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‘The banks will disappear if they do not act!’ said Jürgen Ingels, speaking at the Baltic M&A and Private Equity Forum in Riga. Ingels became well-known as the founder of Clear2Pay, which was sold to FIS for EUR 400 million. Ingels foresees large internal shocks for banks, and considerable losses in the banking market in the […]
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“Small countries can be the birthplace of very large companies. Scalability can be achieved through software.”Yael Elad, CFO of Aleph (Israel) “There is no good reason why the Baltic countries shouldn’t open joint embassies in foreign countries.”Kristjan Kalda, Investment Director of BaltCap (Estonia) “People speak of Brexit more in the EU than they do in […]
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Investment in commercial litigation finance is now global with the number of players who offer litigation financing rapidly growing, Graeme Mackenzie, Partner at TonKom and Director at Pyrenees Energy Company, and Agris Repšs, Partner and Head of the Sorainen Dispute Resolution Team, told the audience. Litigation finance is becoming available not only in traditional common […]
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This year’s Baltic M&A and Private Equity Forum hosts legendary Latvian leader Ivars Godmanis and Israeli investment guru Yael Elad as keynote speakers. The Forum takes place on 27-28 October in Riga at the RISEBA Architecture and Media Centre H2O 6. Ivars Godmanis was the first Latvian prime minister after the country regained independence. He […]
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The most groundbreaking transactions in the region during the last 12 months have just been announced at the Baltic M&A and Private Equity Forum 2016 gala event in Riga. The winners are Trilini Energy, Providence Equity Partners and FCR Media Group. Here is an overview of the winning deals. Baltic M&A Deal of the Year […]
