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Major vehicle manufacturers and exporters to bear the brunt of chip shortages, says GlobalData

Germany, Japan, the US and China have been deeply economically impacted by the recent silicon chip shortages, according to GlobalData. In response, the leading data and analytics company has downwardly revised its real GDP growth forecasts by 0.14 percentage points (pp) for Germany, 0.23pp for Japan, 0.45pp for the US and 0.25 for China. Gargi […]

JP Morgan and Rothschild & Co were top M&A financial advisers by value and volume in Middle East & Africa for Q1-Q3 2021, finds GlobalData

JP Morgan and Rothschild & Co were the top mergers and acquisition (M&A) financial advisers in the Middle East & Africa region for Q1-Q3 2021 by value and volume, respectively. JP Morgan advised on ten deals worth US$21.5bn, which was the highest value among all the advisers. Meanwhile, Rothschild & Co led in volume terms […]

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Allens, AZB & Partners top M&A legal advisers by value, volume in Asia-Pacific for Q1-Q3 2021, finds GlobalData

Allens and AZB & Partners have emerged as the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region during Q1-Q3 2021, in terms of value and volume, respectively, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. An analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database reveals that Allens advised on 25 deals worth […]

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White & Case top M&A legal adviser in Middle East & Africa for Q1-Q3 2021, finds GlobalData

White & Case has emerged as the top mergers and acquisition (M&A) legal adviser in the Middle East & Africa region for Q1-Q3 2021 by value and volume having advised on 21 deals worth US$20.2bn, which was the highest value among all the advisers. A total of 787 M&A deals were announced in the region […]

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Goldman Sachs top M&A financial adviser in Asia-Pacific for Q1-Q3 2021, finds GlobalData

Goldman Sachs has emerged as the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial adviser in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region during Q1-Q3 2021, in terms of value as well as volume, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. An analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database reveals that the US-based investment banking major advised on 37 […]

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GlobalData reveals top five tourism types discussed in 2021

Tourism being a major contributor to the GDP of several countries, the governments are taking various measures to revive the industry’s business from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. An analysis of GlobalData’s Social Media Analytics (SMA) Platform, which identifies and tracks the emerging trends, pain areas, new fields of innovation among discussions of Twitter […]

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Ecommerce hiring increases by 180% y-o-y while social commerce trends with increasing hiring activity, finds GlobalData

A rise in online shopping throughout the pandemic led to an increase in hires in both the e-commerce and social commerce spaces, according to GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company noted that the number of ecommerce jobs open for recruitment grew from 28,933 in September 2020 to 80,890 in September 2021 – a huge […]

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Kirkland & Ellis top legal advisers by value, volume for Q1-Q3 2021, reveals GlobalData

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Kirkland & Ellis emerged as the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers for Q1-Q3 2021 by value and volume, respectively, according to GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised on 198 deals worth US$457.4bn, the highest value among all the advisers. Meanwhile, Kirkland & Ellis led in […]

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Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan top financial advisers by value, volume for Q1-Q3 2021, finds GlobalData

Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan emerged as the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financial advisers for Q1-Q3 2021 by value and volume, respectively, according to GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database. Goldman Sachs advised on 369 deals worth US$917.2bn, the highest value among all the advisers. Meanwhile, JP Morgan led in volume terms having advised on 387 […]

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APAC companies continue to rule the roost in 2021 Forbes 2000 list, says GlobalData

Of the total aggregated revenue of companies featured on the Forbes 2000 list ($39.8 trillion), APAC-headquartered companies represented 38.2%, totaling $15.2 trillion, according to research by Parth Vala, Company Profiles Analyst at GlobalData. Vala notes that this figure was achieved by 803 enterprises – representing around 40% of those in Forbes’ list. Below, Parth notes […]

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ESG investing likely to become the norm with sentiments outperforming pre-COVID-19 levels, says GlobalData

Companies in the financial services sector have been discussing environment, social and governance (ESG) issues, according to GlobalData, which discovered a 36% increase in the mention of ‘ESG’ in global company filings between H1 2020 and H1 2021. The leading data and analytics company also notes that sentiments around ESG have increased in financial services, […]

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Job postings reduce marginally in Sept 21’ but foodservice sector emerges stronger, finds GlobalData

Global job postings reduced by 8% in Sept 2021, compared to Aug 2021 Job listings in foodservice sector grew by 23% but adverts in sectors such as mining declined Adverts in France, Australia and Netherlands grew positively Health and safety and e-commerce are trending themes Global hiring remained relatively low as job listings reduced in […]

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Influencers differ on Amazon launch of home robot Astro, observes GlobalData

Amazon.com (Amazon) unveiled its first home robot ‘Astro’ during its 2021 hardware event on 28 September, by joining the race of pervasive automation. This led to a sharp rise in influencer conversations on Twitter in the last week of September 2021, but the opinions were seen divided among influencers related to its tech features for […]

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Tesla hiring surpasses pre-COVID-19 level, but finds talent supply elusive, reveals GlobalData

With over 6,500 active jobs open for recruitment in September 2021*, Tesla has surpassed pre-COVID-19 hiring activity. However, the California-based electric vehicle (EV) and clean energy company is not closing jobs for recruitment and seemingly staring at a talent crunch, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Tesla defied odds and paced up […]

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Airline sentiments down in Q3 2021 following rise of Delta variant, with negativity around ‘Capacities’ and ‘Cost’, says GlobalData

The spread of the Delta COVID-19 variant has impacted airline company sentiments, according to GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that sentiments in airline companies’ earnings transcripts reduced by 1% in Q3 2021* compared to Q2 2021 – with negativity seen around key word ‘Capacity’. Rinaldo Pereira, Business Fundamentals Analyst at GlobalData, comments: […]

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Top 25 global banks’ market values stabilized in Q3 2021, says GlobalData

GlobalData has named the top 25 banks by market capitalization in Q3 2021. As part of its research, the leading data and analytics company noted that the aggregate market capitalization of these banks remained stable at $3.9 trillion in *Q3 2021, with 14 players reporting growth over the previous quarter. Parth Vala, Company Profiles Analyst […]

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Twitter influencers, Redditors anticipate chip shortage will continue to boost used car market, reveals GlobalData

The chip shortage problem is impacting several businesses in one form or another, where automotive industry has been a squeaky wheel as it has been compelling global auto manufacturers either to cut or stop production, amid concerns that the shortage will continue. Against this backdrop, discussions among Twitter influencers and Redditors related to chip shortage […]

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Companies are offering incentives as demand for drivers doubles, finds GlobalData

Demand for drivers* has surged in the last year, with job advertisements for these positions more than doubling from 16,417 in August 2020 to 34,515 in August 2021, according to the jobs analytics database by GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that simply advertising for drivers is not enough and incentives such as […]

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From Flipkart to Zomato Indian startups raise US$20.5bn VC funding during January-August 2021, finds GlobalData

Affordable mobile Internet, expanding online consumer base, pandemic-led digital adoption, record stock market listing of startups and China’s regulatory crackdown on technology companies have all made Indian startup ecosystem attractive to the venture capital (VC) investors. Against this backdrop, 983 VC funding deals were announced in India during January-August 2021 with a disclosed funding value […]

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Vodafone Idea sustains hiring momentum during uncertain times, finds GlobalData

Amid rising questions on Vodafone Idea’s (VI) future as a telecom player in India, the company’s hiring activity shows a tilt towards maintaining operations and staffing to provide products and services to government projects. Leading data and analytics company, GlobalData’s Job Analytics database reveals that job postings soared from 26 in September 2020 to 391 […]

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