About this episode

The episode discusses the ongoing challenges in valuations as 2025 approaches, focusing on market volatility, interest rates, and inflation.

Send us Fan Mail The clock is ticking! We are in the final stretch of 2025 and valuations still have the same challenges as it was at the beginning of the year: market volatility – interest rates – inflation – and those three themes have one thing in common for valuations in these areas of M&A, ESOPs and Gift & Estate – Uncertainty!!

People in this episode

Host: Stephen White

Topics covered

• valuations
• market volatility
• interest rates
• inflation
• uncertainty
• M&A
• ESOPs

Keywords

• valuations
• market volatility
• interest rates
• inflation
• M&A
• ESOPs
• Gift & Estate
• uncertainty

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