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We ran 60,000 Monte Carlo simulations on the EURO STOXX 50 to stress-test the 12-month risk/reward distribution. The median masks substantial left-tail exposure.
Before you raise debt, know which question each lender is asking
The most useful preparation before raising debt has nothing to do with your deck. A bank, a credit fund and a family office are each answering a different question about your business.
Yesterday’s 25 bp Fed hike reinforces a difficult global macro backdrop
Yesterday’s 25 bp Fed hike reinforces a difficult global macro backdrop: resilient US growth, persistent inflation and a higher cost of capital.
Does your venture programme survive its own parent?
Corporate-backed rounds raised $146bn in Q2 2026, up from $44bn a year earlier. The harder question is whether a venture programme survives its own parent.
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Significa CapitalEurope’s issue isn’t a capital shortage, it’s the price of policy uncertainty
Part III of the CIO Institutional Capital Markets series is live. Europe’s issue isn’t a capital shortage, it’s the price of policy uncertainty.
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Significa Capital70–90% of acquisitions fail. The tech is rarely why
70–90% of acquisitions fail, according to Harvard Business Review. Companies still spend more than $2 trillion a year on deals.
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Significa CapitalSaudi Arabia: the IPO market has not closed, it has stalled on price
Saudi Arabia has the region’s deepest IPO infrastructure. In 2025 it raised about SAR 15.8bn across 37 offerings.
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