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  1. Daniel Boden

    Vacation Scheme - Recent Experience

    Hi Donzi, Firstly, thank you for having the courage to share this post and huge congratulations for getting onto the vacation scheme. That in itself is a fantastic achievement and you should be very proud. I totally understand where you're coming from regarding imposter syndrome and I'm sure a...
  2. Daniel Boden

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    In other, pretty shocking, news, Wirecard has acknowledged the incredible scale of fraud that has caused more than 80% of value to be wiped from its shares since Thursday. To those not familiar with the story, last week it emerged that nearly €2 billion on Wirecard's balance sheet had...
  3. Daniel Boden

    PESTLE Analysis

    In terms of if I was asked to consider an issue that is most important I think you have to mention the impact of COVID-19. I'd then go through the various issues it creates using the PESTLE format described above and explain the issues it causes for the various stakeholders in a business or for...
  4. Daniel Boden

    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Afraid I don't have any experience with them but congrats Asmee!
  5. Daniel Boden

    PESTLE Analysis

    So, off the top of my head these are a few things that spring to mind: Political - potential impact of the US/China trade war and Brexit on law firms Economic - can't really get away from COVID-19, so how law firms are being forced to adjust their practices/help clients, how counter-cyclical...
  6. Daniel Boden

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    I am not sure of any recent deals but I'd recommend checking out the firms that are highly ranked for project finance and seeing if their websites mention any recent deals. Not a deal per se, but in the FT today the Senegal president announced that the country will have to delay its oil and gas...
  7. Daniel Boden

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    Morning all, just before I make my way through the FT, I thought I'd share some other interesting PE stories from last week which you may have missed. Firstly, Bain Capital has raised €3.2 billion for a distressed debt fund and has committed over 50% of the funds in the last three months to try...
  8. Daniel Boden

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    Furthermore, a story I've been following is the continued private investment into Jio, the telecoms subsidiary of Reliance Industries. The latest investment into the company was by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund which invested $1.5bn on Thursday, taking the list of private investments to...
  9. Daniel Boden

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    Equally, in other PE news, the UK insurer is seeking to sell its $500m stake in its business Jackson to a company backed by Apollo. See more information below: Insurer Prudential to sell stake in US business to Apollo-backed rival https://www.ft.com/content/99c80a73-0139-48d8-b024-d0f51b4d2bd0
  10. Daniel Boden

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    Carrying on with the Hertz case today, in perhaps no great surprise, the company is now desperately seeking a $1bn bankruptcy loan to try and survive. See the story below: Hertz scrambles to secure $1bn bankruptcy loan https://www.ft.com/content/5a3ffc66-5e42-4a78-aa07-81fe0fc2c36c
  11. Daniel Boden

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    It depends what you're interested in! But for me, I'm subscribed to Due Diligence and Scoreboard :)
  12. Daniel Boden

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    Further to the PE feature I mentioned earlier, today Bridgepoint announced it will be buying directly from another PE firm, EQT, in a deal that will see Bridgepoint purchase EQT's credit business. This comes at a time where many companies are looking for fresh financing as a result of COVID-19...
  13. Daniel Boden

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    I completely hear and share those concerns. I think it really is almost a catch-22 for the government because the economy is in such a bad way which could have a disastrous longer-term impact on the country. I think in the big short there's a stat that for every 1% increase in unemployment...
  14. Daniel Boden

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    Another good feature in the FT's Due Diligence today is a good summary of how PE firms have not been afraid to invest in the market uncertainty created by COVID-19. A lot of PE houses in particular, such as KKR, see tremendous opportunities given that many companies are now undervalued and are...
  15. Daniel Boden

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    Haha I was just about to post the same thing! Great minds and all that :)
  16. Daniel Boden

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    A pleasure my friend :)
  17. Daniel Boden

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    I'd pause it for now until the firm offers an update as to what its plans are.
  18. Daniel Boden

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Did you see this message above? I don't think it's worth submitting an application at the moment to Forsters
  19. Daniel Boden

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    Equally, further to recent M&A deals, in a potentially significant story, the EU is looking to limit the ability of government-backed companies e.g. Chinese-government-backed companies, from taking over EU businesses. See more below: EU seeks to curb state-backed foreign rivals...
  20. Daniel Boden

    Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread

    Good question @N21! So in this case, the fact that Boohoo manufactures at least 40% of its products in the UK allows it to react very quickly to market trends whereas other brands outsource entirely to the far east which obviously takes longer to adjust to trends because of the distance that the...

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