The TRADE

AUGUST 30, 2023

Hock has long been an advocate for institutional adoption of digital assets, confirming at TradeTech Europe 2021 that Union was exploring “the token economy” of which crypto was a part. Hock declined to comment.

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The TRADE

JUNE 24, 2024

Before joining MEAG in 2021, George worked at the multi-family office Novethos and previously held positions at various banks and private banks. He joined Northern Trust in 2007 and has since worked in senior roles across portfolio management, client management and sales.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Raymond joined LGIM as its head of credit trading in 2019 when the asset manager was undergoing the process of splitting up its portfolio management and trading capabilities. Chicago is a very small community and so I knew most of the portfolio managers and management at LGIM America before I came over.

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The TRADE

JULY 29, 2024

Previously he worked as an equities and fixed income trader at James Hambro & Partners and before that as a high touch cash equities trader for Jefferies. He joined Ninety One in 2013 as a client operations analyst, moving into a portfolio implementation role in 2015 and taking up his current role as fixed income trader in 2018.

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Growth Business

JUNE 22, 2023

There were 2,722 equity deals in total in 2022, of which venture capital and private equity contributed in 1,329 of them. This was a 7 per cent drop from 2021’s total equity figure, but more than any other year. The UK is the biggest VC market in Europe and second most active in the world, second only to the US.

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The TRADE

JULY 6, 2023

Retail traders typically follow equity performance closely – a trend dating back to 2021. According to Liquidnet’s review, pressure put on equities throughout the course of this year has presented retail traders with a number of “valleys” that offer large percentage gains on specific stocks. billion worth of purchasing.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 3, 2024

My portfolio did “OK” (up 10% for the year), but it greatly underperformed the S&P 500 , which was up 24%. On the other hand, I was only down 9% in 2022 vs. a 19% drop for the S&P, so both the index and my portfolio are now back to “early 2022” numbers. and far too little in equities.

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 6, 2023

“We’re excited to expand our portfolio tailored to the world’s small- and medium-sized (SMBs) businesses and startups with simplified AI and machine learning offerings,” Spruill said in a press release. million, earnings per share, return on equity and net margin fell short of expectations.

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Growth Business

AUGUST 23, 2023

However, VCTs shovelling in new cash into early-stage companies wasn’t necessarily a sign of confidence – rather a measure to keep portfolio companies abreast of inflation at nearly 9 per cent. Total sales of VCT supported companies totalled £18.2bn in 2022, growth of 54 per cent versus 2021. per cent.

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The Deal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

builds on its portfolio of technology for application programming interfaces, or APIs, a critical part of software development that lets applications talk to each other. For example, the 2021 purchase of BugSnag Inc. With the acquisition of Stoplight Inc. , SmartBear Software Inc. 22 purchase. “How are we going to manage them?

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

He most recently served as global head of ETF product, having initially joined Goldman Sachs Asset Management back in 2017 to build out the US fund strategist model portfolio business. Elsewhere in his career, Gray served as a director at Credit Suisse, where he traded equities and European and Asian convertible bonds.

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Razorpay

AUGUST 9, 2023

Portfolio Management Merchant banking companies provide portfolio management services to high -net-worth individuals and corporate investors. These services include a selection of securities, portfolio monitoring and review, advice on the rationalization of portfolios, and tax planning.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Order and execution management platform, Adroit Trading Technologies, has raised $15 million in its series A funding round led by specialised growth equity firm, Centana Growth Partners, with the capital set to be used to accelerate the business’ growth.

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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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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Prior to joining Aladdin in 2021, he spent nearly seven years at IHS Markit in a sales and solutions role for EMEA, two and a half years at FactSet as its global head of sales and seven and a half years at Thomson Reuters as its head of sales for the Americas. Polar Capital confirmed his appointment. His new role is unconfirmed.

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The Deal

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Direct-to-consumer businesses, darlings of the investor community in 2021, saw their techlike valuations plummet. portfolio company Birkenstock GmbH & Co. Inflation, supply chain disruptions and the rising cost of debt stopped consumer companies in their tracks last year. KG having an underwhelming start.

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Tyton Partners

JANUARY 18, 2024

Inflated fundraising valuations earned by many early-stage companies during 2021 prompted early exits from companies’ institutional backers in 2023 leading to an accelerated M&A timetable and opportunities for buyers to realize quick wins through buyer-friendly transactions.

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The Deal

DECEMBER 4, 2023

NMI’s purchase of the commercial division of SphereCommerce LLC continues the Insight Partners portfolio company’s years-long series of acquisitions to build out its payment platform. Insight Partners joined backers Francisco Partners Management LLC and Great Hill Partners LP in September 2021. The Schaumburg, Ill.,

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Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 1, 2024

Summary Private equity-backed Physician Practice Management (“PPM”) companies in the ENT & Allergy space continued a conservative growth trajectory during Q1 2024. Introduction Private equity groups began investing in the ear, nose, and throat and allergy space in 2018.

