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Leveraging Collaboration and Technology: The Winning Strategy for Corporate Finance Teams

Global Banking & Finance

Leveraging Collaboration and Technology: The Winning Strategy for Corporate Finance Teams In 2024, the global investment banking advisory industry is busy yet again, hoping to forget an incredibly challenging two years which saw the number of IPOs and M&A transactions reduce significantly.

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Sports Investment Banking: How to Win the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the Same Year

Mergers and Inquisitions

However, one common point across all the verticals is that IPOs are not common because there aren’t that many publicly traded sports teams, stadiums, or arenas. SPAC IPOs for esports companies were “hot” for a short period in 2021, but they seem to have died off by now.

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New SEC proposal takes on SPACs

Cooley M&A

The proposal arrives in the context of calls from various corners, including from SEC Chair Gary Gensler and former Acting Corp Fin Director John Coates, to treat SPACs as an alternative method of conducting an IPO under the SEC’s policy framework. (See See this PubCo post , this PubCo post and this PubCo post.)

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MergersCorp Expands Services to SPAC Companies Amid Growing Market Demand

MergersCorp M&A International

SPACs are publicly traded companies that raise capital through an initial public offering (IPO) with the primary aim of acquiring an existing private company, thereby enabling it to go public without undergoing the traditional IPO process.

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New Pubcos Should Consider Defensive Health in Light of ISS/GL Recommendations

Cooley M&A

1] While the proxy advisory firms generally disfavor these provisions, these protective measures also serve to protect public companies from unsolicited takeover attempts and can deter other forms of activism. It is too soon to assess the impact that negative recommendations this proxy season may have on director elections.

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How Merchant Banks Help Businesses Grow and Succeed

Razorpay

Functions of Merchant Banks A merchant bank’s primary function is to provide financial and advisory services to medium-sized businesses. Underwriting Services Merchant banks also provide underwriting services for initial public offerings (IPOs), private placements, follow-on public offerings (FPOs) and rights issues.

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Do You Need An Insurance Agency Investment Bank?

Sica Fletcher

Sica | Fletcher has been providing M&A advisory services to agencies and brokerages of all sizes for a decade. In that time, we’ve represented thousands of clients and quickly became one of the most active boutique M&A advisory firms in the market today. CALL OUR TEAM Why Sica | Fletcher?