Peak Frameworks

AUGUST 16, 2023

schools when it comes to finance and investment banking placement. Of note, Cox has a dedicated Alternative Asset Management Program , which is a consistent feeder into great finance and investing jobs. The Alternative Asset Management program exposes students to industry speakers and practical investing classes.

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Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 21, 2023

Washington, DC, (August 21, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, announced today that Guaranty Chevrolet , a family-owned Chevrolet dealer in Junction City, Oregon, has been acquired by CFO Auto Group, Inc.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 9, 2024

The largest investment banks globally have continually increased investment in technology over the last few years, with technology now accounting for 20% of these banks’ overall expenditure, a Coalition Greenwich report has found. Elsewhere, the report addressed the changing revenues of these banks in recent years.

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Focus Strategies

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Focus Strategies Investment Banking co-hosted the monthly FEI Austin Chapter Virtual Networking Series - "Networking at Noon" on October 12, 2021. The post Focus Strategies Investment Banking Co-Hosts FEI Austin Chapter Lunch Event – “Networking at Noon” first appeared on Focus Strategies Investment Banking.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

If there is one sector that has attracted even more hype than technology and TMT , it might just be renewable energy investment banking. But before jumping into the overall advantages and disadvantages, let’s start with the verticals and how banks are set up: Table Of Contents What is Renewable Energy Investment Banking?

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Focus Strategies

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Focus Strategies Merchant Banking, LLC (“Focus Strategies”) served as the exclusive financial advisor to C&C throughout the transaction, which closed in December 2021. The post Focus Strategies Investment Banking Secures Buyer for C&C Sage, Inc. first appeared on Focus Strategies Investment Banking.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 8, 2024

Tragedies like this show that the culture in investment banking hasn’t changed that much, despite banks’ claims that they are “trying” to improve things. The “crazy hours” in investment banking are mostly unwarranted and reflect poor senior leadership, bad project management, and misplaced priorities.

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Focus Strategies

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Terese Everson, Director, Focus Strategies Investment Banking and Chair of the University of Texas McCombs BBA Advisory Board led the advisory meeting on October 15, 2021. The post Terese Everson Leads University of Texas McCombs BBA Advisory Board Meeting first appeared on Focus Strategies Investment Banking.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 30, 2023

“He [Hock] will be responsible to new important tasks within the Union Investment Group that deal with strategic issues surrounding future topics such as the token economy, digital assets and data science,” said a spokesperson for Union Investment’s asset management division. Hock declined to comment.

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Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 26, 2024

Although 2023 M&A activity was down from the high level of 2021, there are some signs that M&A activity in 2024 is picking up. FOCUS is a national middle market investment banking firm with offices in major cities across the United States.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As another example, some argue that UBS should not be a bulge bracket bank because it has focused on wealth management and areas outside the capital markets. Deutsche Bank is a trickier case because it now generates less investment banking revenue than firms like Jefferies, Wells Fargo, and RBC.

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The robust M&A markets of 2021 and 2022 lost their momentum as concerns over an impending recession and rising interest rates caused a shrink in the pool of companies available for sale and a decline in buyer demand. The post Food & Beverage 3Q 2023 Report appeared first on FOCUS Investment Banking LLC.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 22, 2025

I spent the first 20 years of my career at the global bulge bracket banks, first in investment banking and then on the institutional equity desks, in a cross-asset and special situations role. I was there through 2015, then Bank of America, before I joined Conversant Capital in early 2021. I believe so.

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Focus Investment Banking

MAY 8, 2023

In 2019, FOCUS Investment Banking helped to bring together two disparate yet complementary companies—HL Precision Manufacturing, a precision machining business based in two facilities in downstate Illinois, and Hi-Grade Welding & Manufacturing, a rugged fabrication and laser cutting company based in suburban Chicago—under the H3 parent.

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Solganick & Co.

MARCH 11, 2022

Following a record-setting 2021 for lower middle market software M&A, the Software Top 50 highlights the most active software-focused dealmakers on the Axial platform. “Public market software company valuations have been battered starting in November of 2021. Software deals increased a healthy 26% in 2021.

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

APRIL 8, 2024

The Bad News Is Not So Bad Rising interest rates and economic uncertainty have tamped down the M&A frenzy that peaked in 2021. Among 420 private equity firms, the number of closed deals dropped from a high of 193 in Q4 of 2021 to a low of 57 in Q2 of this year, per a GF Data mid-year report.

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 25, 2023

Think about it this way: It is easier to negotiate bespoke partners via bilateral negotiation with a single partner than with tens of investors via a syndicate of investment banking middlemen. Compared to a syndicate of banks, each with different teams for industry coverage, leveraged finance, syndicate, credit committees, etc.,

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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. Previously, Williams served as an investment account manager at Northern Trust. Fixed income investment banking boutique KNG Securities appointed Fernando Ortega as its new head of emerging market sales.

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

JANUARY 13, 2023

2022 was a strong year for CCA, following a record-breaking 2021. In the video below, CCA Managing Partner, Charlie Maskell, Director, Tim Brasel, and Managing Director, Mike Zuidema break down the CCA team, investment banking, and corporate advisory highlights from 2022.

