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Buying a Flat Pack Business: Challenges, Triumphs, and Lessons Learned in Acquiring a Business

How2Exit

She entered the mergers and acquisitions space during COVID-19 and has formerly owned a company since 2007. Initially, the team encountered a cumbersome broker-led acquisition hampered by delays. “The first deal we did go through with a broker, which was an horrendous experience,” Moodley acknowledged.

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Liberum head of execution strategy and sales trader depart for Investec to set up new low touch desk

The TRADE

Originally joining the firm in 2007, he also previously served as a pan-European trader and as head of trading. Investec had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publishing. Lowres joins Investec as head of electronic trading and execution strategy after almost 17 years with Liberum.

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Trading at the frontier

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In nothing short of a baptism of fire, he took his first steps into trading in January 2007 in the build-up to the global financial crisis. Given the liquidity landscape can often be more sparse or difficult to navigate, the use of local brokers alongside the bulge brackets is something Willis thinks is essential to minimise market footprint.

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Keeping ESG commercial

The TRADE

Papanichola began his career at interdealer broker, GFI, however quickly realised the environment wasn’t the one for him. Interesting, lucrative, fun but highly unconventional,” he says. The nature of the commercial side of that business is actually complementary to the charitable side. We use a variety of high and low touch.

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The Big Interview: Laura-Jane Purnell

The TRADE

My career began in 2007, which nicely coincided with the start of the global financial crisis – certainly an interesting time to be a recent graduate and a very steep learning curve. Fast forward to the end of my studies, I applied for a position at a European investment bank.

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2024 Insurance M&A Market Update: Robust But Complicated

Sica Fletcher

As the charts below indicate, what used to make up approximately 10% of the total buyer space now takes up a whopping 75% of the market: Private Equity in Insurance, 2007 vs. 2024 The growth of private equity in the insurance M&A market can be attributed to equal parts reaction to it and reflection of it. Increased Buyer Demand.

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Strategic Partnerships vs. Mergers: Which path is right for your business?

Lake Country Advisors

However, cultural differences and strategic disagreements led to challenges, and eventually, the merger was dissolved in 2007 when Daimler sold Chrysler to a private equity firm. The goal was to create a global automotive powerhouse. This example highlights both the potential and the challenges of mergers in the business world.

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