Adobe to acquire design software company Figma for record-setting $20bn

Adobe announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Figma, a collaborative interface design tool provider, for approximately $20 billion in cash and stock. The stunning $20bn price was indeed an outlier at a time with shrinking tech stock prices, rising interest rates, and global financial turbulence. The generous offer of Adobe, […]

Eurozone Inflation: Another Record High

At the end of this October, we have seen yet again another staggering record high inflation rate at 10.7%. Even after the European Central Bank raised interest rates to combat this increase there has been a steep decline in GDP growth in the third quarter. It was the 12th consecutive month that there has been […]

Oliver Wyman to acquire A&D management consulting firm Avascent 

Oliver Wyman has consolidated its position across the strategic defence and aerospace sectors by entering into agreement to acquire Avascent, the leading consultancy in government-driven industries.   Founded in 2007, following a management buy-out of the firm DFI International, Avascent is mainly centred on the corporate and private equity sectors, currently framing solutions in defence […]