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Razorpay

AUGUST 9, 2023

Regular individuals have retail banks. Huge corporations have investment banks. The answer: Merchant banks. Merchant banks are a very important part of the financial ecosystem, since they support the largest chunk of businesses – the mid-sized ones. What is a Merchant Bank?

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The cartel is the third of its kind to come to light in the last few years after five major investment banks – Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Citigroup, JP Morgan and MUFG – were handed fines totalling around €1 billion by authorities in Europe in 2019 for taking part in cartels to rig the foreign exchange spot market for 11 currencies.

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Peak Frameworks

MAY 17, 2023

s 2021 annual report showed a total revenue of $386.1 If you're interested in breaking into investment banking, check out our , Investment Banking Course. This course offers in-depth insights into financial metrics and is designed to help you break into investment banking.

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Periculum Capital

JULY 15, 2022

Periculum represented the Company in the sale of its grain operations to ADM in 2021. About Periculum Capital Company, LLC Periculum is a leading investment and merchant banking firm serving the corporate finance needs of middle market companies.

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Focus Investment Banking

MAY 11, 2023

2023 Technology Company M&A List Now Available To find out the answer to that question we spoke with one of the advisors on the 15 MSP rollup deal, Abraham Garver , MSP team leader and managing director at FOCUS Investment Banking. There’s a lack of assets, especially in the platform size they want,” Garver said.

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Focus Investment Banking

JULY 28, 2023

In terms of quarterly performance, Q1 2023 mirrored the trends seen in Q4 2022, while Q2 2023 showed signs of improvement, albeit at a slower pace compared to 2021. After a record-breaking year in 2021, M&A activity remained relatively strong by historical standards during the first half of 2022.

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Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 12, 2023

billion, similar to the figures seen in 2020 and 2021. Regarding headwinds in Global M&A Private Equity Trends, after the boom year of 2021, world-wide M&A deal-making has hit reverse, with the second half of 2022 down 33 percent, the largest ever second-half swing since records began in 1980.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Hong Kong-based Marwat previously worked at Credit Suisse, focused on AES, algorithmic, and direct market access (DMA) trading, before joining Balyasny Asset Management in 2021 as a trader. Umair Khan Marwat joined Millennium as a trader, following almost two and a half years at Balyasny Asset Management.

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4Degrees

JANUARY 19, 2023

2022 was a dismal year for IPOs, with a meager 181 US IPOs compared to 1035 in 2021 and 480 the year before. It’s 2023, and the bonanza of M&A deals and IPOs we experienced during the pandemic has dried out. On the M&A side, global market turbulence has affected the number of mergers and […]

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2023

SVB’s deposits grew from ~$62 billion at the end of 2019 to $173 billion at the end of 2022, and its loan-to-deposit ratio went completely out of whack: Tech startups were flush with cash due to a ridiculous fundraising environment in 2020 – 2021, and they put the money they raised in the bank. to back them.

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Solganick & Co.

JULY 12, 2024

Acquisitions of AI-related companies in Q2 of 2024 accounted for 195 technology deals, down from 2021 highs but continuing a recent uptrend. The following summarizes the highlights of the report: 2023 was AI’s “year in the sun” as OpenAI’s Chat-GPT exploded onto the consumer scene.

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How2Exit

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Juan has a background in finance and technology, and he has experience in investment banking and private equity. He started Boopos in early 2021 to address the challenges that buyers face in accessing financing for acquiring online businesses. I felt it was somehow unfair."

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Solganick & Co.

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Here is a summary of the report: M&A transaction activity for cybersecurity companies in Q3 2024 improved over the previous quarter but declined from the prior year and remained below levels in 2021 and 2022. Solganick is a data-driven investment bank and M&A advisory firm focused exclusively on software and IT services companies.

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The TRADE

JUNE 17, 2024

She takes up her new role after spending the last three years with State Street in several roles including as country head for Switzerland, working for its depository bank business in Germany, and overseeing the investment services business for the Netherlands, Austria and the Nordics.

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MergersCorp M&A International

JUNE 17, 2024

in December 2021 to 5.25% in August 2023, following 14 consecutive meetings where the Bank of England decided to raise the rates. Interest rates and inflation tend to move in the same direction, as rates are the primary tool used by banks to manage inflation. Interest rates have been increased from 0.1%

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Job openings remained plentiful and hiring was active, but in most sectors both were lower than in 2021 and 2022. Despite interest rate increases that brought the federal funds rate above 5% for the first time in more than 15 years, the unemployment rate remained below 4% for the entirety of 2023 and the anticipated recession never arrived.

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Focus Investment Banking

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

which in 2021 was acquired by a group of investors led by BayPine LP. and has been since 2021. Smaller dealerships also will continue to be attractive targets for private equity investment and ownership, according to MTD columnist Michael McGregor , a partner at Focus Investment Banking LLC. Los Angeles, Calif.-based

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 18, 2024

The S&P 500 has recently traded near 4800, close to its record at the end of 2021. appeared first on FOCUS Investment Banking LLC. As 2024 starts, the U.S. stock markets are at or near their all-time highs. Contact Kelly at Kelly.Kittrell@focusbankers.com.

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