{"id":343418,"date":"2025-12-30T20:26:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T20:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/343418\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T20:26:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T20:26:17","slug":"episode-23-mergerspresso-christmas-special-podcast-financial-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/343418\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 23: Mergerspresso – Christmas Special (Podcast) – Financial Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Hello and welcome to the Merge Espresso Christmas special. All you need to know about corporate finance in the time it takes to make your seasonal gingerbread latte. I’m Lucy Robson. \n <\/p>\n


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Hello and welcome to the Merge Espresso Christmas special. All
\nyou need to know about corporate finance in the time it takes to
\nmake your seasonal gingerbread latte. I’m Lucy Robson.<\/p>\n

Simon Wood\u00a0<\/p>\n

Christmas special. All you need to know about corporate finance
\nin the time it takes.<\/p>\n

Simon Wood\u00a0<\/p>\n

And I’m Simon Wood with crowdsourced Merch Espresso’s
\nfaithful listeners for their festive corporate finance review of
\nthe year.<\/p>\n

Lucy Robson<\/p>\n

So first up, we asked, in the absence of a chimney, could Santa
\nvisit Merge Express’s house through the famed IPO window?
\nThere’s a general consensus that he could wriggle through in
\n2026, but it might be a tight squeeze.<\/p>\n

Simon Wood<\/p>\n

And perhaps he can take hearts from the performance of notable
\n2025 IPOs, including AG’s own deals on Applied Nutrition and
\nBeauty Tech, all of which are up on their initial IPO price, with a
\nparticular shout out for MHA up a whopping 87%.<\/p>\n

Lucy Robson<\/p>\n

Great stuff. And similar sentiments about ranking this last
\ncorporate finance year by reference to Christmas dinner. No
\ncrackers or turkeys, but a lot of green shoots in the form of
\nBrussels sprouts. Well, I’m not sure I’ll be trying
\nthat.<\/p>\n

Simon Wood\u00a0<\/p>\n

We also considered share price performance of various sadly
\nfictitious Christmas movies public companies. The Snowman PLC being
\nthe clear market leader, leaving CEOs George Bailey, Macaulay
\nCulkin and John McClure to consider their strategic options. But my
\nvalue pick for the festive film sector would be Gremlin’s PLC,
\nan underloved stock with very solid fundamentals.<\/p>\n

Lucy Robson<\/p>\n

So Christmas party season is in full swing this week, including
\nAG’s own event marking the opening of our new offices at
\nLothbury. But it sounds like it’s been a pretty muted affair
\nelsewhere. We asked you to rank your firm’s corporate
\nfinance… We asked you to rank your firm’s Christmas party by
\nreference to a corporate finance deal. And Fred Rescue Rights’
\nissue came out on top. Dear bad times.<\/p>\n

Simon Wood<\/p>\n

Well, finally, in recognition of the sacrifices that Merge
\nEspresso’s families have made to accommodate our respective
\ncareer choices, we asked for your favourite horror story from a
\ndeal of Christmas past.<\/p>\n

Lucy Robson\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yeah, it was a clear and pretty grim winner. People getting
\nstuck at a client’s offices, several miles outside a city which
\nwill not be named, six inches of snow, public transport all
\nstopped, six people getting in one Ford Fiesta to drive back into
\nthe city. Grim times.<\/p>\n

Simon Wood\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2026and on that highly seasonal note, we hope that you all
\nhave a fantastic festive break and best wishes for 2026.<\/p>\n

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