Naaguesh Appadu

Naaguesh has been working as a Researcher in the M&A Research Centre at Cass Business School since 2010, where he has been involved in a number of projects, particularly on IPOs, RTOs, Pensions CEOs and the Cass MARC M&A Maturity Index.

He was formerly a lecturer/researcher at Middlesex Business School, where he taught the Financial Data Analysis course for MSc programmes and was a research assistant. He has also held various positions in the financial services and consulting industries.

During his eighteen months at Mergermarket, Naaguesh was a research analyst and responsible for forecasting new M&A deals. Prior to Mergermarket, Naaguesh worked at the State Bank of Mauritius as an analyst in the Value-Based Performance Management team and was also a freelance advisor for small firms in Mauritius.

Qualifications

PhD.

Languages

Creoles and pidgins and French.

Expertise

Primary Topics

• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Governance
• Financial Economics
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Strategic Management

Industries/Professions

• accountancy firms
• banking
• financial services

Research Topics

• Reverse Takeovers: Are they a Viable Alternative to IPOs?
• Are Mergers of Equals - And Does it Matter?
• Impact of target company pension liabilities on bidder’s choice of payment currency and shareholder returns
• Performance comparison of M&A motive archetypes – Study of UK local acquisitions between 2004 and 2013

Chapter

Appadu, N., Faelten, A. and Levis, M. (2013). Acquisitions, SEOs, Divestitures and IPO Performance. In levis, M. and Vismara, S. (Eds.), Handbook of Research on IPOs (pp. 347–374). Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78195-537-6.

Conference Papers and Proceedings (4)

• Appadu, N. and Sudarsanam, S. (2015). Impact of target company pension liabilities on bidder’s choice of payment currency and shareholder returns. European Financial Management Association Annual Meeting 24-27 June, Amsterdam.
• Appadu, N., Faelten, A. and Levis, M. (2014). Reverse Takeovers: The Other Side of the Poor Man’s IPO. European Financial Management Association 2014 Annual Meetings 25-28 June, Rome.
• Appadu, N., Faelten, A. and Levis, M. (2013). The Poor Man's IPO: Reverse Takeovers in the UK. World Finance Conference Cyprus.
• Appadu, N., Faelten, A. and Levis, M. (2012). The First 1000 Days in the Life of an IPO. Financial Management Association (FMA) European Conference 6-8 July, Istanbul, Turkey.

Journal Article

Appadu, N., Faelten, A., Moeller, S. and Vitkova, V. (2016). Assessing market attractiveness for mergers and acquisitions: the M&A Attractiveness Index Score. The European Journal of Finance, 22(8-9), pp. 732–755. doi:10.1080/1351847X.2014.888362.