Several of our senior bankers discuss the most important factors for companies to consider as they evaluate their capital markets and M&A needs. We touch on the major themes of the year – from COVID-19 and supply chain disruptions to inflation and the potential for rising interest rates – as well as what may be on the horizon in 2022.

Here, several of our senior bankers discuss the most important factors for companies to consider as they evaluate their capital markets and M&A needs. We touch on the major themes of the year – from COVID-19 and supply chain disruptions to inflation and the potential for rising interest rates – as well as what may be on the horizon in 2022.

Joe Mowery and Ross Rucker, Managing Directors in Power & Industrial Technology, and Dan Parfitt, Senior Vice President in Infrastructure Services, held a virtual chat on trends in infrastructure development. They discussed the potential for capital raising and consolidation amid enhancements to the U.S. electric grid and telecoms system, as a major investment cycle verges on expanding in tandem with recent advances in federal infrastructure legislation.

Two of our London based bankers – Hugh Elwes, Managing Director in the Financial Services Group, and Simon Tilley, Managing Director in the Financial Sponsors Group – recently held a virtual chat on crucial developments in the private equity, asset management, and wealth management sectors. They discussed sponsor and trade capital flows, transatlantic deal activity, factors driving consolidation, and more.

The panel will cover the impact of COVID-19 on sponsors and companies, the current A&D landscape, energy transition, and the outlook for an energy market recovery.

The panel will cover market sentiment given sector volatility, structural changes facing OFS and energy, the impact of ESG, and the long-term outlook for the industry.

The panel will dive into the environment for upstream A&D transactions, capital allocation strategies for 2021, as well as the availability and options for capital throughout the year.

The panel will dive into industry data, examine key trends across various energy sectors and discuss how the recent U.S. election may affect the industry in 2021 and beyond.

The panel will dive into the current debt capital market landscape, capital allocation plans, trends in private debt and public debt markets, and how firms are handling liability management.

For this installment, the panel will focus on the big picture for the respective Stephens Energy product groups as well as how the recovery from the pandemic is factoring into deal activity.