Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 19, 2023

Washington, DC, (June 19, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, has been recognized as a leading M&A advisor in the industrial industry.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 3, 2024

When firms kicked off the on-cycle private equity recruiting process in June this year, before IB Analysts had even started their training , some people were shocked. But that timeline crept up over time, slowing down only in “crisis periods,” such as in 2009 (financial crisis aftermath) and 2020 – 2021 (COVID).

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The TRADE

JUNE 24, 2024

Salcedo will join UBS from Barclays, where he most recently served as head of Delta One sales for the Americas since 2009. as a fund manager for the passive and quantitative investment management department. Haitong Securities appointed Dipesh Sohani director of institutional equity sales.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

According to a social media post, Brown joins from JP Morgan where he spent nearly four years as executive director of quantitative investment strategies (QIS). Before joining Citi, Brown served as director, autobahn equity sales and trading, low latency DMA at Deutsche Bank.

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OfficeHours

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

From my personal experience, securing an investment banking internship in my junior year of college set me up for a full-time offer and launched the rest of my career. According to CBS News, excluding January 2023, the January layoffs in 2024 represent the highest number of job cuts announced in the first month of January since 2009.

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The TRADE

MARCH 25, 2024

Reuss had been with the trading venue for just over 15 years, originally joining in 2009 as chief executive of a joint venture named Scoach, in partnership with Deutsche Börse. Prior to that, Tan held a global markets, APAC cash equities position based in Singapore. He initially joined Goldman Sachs as a NYSE floor trader.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

During his tenure at Goldman, Esposito served in a variety of roles including operating officer of the investment banking division, head of the EMEA financing group, and co-head of the global financing group. Mark Burgess joined commodities specialist Marex as equities trader following a 14-year stint at Winterflood Securities.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

AUGUST 23, 2023

Almost nothing is worse than recruiting for investment banking internships , winning an offer, preparing , completing the internship, and then not getting a return offer. 2008 – 2009 or 2022 – 2023), the percentage may be even higher. To succeed in your internship, please see our guide to investment banking internships.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

SIX’s head of equities Adam Matuszewski has resigned from the exchange group after over 10 years to take up a new role at Citadel Securities based in London. Matuszewski has spent the last ten and a half years at SIX in equities focused roles, originally joining the exchange in 2013 in a trainee product management role for equities.

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OfficeHours

MARCH 6, 2024

From my personal experience, securing an investment banking internship in my junior year of college set me up for a full-time offer and launched the rest of my career. According to CBS News, excluding January 2023, the January layoffs in 2024 represent the highest number of job cuts announced in the first month of January since 2009.

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Growth Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

billion in investment. The most active investor of Bristol’s startups is Seedrs , while angel investors Bristol Private Equity Club , Parkwalk , WebStart Bristol and Molten Ventures have also backed multiple startups in the city. The company was founded in 2016 and has raised over £30 million in equity investment since then. #2

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Peak Frameworks

JUNE 5, 2023

For instance, the US economy saw a sustained expansion from the end of the Great Recession in 2009 until the onset of COVID-19 in 2020. Such a conducive environment frequently spurs significant investment opportunities and robust financial activity. GDP decreases, unemployment rates rise, and consumer spending slows.

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Solganick & Co.

MAY 13, 2024

May 13, 2024 – Los Angeles Business Journal – by Taylor Mills Solganick Says M&A is Back Los Angeles-based boutique investment banking firm Solganick & Co. Aaron Solganick founded the firm in 2009 after serving as the senior vice president of investment banking at B.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Eleanor Beasley, chief operating officer for EMEA equity execution services, Goldman Sachs Chief operating officer of EMEA equity execution services, Eleanor Beasley, joined Goldman Sachs to manage its new-look market structure team in 2019. He began his career in program trading sales at London-based investment bank SG Warburg.

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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Here, we list active CVCs in the UK, what they look for and how much they invest. Ticket size: £250,000 – £2m Current investments: 17 Exits: 7 Bio: InMotion Ventures invests at seed to Series B stage in start-ups that align with its strategies across electrification, connectivity and sustainability.

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InvestmentBank.com

OCTOBER 24, 2019

For the better part of the last decade, physician practices have seen a wave of consolidation by hospitals and private equity with 2018 being no exception [1]. In fact, acquisitions by hospitals and private equity in provider services broke records last year according to Bain & Co’s 2019 global healthcare report. of GDP or $2.5

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Solganick & Co.

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Leading cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform are actively backing their channel partners through strategic investments and acquisitions. is a data-driven investment bank and M&A advisory firm focused exclusively on software and IT services companies. Solganick & Co.

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Tyton Partners

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

We invest in and actively support visionary leaders who drive companies that uplift the lower-to-middle-income consumer classes in these burgeoning markets. Our journey began with the inception of the Beyond Capital Fund in 2009, a pioneering evergreen fund. How do you measure your success?

