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14 Apr 2021

Navigating today’s value creation ecosystem

The COVID-19 experience has been a stark reminder that while meeting the expectations of shareholders is important, it’s only one aspect of the role businesses play. How do business leaders adapt to an environment where an increasingly wide and more diverse set of stakeholders has a concrete influence on the way value is created, protected and sustained? Claude Fuhrer and Christophe Bourgoin touch on some of the changes and their implications for business leaders.

23 Mar 2021

Prospects bright for the Swiss private equity market

Interested in developments in the Swiss private equity market? Read the blogpost from Sascha Beer, PwC Switzerland’s new Private Equity M&A Leader, to find out about the current prospects.

16 Mar 2021

M&A prospects in industrial manufacturing and automotive

Recover, reconfigure, and realign with new values: M&A prospects in industrial manufacturing and automotive

09 Mar 2021

M&A prospects in technology, media and telecommunications

Bristling with confidence and leading the recovery: the outlook for M&A in technology, media and telecommunications

02 Mar 2021

M&A prospects in energy, utilities and resources

Regaining vigour, but with critical decisions to be made: M&A prospects in energy, utilities and resources

23 Feb 2021

M&A prospects in the retail, consumer and hospitality sector

In this post we look at how PwC’s recently published global M&A insights tally with developments in Switzerland.

15 Feb 2021

In sound health with an acceleration in underlying change: M&A prospects in the health industries

11 Feb 2021

M&A industry trends in Switzerland

Why you should be prepared to move fast on growing opportunities – but keep a close eye on the fundamentals to avoid losing value

02 Feb 2021

Value Creation

From improving your market positioning to maximising shareholder return, value creation is your way to a more resilient tomorrow. Learn what you need to do.

14 Jan 2021

Act now to recover: getting your working capital management fit for the future

With such great uncertainty prevailing about the future and pressure created by low business activity, companies in many industries are at risk of running into cash issues. This means it’s important to gain transparency on your liquidity forecast to spot problems early on, implement a cash culture throughout the business to preserve cash, and identify potential levers to improve the situation in the medium to long term. Managing your working capital properly will enable you not only to preserve value, but to actually create it longer term.

14 Jan 2021

Act now to recover: getting your operations fit for the future

The Covid-19 crisis has taken businesses into unexplored territory. On the one hand there’s been unprecedented uncertainty as to the further course of the pandemic and the recovery of the economy. On the other hand there have never been richer and more varied sources of capital available to businesses seeking to finance change. In this post I argue why, if your company isn’t currently struggling for survival, this is a great time to take action –an opportunity to review the lessons learned from Covid-19 and make your operations stronger, more resilient and more likely to succeed, whatever the future may bring.

14 Jan 2021

Act now to recover: know your financial restructuring options and manage your stakeholders

Despite the options available to help Swiss businesses weather the initial COVID-19 storm and signs that the economy isn’t doing as badly as expected, companies shouldn’t be lulled into a false sense of security. Now’s the time to address any financing issues intelligently and proactively to assure the immediate survival of your business. But it’s also the time to think about how you need to transform to remain profitable and financially viable in the long term.

Navigating today’s value creation ecosystem

Prospects bright for the Swiss private equity market

M&A prospects in industrial manufacturing and automotive

M&A prospects in technology, media and telecommunications

M&A prospects in energy, utilities and resources

M&A prospects in the retail, consumer and hospitality sector

In sound health with an acceleration in underlying change: M&A prospects in the health industries

M&A industry trends in Switzerland

Value Creation

Act now to recover: getting your working capital management fit for the future

Act now to recover: getting your operations fit for the future

Act now to recover: know your financial restructuring options and manage your stakeholders

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