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FINANCIAL RESEARCH

Discover the insights, reports, and analytical work shaping ESFS.
WHAT WE DO
Our Research

Research is the analytical engine of ESFS. We produce independent, data-driven insights across macroeconomic trends, industries, equities, transactions, quantitative finance, and alternative investments. Through hands-on, market-relevant analysis, we turn complex data into actionable perspectives.

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CORE VERTICALS

1. Macro

Decode global macro forces shaping growth, inflation, rates, and markets.

2. Industries

Track sector dynamics, competitive shifts, regulation, innovation, and structural growth.

3. Equities

Identify mispriced companies through fundamentals, catalysts, valuation, and market positioning.

4. Transactions

Analyze deals, capital flows, valuations, and strategic transaction implications globally.

5. Quant

Extract market signals through data, models, factors, and systematic analysis.

6. Alternatives

Assess private markets, real assets, credit, commodities, and alternative strategies.

Latest Research
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Transactions
Unilever and McCormick’s Strategic Deal

An analysis of Unilever Foods and McCormick’s strategic combination, assessing portfolio restructuring, growth objectives and deal implications.

Aug 25, 2026

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Quant
Counting Ships from Space

A satellite-based analysis of crude oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, developing a supply constraint indicator for commodity markets.

Aug 25, 2026

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Alternatives
The Financialisation of European Football

An analysis of private equity investment in European football, focusing on governance, regulation and the Apollo–Atlético de Madrid transaction.

Aug 25, 2026

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Equities
Rheinmetall

An analysis of Rheinmetall’s transformation into a major European defence company, its growth drivers, financial performance and valuation.

Aug 25, 2026

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Alternatives
Private Credit – Attractive Industry or a New Crisis?

An assessment of private credit’s rapid expansion, structural growth drivers and the risks emerging across global debt markets.

Aug 25, 2026

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