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Growth Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

By Rory Bennett on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success On the face of it, Britain’s venture capital firms have never been more ready to invest in your start-up. billion worth of investment. Capital invested by venture capital trusts increased by 8 per cent last year to £664 million. Contact: www.7pc.vc/contact

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Solganick & Co.

APRIL 24, 2024

Solganick is a data-driven investment bank that specializes in IT services and software companies and has advised on multiple M&A transactions within the covered sector verticals. Financial buyers, particularly private equity firms, have kept M&A volume afloat in the systems integration sector, accounting for 57.1%

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Solganick & Co.

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Solganick served as the exclusive advisor to Orlando, FL-based Pandera Systems , LLC (“Pandera Systems” or “Pandera”) in its strategic merger with Chicago, IL-based 66degrees (“66degrees”), backed by growth-oriented private equity firm Sunstone Partners. Founded in 2015, the firm has over $1.7 billion committed to its three funds.

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Wall Street Mojo

JANUARY 15, 2024

Collateralized debt obligation (CDO) is a Structured product used by banks to unburden themselves of risk, and this is done by pooling all debt assets (including loans, corporate bonds, and mortgages) to form an investable instrument (slices/trances) which are then sold to investors ready to assume the underlying risk. read more , etc.

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Devensoft

JUNE 15, 2023

By reducing their debt-to-equity ratio, companies can appear less risky to lenders and investors, which can translate into lower borrowing costs and greater access to capital. This can include issuing new equity, retiring existing debt, or pursuing other financial strategies that maximize value for shareholders. billion.

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I can easily see how at least 25 strategic buyers and maybe 25 private equity groups — half in Texas — might have signed non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to look at each business and we might have generated maybe seven solid offers for each, had we been hired. “Our Nevertheless, they were in Texas, one of the big five states.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 6, 2023

Globally, the number of start-ups with at least one female founder doubled from 10% in 2009 to 20% in 2019. I was 100% set on going into medicine,” says Diamond Innabi , Vice President of Software Equity Group , “but the day we went to see the cadavers was the day I switched my major to economics and started researching investment banking.

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Software Equity Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Public SaaS companies enjoyed an unprecedented run from 2009 through 2021, but last year brought a wave of macroeconomic uncertainty, including rising interest rates, record inflation, supply chain problems, and geopolitical unrest. It is no secret that 2022 was a rough year for the stock market. Download the 2023 Annual SaaS Report.

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Solganick & Co.

JANUARY 21, 2024

Private equity’s evolving role : PE firms remained active, but their focus shifted towards portfolio optimization and supporting existing investments through M&A. Large-scale platform acquisitions took a backseat to bolt-on deals and tuck-in acquisitions ( source: Bain & Company: Private Equity in Technology 2023 ).

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2020

starting in the early 2000s and ending around the start of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, and the second (SPAC 2.0) With an earnout, target shareholders are rewarded with additional equity if certain milestones are met. compares to the prior two iterations of SPAC activity, with the first (SPAC 1.0) Increased Frequency and Size.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

I’ve now been writing about finance careers for almost 20 years, and the topic of the CFA for investment banking never seems to die. I first criticized the CFA in a 2009 article , which generated a lot of angry comments. Complete a part-time internship at a local private equity firm, venture capital firm, or search fund.

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InvestmentBank.com

MAY 26, 2021

As the world headed into the uncharted territory of a worldwide pandemic, investors in both debt and equity markets reacted to shifts and changing conditions in several interesting ways, and the lessons they learned and the actions they take this year will set the stage for everyone’s access to capital in the years to come.

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Focus Investment Banking

MAY 23, 2024

Like Saturn, Circuit City grew nationwide steadily, then peaked, circled the drain and died around 2009, when it was liquidated. A recent survey of investment bankers on the Axial platform found that fewer than 25% of sellers are prepared to sell when they go to market. Smaller companies are no less vulnerable to extinction.

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Growth Business

AUGUST 22, 2023

This valuation is either achieved through an equity financing round or via financial performance indicators. AI Bio: Graphcore , the University of Bristol spinout which creates processors for AI computing, was last year’s second biggest university spinout equity investment recipient at £162m. What is unicorn status?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 8, 2025

Ive said before that nothing on this site is meant to be investment advice. That said, my annual investment/market updates always get a lot of traffic, so I thought it might be interesting to follow up on this years update with more of an advice article. If youre reading this right now, youre probably much younger than me.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 2, 2025

Yes, you read that headline correctly: We have released a new version of the infamous 400 Questions Investment Banking guide. And if you need more of a pitch for this free 207-page guide , here it is: Table Of Contents Whats New/Different in This 400 Questions Investment Banking Guide? Accounting and how to link the 3 statements.

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