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Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

An example that stands out is the surge in Bitcoin's price in late 2017 and again in 2021. Implications in Asset Pricing and Portfolio Selection Asset pricing is another area where this heuristic plays a role. Many individuals jumped into the crypto market, assuming that past significant gains represented future potential.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JUNE 19, 2024

I noticed the other day that we had articles about how to start a private equity firm and how to start a hedge fund but nothing on venture capital. Before doing anything else, you must decide on your fund size and team size, which depend on your strategy and the number of portfolio companies you plan to invest in.

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Solganick & Co.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

February 2024: As part of the aftershocks of Broadcom’s $69 billion acquisition of virtualization giant VMware in 2023, private equity firm KKR announced a deal to buy VMware’s End User Computing business for approximately $4 billion. The company went public in 2021 but was reportedly in acquisition talks with Thoma Bravo as early as 2022.

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 28, 2023

AngelList , an organization that started out by teaming up founders with early-stage investors, is expanding into the private equity space. As they mature, the scope of capital providers they can tap into expands into private equity and of course, even the public markets,” he said. “So,

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The pan-European central counterparty (CCP) has approval to clear cash equities, depositary receipts, ETFs, and equity derivatives (index futures and options). Its overall market share for cash equities clearing was 34% in the first half of 2023, an year-on-year increase from 2022.

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The Deal

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

He was at Morgan Stanley at the time and moved to Goldman in 2021. MoFo’s Liu counseled McGrath last year on its $400 million purchase of Vesta Modular from Kinderhook Industries and the $265 million sale of Adler Tank Rentals LLC to Kinderhook portfolio company Ironclad Environmental Solutions. WillScot has secured a $1.75 billion.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2023

Banks’ lending activities are constrained by: Regulatory Capital – All banks must maintain a certain amount of common shareholders’ equity to absorb unexpected losses on loans and other assets. These are marked to market value and do affect the bank’s common equity and regulatory capital ratios, such as its CET 1 Ratio. to back them.

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Tyton Partners

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Our journey reached new heights with the launch of Beyond Capital Ventures, our second fund, in April 2021. Every portfolio company receives tailored support, which can encompass legal or financial advisory assistance, mentorship, leadership training, and a dedicated presence on the Board. How do you measure your success?

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TM Capital

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

By Nikitha Sattiraju, 14 November 2022 Asphalt paving and maintenance is fast becoming a service of choice for private equity investors. The fragmented category, which only five years ago had little backing from financial sponsors, now has portfolio companies contesting for family and founder owned assets to build businesses of scale.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

Although the COVID-19 pandemic that defined 2020 continued to shape much of the life sciences industry in 2021, the way that it did was markedly different. approved prescription cannabidiol medicine to its portfolio. 2] Examples of this strategy coming to bear in 2021 included Thermo Fisher Scientific’s acquisition of PPD for $17.4

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Sica Fletcher

JUNE 20, 2024

The History of Private Equity in Insurance One of the primary forces differentiating the insurance M&A market in 2024 from those of decades past is the presence and dominance of private equity (PE) firms in the buyer space. Deal Volume Has Lowered Deal volume has never quite recovered from the near-record numbers posted in 2021.

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The TRADE

JUNE 19, 2023

Catton joined BlackRock in 2021 from Banco Santander where he had been a credit trader for four and a half years. Williams joined from BNY Mellon, where he spent the last six years, most recently serving as an equity trader. Prior to that, he spent six and a half years at State Street Global Markets in a portfolio solutions role.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 17, 2023

Ever since the 2008 financial crisis, there has been massive hype about both private equity and technology. Over the past few decades, technology private equity has gone from “barely existing” to representing the largest single sector in PE by both deal value and deal count. Why Did PE Firms Start Buying Tech Companies?

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The Deal

JUNE 22, 2023

The private equity and credit giant is planning to carve out one of the U.S. Bain is expected to do further asset paring within the Proterial portfolio, including in the U.S., Bain and its partners agreed in April 2021 to buy the 53% stake in Hitachi Metals held by Japanese conglomerate Hitachi Ltd. billion for Hitachi Metals.

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Solganick & Co.

JANUARY 21, 2024

While deal volume dipped compared to 2021 and 2022’s frenetic pace, the sector displayed remarkable resilience, attracting continued investor and strategic buyer interest. 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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Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 14, 2024

From 2018 to 2021, the total number of bakery workers declined nearly 12%, leaving operators struggling to replace highly experienced talent. General Mills acquired private equity-backed TNT Crust, a frozen pizza supplier, for $253 million. Bakery industry challenges remain, and the market is increasingly competitive.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Alternative trading system (ATS) PureStream Trading Technologies launched in 2021 and was developed to re-engineer the price and liquidity discovery process for institutional traders using open-ended liquidity transfer rates, as with those found in data networks. The ATS has gained support from across the street since its inception.

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FineMark

JANUARY 17, 2024

This strong push in November and December ended the long stretch of losses that fixed-income investors have endured since 2021. The equity market also noted the Fed’s comments as investors piled back into equities and the S&P 500 finished the year up more than 26%. Will 2024 be a positive year for equities?

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