Financial situations

The Good Guys

Private equity has long been cast as one of capitalism’s villains. But through its multibillion-dollar, myth-busting portfolio, Chicago-based Vistria Group is offering a different narrative. The Brunswick Review speaks with their co-CEOs.

By Kevin Helliker
15 July 2021

New Financial Times

When the global newspaper of finance and business calls for a reset of capitalism, it’s serious. Roula Khalaf, the first female editor of the Financial Times since its founding in 1888, talks with Brunswick’s Caroline Daniel.

By Caroline Daniel
02 February 2021

Iconoclastic Economics: Dambisa Moyo

The fate of the global economy does not rest on the US election, says Dr. Moyo. “It’s bad, whatever happens.” By Kevin Helliker.

By Kevin Helliker
15 October 2020

The Talk at Brunswick: Wall Street Sage John Rogers on Why Black Wealth Matters

The Ariel Investments Founder says racism explains why the net worth of Blacks with four-year college degrees has declined even as the wealth of white graduates soared.

By Andrew Spinelli
19 August 2020

Black Wealth Matters

John Rogers on what Corporate America needs to do. By Andrew Spinelli.

By Andrew Spinelli
20 July 2020

United for Africa

Brunswick’s Itumeleng Mahabane sees an opportunity in the dire global crisis.

By Itumeleng Mahabane
04 May 2020

Private Equity Visionary

Gerald Parsky talks with Brunswick’s Harry W. Clark about how the pandemic is re-shaping the priorities of private equity and society.

By Harry Clark
20 April 2020

Private Equity Visionary

Gerald Parsky talks with Brunswick’s Harry W. Clark about how the pandemic is re-shaping the priorities of private equity and society.

By Harry Clark
20 April 2020

M&A Border Guard

Eric Lebson and Joe Kelly, two veterans from the front lines of cross-border acquisitions, tell Brunswick's Alex Finnegan what to expect from new rules governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US.

By Alex Finnegan
17 April 2020

When Your Crisis Story Hits Chapter 11

The current rough passage may not end with Covid-19. Brunswick’s Jonathan Doorley and Will Rasmussen lay out steps to take now.

By Jonathan Doorley
14 April 2020

When Your Crisis Story Hits Chapter 11

The current rough passage may not end with COVID-19. Brunswick’s Jonathan Doorley and Will Rasmussen lay out steps to take now.

By Jonathan Doorley
14 April 2020

The Moment We Trained For

A (young) elder of UK government and politics on leadership amid the pandemic.

By Philip Delves Broughton
08 April 2020

Crisis Revisited

In March 2020, Neal Wolin saw perils darker than in early ‘09.

By Kevin Helliker
01 April 2020

The Markets & COVID-19

Brunswick’s Tim Daubenspeck offers a frank yet reassuring assessment of the markets in these uncertain times.

By Tim Daubenspeck
17 March 2020

Talking to the markets about Coronavirus

As we head into earnings season, global markets are bracing for the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on company results. In the nearly 20 years since SARS, China’s importance in the global economy has grown exponentially and today contributes more than 30% of global growth - greater than from the U.S., Europe, and Japan combined.

20 February 2020

Doug McMillon: Taking the Long View

As CEO of Walmart, he has rewarded shareholders and other stakeholders. Now he brings his sense of purpose to his new role as Chairman of the US Business Roundtable.

By Harry Clark
22 January 2020

Trade Can Catalyze Climate Action

Trade and climate talks need to come together, argues Brunswick’s Kate Fall.

By Kate Fall
22 January 2020

Investors & Climate Change: What's Really Going On?

Investors are increasingly noisy on climate change, but is there a gap between words and actions? Brunswick’s Christophe Guibeleguiet and Jessica Atkins investigate.

By Christophe Guibeleguiet
22 January 2020

Silicon Valley's Quiet Giant

Sequoia’s Global Managing Partner Doug Leone talks to Brunswick’s Shahed Fakhari Larson about the secrets behind the investment firm’s remarkable track record and the role the immigrant experience has played in his career.

