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FOCUS Investment Banking Welcomes New Managing Directors, Expanding Southeast and Midwest Presence

Focus Investment Banking

Washington, DC, (August 15, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announced today that it has added two new managing directors, Mike McCraw and William R. Bill”) Snow.

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Distressed Debt Hedge Funds: How to Become a Vulture Capitalist

Mergers and Inquisitions

However, various books and textbooks have defined “distressed” as follows: Debt Discounts – If Secured Debt is trading in the low 90% range or below, or Unsecured Debt is trading in the 60-70% range or less, it’s typically distressed. DCM would be a tougher sell because you only work with investment-grade bonds.

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Recap: 2023 West Coast M&A/Private Equity Forum

Focus Investment Banking

A bot might be able to write a term paper, or a song, or even a book, but that bot cannot be considered “intelligent” until it decides by its own volition to write that paper or song or book. In the forward for Gone to Pot, a 2020 book about the early days of the legal cannabis industry, I mentioned “the caravan.”

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Post ASU+GSV 2023: Signals Are Pointing to Accelerating Deal Activity for the Education Sector

Tyton Partners

Capital raise activity trending up In February, we highlighted the market’s emphasis on M&A activity in recent months. The announced deals during March and April paint an evolving picture as the proportion of capital raises increased from 17% in January to nearly 30% across the last two months.

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Event-Driven Hedge Funds: The Best Home for Bankers Turned Investors?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Special Situations – These funds focus on companies that are spinning off or divesting divisions, reorganizing, or otherwise going through more unusual changes (not just simple acquisitions or capital raises). Unfortunately, I’ve never been able to find much specifically about special situations investing.

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Artificial Intelligence: A Must for Small Businesses

Focus Investment Banking

use chatbots to determine if the person needs to see a doctor or not, book appointments as needed, and manage their care, all in the name of providing a better customer experience. FOCUS Investment Banking has been providing M&A advisory services to business owners and investors in the Business Services sector for more than three decades.