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Exit Planning Through an Investment Banker’s Lens

Focus Investment Banking

Supplier Diversification If one supplier accounts for >40% of your sourcing, buyers become concerned, especially with risks like tariffs in 2025. Clean Up the Financials Five years of clear, consistent books build trustno formal audit needed, just detail. Consistently book expenses to the appropriate line item.

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LSEG sees double-digit growth across post-trade as exchange continues to reap benefits of acquisition push

The TRADE

Our post-trade business is in the early phase of its next stage of growth, helping financial institutions manage risk and improve capital efficiency across the whole trading book.” Importantly, due to the success of this strategy, LSEG is set to cease support for the Workspace predecessor, Eikon, in 2025. In capital markets, the 6.1%

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European Parliament’s approval of Mifid/Mifir revisions a starting gun for change

The TRADE

Currently, Mifir foresees three consolidated tapes for Europe, a bond CT – set to be operational by mid-2025, an equities tape set to be operational in early 2026, and a derivatives CT planned for later the same year. Read more:  If you build it, will they come?

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Work Smarter, Not Harder: K-12 Executives Share Takeaways from the 2024 Sales Cycle

Tyton Partners

As it turns out, bookings did increase on average, with 48% of suppliers seeing year-over-year growth from 2023. As one executive observed, Bookings were extremely slow this spring, but have accelerated significantly in Q3 and Q4 so far. As one executive put it, We worked much harder to achieve only modest growth (in 2024).

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A step-by-step guide to installing a smart meter for your business  

Growth Business

The deadline for the rollout is December 31, 2025. Smart meters enable accurate billing  – meaning your business will only need to pay for the energy it actually uses. First, speak to your landlord and ask whether they have plans to install smart meters in your building. To date, more than  29.5

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The TRADE predictions series 2025: Foreign exchange

The TRADE

According to the recent Coalition Greenwich report, multi-dealer platforms (MDPs) are poised to overtake single-dealer platforms (SDPs) in spot FX trading in 2025 – a stark reversal of recent years where SDPs dominated. The key lies in leveraging venue-neutral, multi-channel technology to build a robust distribution platform.

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The TRADE predictions series 2025: What’s on the horizon for trading venues

The TRADE

Hayley McDowell, EU equity electronic sales trader and market structure consultant, RBC In 2025, we will see momentum in European dark trading continue to build. CBOE, Nasdaq and Aquis are launching between Q4 2024 and Q1 2025. Euronext introduced their dark book in Q2 2024, enabling clients to trade at mid-point in the dark.

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