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Bank of England Highlights Concerns With Private Equity Financing

JD Supra: Mergers

The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) recently delivered a series of speeches1 raising their concerns about the evolution of private equity financing and the banking sector’s exposure to the private equity industry. By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

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Indian fintech Slice seals bank merger

TechCrunch: M&A

Indian fintech startup Slice said it has completed its merger with North East Small Finance Bank, marking a rare instance of a startup successfully entering India’s tightly regulated banking sector. Slice, which gained prominence by issuing […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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Sector trends - September 2024: Specialty Finance / Marketplace Lending

JD Supra: Mergers

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2023 | H1 2024 — Specialty Finance / Marketplace Lending - Consolidation fever grips non-bank lenders and banks alike—SME lending, revenue-based finance and PropFinance at its core. Current market: Marginal uptick in M&A activity.

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M&A Insights and Outlooks Regarding Financing: A Conversation with Gary Grote of Bridgepoint Investment Banking

JD Supra: Mergers

Below is his conversation with Gary Grote, Managing Director at Bridgepoint Investment Banking, which focuses on capital raising and M&A advisory solutions. Gary focuses on deals in the healthcare, leveraged finance, financial services, and real estate industries.

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Global Banking & Finance Review® Honors I&M Bank (Rwanda) Limited as Best Retail Bank Rwanda 2024 and Best SME Bank Rwanda 2024

Global Banking & Finance

Global Banking & Finance Review® is pleased to announce that I&M Bank (Rwanda) Limited has been awarded Best Retail Bank Rwanda 2024 and Best SME Bank Rwanda 2024 at this year’s Global Banking & Finance Awards®.

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Sector trends - September 2024: Brokers / Corporate Finance

JD Supra: Mergers

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2023 | H1 2024 — Brokers / Corporate Finance - Mid-market investment banks consolidate at the fastest rate yet—Panmure Gordon & Liberum, Redburn (Europe) & Atlantic Equities and Cenkos Securities & FinnCap Group mergers reshape the City skyline.

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The banks that loaned Musk $13B to buy Twitter might be having regrets

TechCrunch: M&A

As readers might recall, billionaire Elon Musk borrowed $13 billion from Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and five other major banks to help finance the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, as it was then called. X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, looks like a pretty bad investment right about now.

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