By Shahed Fakhari Larson
18 September 2019

Investor Whisperer

When Sohaib Abbasi became CEO of Informatica, Wall Street forecasted “dark days ahead.” By the end of his tenure the company’s share price had grown 800 percent. He tells Brunswick’s Stephanie Wakefield about the delicate dance of building trust with Wall Street.

By Stephanie Wakefield
18 September 2019

J.P. Morgan's Daniel Pinto

At age 19, to help pay his way through college, he took a job at a bank—and never left. Now he’s Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer.

By Kevin Helliker
04 June 2019

“Slowbalization”

Anne-Mari Virolainen, Finland’s Minister for Foreign Trade, talks to Brunswick’s Robert Moran about “the spaghetti bowl” of trade rules.

By Robert Moran
04 June 2019

Nations & Partners

The UK Ambassador to Brazil tells Brunswick’s Robert Moran he is optimistic about future relations between the two countries.

By Robert Moran
04 June 2019

Timothy Geithner

The former US Treasury Secretary on managing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression

By Kevin Helliker
17 January 2019

The Call of Duty

Thrust into a lead role at Treasury during the financial crisis, Brunswick CEO Neal Wolin helped shape the policies that restored the US economy.

By Kevin Helliker
17 January 2019

Baroness Shriti Vadera

Baroness Vadera talks to the Brunswick Review about overseeing the plan to rescue the UK financial system from the most severe crisis it had endured in a century.

By Andrew Porter
17 January 2019

Second Draft

Journalism being the first draft of history, Crashed by Columbia University’s Adam Tooze offers a more-definitive account of the financial crisis.

By Kevin Helliker
17 January 2019

A history of a better tomorrow

Swiss Re relied on big data before the term was invented. Executive Robert Burr talks to the Brunswick Review

By David Ashton
15 October 2018

Old investor, new data

Schroders executives Mark Ainsworth and Ben Wicks on the growing role of the firm’s Data Insights Unit in fund management.

15 October 2018

Ordeal Endured

Unforeseen crisis drove Mark Palmer's high-flying employer into bankruptcy, erasing much of his networth. Then came the investigators. Now a Brunswick Partner, Mr. Palmer endured an experience that was dark even by the standards of COVID-19.

By Mark Palmer
11 June 2018

What MiFID II did

What effects, if any, have been felt after the new directive launched in January 2018

07 March 2018

Private equity succession plans

Private equity firms are preparing for the future and announcing succession plans before launching thoughtful transition processes

By Jonathan Doorley
07 March 2018

Global M&A scapes

Peter Tague, former head of one of the largest M&A advisory groups on Wall Street, shares his global outlook with Brunswick

07 March 2018

Reputation on the world stage

Financial value is at risk as Chinese companies, in the lead for global M&A, struggle with the reputation of “China Inc.”

By Tim Payne
07 March 2018

Corporate defender Marty Lipton

Marty Lipton has waged many battles against activist investors. He speaks to Brunswick about the latest trends in that war

By Kevin Helliker
07 March 2018

Welcome to the jungle

Zoetis CEO Juan Ramón Alaix speaks about leading an animal health company to a $2.2 billion IPO and facing down an aggressive activist

By Raul Damas
07 March 2018

Buffett's promise of permanence

Warren Buffett’s writer and editor of choice, Lawrence Cunningham, explains how the investor has acquired hundreds of subsidiaries – and never sells them

By Kevin Helliker
07 March 2018

Are deals done rationally?

The field of behavioral economics finds evidence that not all deals are conducted with a rational mind

07 March 2018

Omantel's audacious acquisition

CEO Talal Al Mamari tells Brunswick how his company is expanding into a regional communication hub

07 March 2018

Wolin on CFIUS

Brunswick's Chief Executive Officer, Neal Wolin, chaired CFIUS for five years. He shares his views on the regulatory process today

By Neal Wolin
08 February 2018

M&A at the movies

Deals on the big screen come at a human cost - love, morals and jobs

06 February 2018

Business between two worlds

Kenneth Jarrett, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, tells Brunswick’s Anne Bark about the promising outlook for US enterprise

By Rory Macpherson
06 November 2017

South Africa's man of many hats

Business leader and fedora aficionado Jabu Mabuza talks about the country’s government and businesses that need to do better

By Marina Bidoli
06 November 2017

Management lessons from a sinking ship

Mark Beaumont was on course to break a world record when suddenly his boat capsized, he talks about the management lessons he learned while trying to survive

By Melissa Ward
06 November 2017

Brunswick Cross-Border M&A Survey 2017

Dealmakers Positive on Global M&A Despite Protectionism, Says Brunswick Cross-Border M&A Survey.

