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10-23-2023 Newsletter: Why Take-Private Dealmaking Remains Attractive for PE Investors

OfficeHours

First, private equity identifies the publicly traded company they believe is undervalued or could perform better as a private entity without the pressures of being a public entity (e.g. Great, I’m learning a ton! Not so great, I already knew all this Making your way into the buyside? This will be helpful!

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The Rise of Hedge Funds: Exploring Their Impact on Financial Markets

OfficeHours

Market Liquidity Hedge funds are large and active players in nearly every financial market, including equities, publicly traded credit, options, futures, commodities, etc. Hedge funds often use a variety of investment strategies and invest across multiple asset classes, which can help diversify their portfolio and reduce risk.

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08-20-2023 Newsletter: Sunday Reading

OfficeHours

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). You must be able to consider long-term goals, assess risk, and craft plans to enhance the value of portfolio companies. Yes, I’m interested!

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Is Private Equity Right for You?

OfficeHours

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). You must be able to consider long-term goals, assess risk, and craft plans to enhance the value of portfolio companies.

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Are You Doing the Right Training to Win the K-12 Instructional Materials Race?

Tyton Partners

For example, Cengage had a competitive high school product portfolio and a market-leading database business in Gale, while Scholastic was a leading literacy player across institutional and consumer channels with its own K-5 basal ELA program. A handful of players tried to break in. Pearson then became Savvas Learning.

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8 Proven Marketing Strategies for Sustainable Growth

Software Equity Group

Refined Target Audiences As the business organically grew and we added acquisitions to our portfolio, the marketing team needed to refine its target audience and identify our ideal customer profile (ICP) for new segments. If you want to learn more about GTM best practices, sign up for our live webinar on April 20 th.

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Transfer Traps: Considerations for Dual-Class Companies Contemplating M&A Transactions

Cooley M&A

In addition, currently public dual-class companies with transfer provisions that do not contain clear carve outs for the delivery of voting agreements in the M&A context should discuss with their advisers the possibility of adopting “clear day” amendments to their charters to include these carve outs. Vote-down termination fee (i.e.,

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