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<br /> CORPORATE ICAEW.COM/CFF ISSUE 192 GROWTH<br /> FINANCE MAY 2017 OPPORTUNITIES<br /> FACULTY EXPERTISE<br /> Corporate<br /> Financier<br /> WITH £43.7BN HELD IN<br /> SECURITY, WHAT ARE<br /> THE DRIVERS BEHIND<br /> THE RESURGENCE IN<br /> ASSET-BASED LENDING?<br /> ENGINEERING HOPE? COMING OF AGE CHIPS ARE DOWN GEAR CHANGE NOT SMALL BEER<br /> UK INDUSTRIAL THE FINTECH SECTOR GLOBAL TECH M&A IS ELECTRIC TRUCK DD ON ASAHI<br /> STRATEGY AND THE IS FACING PRESSURE TAKING A HIT FROM DEVELOPER TEVVA'S GROUP'S €7.3BN<br /> GENERAL<a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=1"> CORPORATE ICAEW.COM/CFF </a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=2"> </a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=3"> May 2017 Issue 192 GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES EXPERTI</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=4"> WELCOME A Catch-22 situation “The countr</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=5"> N E EWS & VENTS FACULTY SETS AGENDA </a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=6"> A WELL-DESERVED OPPORTUNITY EXCLUSIVE VOLVO V60 M</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=7"> BRIEFING IN NUMBERS CFO confidence up from </a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=8"> </a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=9"> Since the financial crisis, five sectors account </a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=10"> INVESTORS IN INDUSTRY Boosting confidence, inve</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=11"> INSIGHT: INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY THE OPEN-DOOR </a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=12"> INDUSTRIES OF THE FUTURE The eight technologies t</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=13"> ONWARDS UPWARDS Every year, the two most success</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=14"> M&A is reshaping the fintech landscape as the sec</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=15"> TRENDWATCH: FINTECH ROBO-ADVISORY SOCIAL </a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=16"> because they want a commercial benefit or a strat</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=17"> MIX BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE M{ZD{6 </a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=18"> 18 </a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=19"> ASSET-BASED LENDING HAS KEPT THE COGS OF COMMERCE</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=20"> that we like putting in an unsecured loan over th</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=21"> it often – recruitment businesses typically use d</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=22"> AMERICAN INSIGHT In the US, ABL is far m</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=23"> COVER STORY £5m ABL FACILITY PROV</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=24"> PROTECHT Talk of protectionism is growing, but ho</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=25"> €670m IONFUJIAN GRAND CHIP'S OFFER FOR AIXTRON TH</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=26"> CHINA'S STALL Last year saw a record amount of ou</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=27"> INSIDER: M&A IN CHINA prominently on the Ch</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=28"> including from across several countries at once. </a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=29"> </a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=30"> ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC? A start-up looking to make </a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=31"> Asher Bennett, CEO, Tevva Motors upgrades to the</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=32"> APPOINTMENTS MUKHERJEE JOINS INVENIO </a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=33"> COMPANY NEWS ADDLESHAW GODDARD PROMOTIONS Wi</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=34"> ON MY CV THE CV Jenny Cope is a principal co</a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=35"> £199 PER MONTH </a> <a title="Corporate Financier MAY 17 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c6a2ae2?page=36"> LENDING CERTAINTY TO EVERY DEAL </a>