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- Global levels of sustainable investment hit a record $35 trillion last year Dialing In [Dialing In] Whatâs Going On Here? Zoom Video Communications on Monday announced its biggest get-together yet: the ubiquitous teleconferencing provider is buying cloud computing firm Five9 for a cool $15 billion. What Does This Mean? Zoom shot to prominence during the pandemic as work-from-homers, far-off friends, and locked-down lovers all turned to its slick video-calling service. And Zoomâs revenue shot up too, more than [quadrupling]( last year compared to 2019. But with people now able to meet more in person, some investors are worried Zoomâs growth could, like the online quiz, become a thing of the past. That might be why Zoomâs first major takeover target is a cloud software provider that helps other companies run their online customer support operations â the sort of business thatâs booming regardless of pandemic restrictions. The global âcontact centerâ industry is worth [$24 billion]( and counting â and joining forces should help both Zoom and Five9 better compete with large rivals like Amazon, Cisco, and RingCentral. Why Should I Care? For markets: An expensive call.
Zoomâs stunning 2020 saw its share price soar fivefold â and the companyâs taking full advantage of this to fund its purchase of Five9. The âall-stockâ deal will hand Five9âs current investors shares of Zoom instead in a swap that values the cloud company around 13% above what it was worth before the deal was announced. That may not sound like much â but it equates to more than 200x Five9âs forecast earnings this year. Zooming out: Game on.
The Zoom news wasnât the only merger deal announced on Monday. Italian fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna is [listing shares]( in the US via a âreverse takeoverâ â while Chinese tech giant Tencent, the worldâs biggest video game publisher, is continuing its foreign spending [spree]( by buying UK game developer Sumo for [$1.3 billion](. Thatâs an achievement-unlocking 44% premium to the latterâs share price last week. You might also like: [How to pick winning tech stocks.]( Copy to share story: [( ð [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question:
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European sustainable investment may have shrunk by $2 trillion over the last couple of years, but that isnât down to wilting investor enthusiasm. On the contrary, red-hot demand for green investment has led to an ever-expanding range of products â and in the process created fertile ground for misrepresentation. Anti-âgreenwashingâ rules [introduced]( by the European Union have therefore tightened up the definition of âsustainableâ investment â and many funds have been reclassified as a result. For markets: Going against the grain.
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