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Exit Planning Through an Investment Banker’s Lens

Focus Investment Banking

Optimize Working Capital (One Year Ahead) What It Is: Net Working Capital (NWC) is Current assets minus current liabilities (A/R + Inventory A/P + Accrued Expenses), excluding cash, which you keep (in a typical cash-free, debt-free transaction). Why It Matters: Healthy working capital keeps the business running smoothly day-to-day.

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Cybersecurity Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Update, Q4 2024 and 2025 Outlook

Solganick & Co.

January 15, 2025 – Solganick has issued its latest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) update for the Cybersecurity industry sector, covering Q4 2024 and a 2025 outlook. We expect strengthening M&A activity over the next 12 months, driven by ongoing strategic consolidation and escalating cyber risks from AI-powered attacks.

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

The TRADE

The London Stock Exchange (LSEG) saw overall growth across its key businesses in 2023, with considerable improvement across data and analytics, capital markets, and in particular, post-trade. year-on-year increase, while capital markets saw a 6.1% In capital markets, the 6.1% rise year-on-year as compared to 2022.

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Expanded SEC clearing rules will see daily DTCC Treasury activity increase by $4 trillion, survey finds

The TRADE

First announced in December last year, the SEC’s new rules are designed to enhance risk management practices for central counterparties in the US Treasury market and facilitate additional clearing of securities transactions in this market segment.

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Cboe outlines why its clearing service for securities financing transactions will succeed where others have failed

The TRADE

“The regulatory push for products to come into clearing – not necessarily Emir, but Basel changes in 2025 – will introduce much higher risk weighted asset on lenders and borrowers in the market, by putting that through a CCP that brings it down significantly,” he explained.

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A look into the centrally cleared future

The TRADE

Clearing obligations will become stricter, with enhanced oversight of margin requirements and risk management processes. Despite these new potentially arduous compliance pressures, trading desks are also likely to benefit from reduced counterparty risk and improved market confidence thanks to the changes. Rowe Price.

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The TRADE predictions series 2025: Artificial intelligence

The TRADE

Magnus Haglind, head of products for marketplace technology, Nasdaq The first wave of gen-AI use cases across capital markets technology has sparked widespread energy and excitement about its future potential. We have seen early applications of GenAI in the areas of market observability, risk assessment and operational efficiency.

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