner and head of environmental, climate, and regulatory law at Brazilian law firm Juchem Advocacia and law professor in ESG and climate change, discussed the impact that Brazil’s latest regulatory changes may have […]
CFIUS increasingly cooperating with international partners on data and technology vulnerabilities
In this interview with Equity Report, Laura Black, former director of policy and international relations at the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and current senior counsel at US law firm Akin […]
‘The ESG framework should focus on improvements from corporate transformations, rather than a company’s current scores.’
In this one-to-one with Equity Report, Ludger Hentschel, founding partner at New York-based alternative investment boutique Versor Investments, which invests in announced merger deals across the US, Canada, UK, and Europe, shares his views on […]
‘Hedge funds are not necessarily anti-ESG. They just struggle to integrate it in their multi-asset portfolios.’
In this Q&A with Equity Report, Catherine Greene, research associate at the London School of Economics (LSE) and former allocator to hedge funds and private equity funds at a pension fund, family office, and fund […]
