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The dream run of major online retailers including Amazon, Alibaba, Pinduoduo and JD.com came to a halt with a 6% decline in their cumulative valuation in Q1 2021 over that in Q4 2020, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Keshav Kumar Jha, Business Fundamentals Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “Despite an impressive performance […]
Jefferies, Bank of America top M&A financial advisers in automotive sector for Q1 2021, finds GlobalData
Jefferies and Bank of America were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in the automotive sector for Q1 2021 by value and volume, respectively. Jefferies advised on one deal worth US$6bn, the highest value among all the advisers. Meanwhile, Bank of America led in volume terms having advised on three deals worth US$5.5bn. […]
North America dominated VC funding landscape in Q1 2021 while EMEA region registered significant growth, finds GlobalData
Global venture capital (VC) funding witnessed moderate growth during the first quarter (Q1) of 2021 with North America continuing to attract the highest number of investments, while Europe and Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region witnessed significant growth in deals volume as well as corresponding share, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. […]
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Watson Farley & Williams top M&A legal advisers by value and volume in power sector for Q1 2021, finds GlobalData
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Watson Farley & Williams were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers in the power sector for Q1 2021 by value and volume, respectively. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised on eight deals worth US$19.1bn, which was the highest value among all the advisers. Meanwhile, Watson […]
Influencer conversations on Nvidia surge 3X post announcement of data center CPU Grace during GTC 2021, reveals GlobalData
Nvidia Corporation (Nvidia) unveiled its first data center CPU ‘Grace’, an Arm-based processor designed to address the complex computing requirements for the world’s most advanced applications, including natural language processing, recommender systems and artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputing, during the Graphics Technology Conference (GTC) held on 12 April 2021. Against this backdrop, the company witnessed a staggering 300% jump in […]
Increasing regulatory risks affected valuation of some major global technology companies in Q1 2021, says GlobalData
Despite poor performance by Apple and Amazon, the FAAMG group (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Google) added over $80bn in valuation in Q1 2021 Semiconductor companies’ Market Capitalization (MCap) increased over $200 billion The overall MCap of the top 25 global technology* companies increased 3% in Q1 2021 despite the fact that Apple and Amazon […]
Citi and Barclays top M&A financial advisers by value and volume in power sector for Q1 2021, finds GlobalData
Citi and Barclays were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers in the power sector for Q1 2021 by value and volume, respectively. Citi advised on three deals worth US$10bn, which was the highest value among all the advisers. Meanwhile, Barclays led in volume terms having advised on six deals worth US$8.1bn. A total […]
Influencers on Twitter cherished Coinbase public debut on Nasdaq, says GlobalData
California-based cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase Global, Inc. (Coinbase) made its Nasdaq debut on 14 April 2021. Against this backdrop, the company witnessed a 500% jump in influencer conversations on Twitter during the third week of April 2021 over the previous week, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Coinbase’s share price soared above […]
Google Cloud job postings on rise with more M&As in focus, finds GlobalData
Alphabet’s (Google) hiring has significantly tilted towards Google Cloud, with job postings for the platform contributing to around 30% of total jobs since January 2020, according to the Job Analytics platform by data and analytics company GlobalData. This hiring activity indicates that Google Cloud’s infrastructure, platform capabilities and industry solutions are directed to launch new […]
Goldman Sachs top M&A financial adviser in construction sector for Q1 2021, finds GlobalData
Goldman Sachs emerged as the top financial adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by both value and volume in the construction sector for Q1 2021, having advised on eight deals worth US$13.7bn. A total of 935 M&A deals were announced during Q1 2021, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData’s […]
Kirkland & Ellis top M&A legal adviser in construction sector for Q1 2021, finds GlobalData
Kirkland & Ellis emerged as the top legal adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by both value and volume in the construction sector for Q1 2021, having advised on 15 deals worth US$13.7bn. A total of 935 M&A deals were announced during Q1 2021, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to […]
COVID-19 vaccination programs drive global economic recovery, says GlobalData
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate global economic outlook, however, the rollout of vaccines, surge in demand for goods and services, effectiveness of government spending and green shoots of recovery in key macroeconomic indicators resulted in GlobalData revising its 2021 global growth forecast upward from 4.9% on February 15 to 6% on April 19. According […]
Noerr and Stikeman Elliott top M&A legal advisers by value and volume in metals & mining sector for Q1 2021, finds GlobalData
Noerr and Stikeman Elliott were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial/legal advisers in metals & mining sector for Q1 2021 by value and volume, respectively. Noerr advised on two deals worth US$1.7bn, which was the highest value among all the advisers. Meanwhile, Stikeman Elliott led in volume terms having advised on six deals worth […]
Goldman Sachs top M&A financial adviser in consumer sector for Q1 2021, finds GlobalData
Goldman Sachs emerged as the top financial adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by both value and volume in the consumer sector for Q1 2021, having advised on 10 deals worth US$16.6bn. A total of 926 M&A deals were announced during Q1 2021, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to GlobalData’s […]
Discussion on subscriptions by automotive companies rose by 73% in 2020 as they look to diversify sales channels, finds GlobalData
Consumers’ need for greater convenience and flexibility, and the shift away from the need to own assets, is driving auto companies to try and capitalize by pursuing subscription models. While auto companies have discussed subscriptions in the past, discussions in earnings transcripts surged in 2020, with the entry of more original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in […]
Kirkland & Ellis top M&A legal adviser in consumer sector for Q1 2021, finds GlobalData
Kirkland & Ellis has emerged as the top legal adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by both value and volume in the consumer sector for Q1 2021, having advised on 13 deals worth US$13.2bn. A total of 926 M&A deals were announced during Q1 2021, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According […]
Hiring in China reaches all-time high in April 2021, finds GlobalData
The economic paralysis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in China led to low job advertisements for most of the 2020. However, hiring activity crossed pre-COVID-19 levels in the last quarter of 2020 and continues to grow with active jobs open for recruitment in April 2021 reaching all-time high, finds GlobalData, a leading data and analytics […]
Goldman Sachs, Perella Weinberg Partners top M&A financial advisers by value in metals & mining sector for Q1 2021, TD Securities led by volume, finds GlobalData
TD Securities was the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial adviser in the metals & mining sector for Q1 2021 by volume, while Goldman Sachs and Perella Weinberg Partners jointly held the top position by value. Both Goldman Sachs and Perella Weinberg Partners advised on one deal each worth US$1.7bn, which was the highest value […]
JP Morgan top M&A financial adviser in financial services sector for Q1 2021, finds GlobalData
JP Morgan emerged as the top financial adviser for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by both value and volume in the financial services sector for Q1 2021, having advised on 22 deals worth US$37.5bn. A total of 908 M&A deals were announced during Q1 2021, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. According to […]
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Kirkland & Ellis top M&A legal advisers by value, volume in financial services sector for Q1 2021, finds GlobalData
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Kirkland & Ellis emerged as the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers in the financial services for Q1 2021 by value and volume, respectively. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton advised on four deals worth US$23.8bn, the highest value among all the advisers. Meanwhile, Kirkland & Ellis led in […]