23 October 2017

Dealmakers see “Trump Bump”

Brunswick’s 10th annual global M&A survey found guarded optimism in the early days of the Trump administration

27 June 2017

Underwriting the unmeasurable

Risk Cooperative CEO Dante Disparte sits down with Brunswick’s Siobhan Gorman to discuss how cyber attacks are redefining what “risk” means for M&A

By Siobhan Gorman
26 June 2017

When corporates become activists

Leading pharma company Novo Nordisk has launched a global fight against “urban diabetes.”

By Lucy Parker
10 April 2017

2016 Biannual Financial Services Barometer

Key findings from consumers on the state of the banking industry and financial regulation

13 October 2016

Don’t wait to build trust

Abe Friedman, corporate governance expert and founder of advisory firm CamberView, tells Brunswick’s Gemma Hart and Jayne Rosefield how early engagement with investors can win activist fights

By Jayne Rosefield
12 October 2015

Activism goes digital

Strategic use of social media such as Twitter and LinkedIn can provide a company with a powerful campaign advantage, says Brunswick’s Mike Krempasky

By Mike Krempasky
12 October 2015

Retail investors cheer on the activists

Activists find an unlikely ally in the pursuit of shareholder value

By Robert Moran
12 October 2015

US-style activism casts a long shadow

While slow to follow the US lead, international markets are taking notice

12 October 2015

Europe - Time to brace for activist surge

A wave of successful shareholder activism has long been anticipated in Europe, modeled on the US experience.

12 October 2015

Asia - Cue for more engagement

Until recently, a combination of less mature capital markets and controlling positions in companies held by families have made Asia an unattractive place for US-style hedge fund activists to create returns.

By Tim Payne
12 October 2015

David Faber - CNBC reporter

Some companies could have done a much better job communicating over the last year, says the award winning CNBC reporter in this short Q&A.

01 October 2009

Financial situations

The Good Guys

New Financial Times

Iconoclastic Economics: Dambisa Moyo

The Talk at Brunswick: Wall Street Sage John Rogers on Why Black Wealth Matters

Black Wealth Matters

United for Africa

Private Equity Visionary

Private Equity Visionary

M&A Border Guard

When Your Crisis Story Hits Chapter 11

When Your Crisis Story Hits Chapter 11

The Moment We Trained For

Crisis Revisited

The Markets & COVID-19

Talking to the markets about Coronavirus

Doug McMillon: Taking the Long View

Trade Can Catalyze Climate Action

Investors & Climate Change: What's Really Going On?

Silicon Valley's Quiet Giant

Investor Whisperer

J.P. Morgan's Daniel Pinto

“Slowbalization”

Nations & Partners

Timothy Geithner

The Call of Duty

Baroness Shriti Vadera

Second Draft

A history of a better tomorrow

Old investor, new data

Ordeal Endured

What MiFID II did

Private equity succession plans

Global M&A scapes

Reputation on the world stage

Corporate defender Marty Lipton

Welcome to the jungle

Buffett's promise of permanence

Are deals done rationally?

Omantel's audacious acquisition

Wolin on CFIUS

M&A at the movies

Business between two worlds

South Africa's man of many hats

Management lessons from a sinking ship

Brunswick Cross-Border M&A Survey 2017

Dealmakers see “Trump Bump”

Underwriting the unmeasurable

When corporates become activists

2016 Biannual Financial Services Barometer

Don’t wait to build trust

Activism goes digital

Retail investors cheer on the activists

US-style activism casts a long shadow

Europe - Time to brace for activist surge

Asia - Cue for more engagement

David Faber - CNBC reporter

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