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StoneX to acquire fixed income broker Octo Finances

The TRADE

StoneX has moved to increase its remit and geographical reach through the acquisition of fixed income broker Octo Finances SA. Fixed income broker Octo Finances is in Paris. It specialises in bond and convertible sales, debt capital markets and credit research. StoneX will acquire 100% of Octo Finances SA shares once complete.

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COVID-19 and Credit: Debt Market Volatility and Insurance Brokerage M&A

Sica Fletcher

What is generally less understood is the impact of the pandemic on the debt markets. What is going on in these markets could potentially have significant implications for insurance brokerage M&A, and we want you to understand why. We can see the impact in the debt markets very clearly. to 10.0%.

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Insurance Agency EBITDA Multiples: 2024 Report

Sica Fletcher

Having advised on a record number of insurance agency M&A transactions, we have used our unusually large dataset in tandem with access to third-party M&A databases to provide up-to-date averages of EBITDA multiples for insurance brokerages in 2024. What Is Affecting Insurance Agency EBITDA Multiples?

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2024 Insurance M&A Market Update: Robust But Complicated

Sica Fletcher

The insurance M&A market in 2024 is significantly more complex now than it was 20 years ago. However, this report seeks to make sense of these qualities as a whole to provide an overview of the 2024 insurance M&A market. The table of contents below offers quick links for readers seeking specific information in later sections.

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Lots to Learn from Brown & Brown Insurance's Q1 Earnings Call

Sica Fletcher

For owners and executives of private insurance brokers, Brown & Brown's first quarter earnings call provides a treasure trove of information. insurance brokers. Powell Brown, President and CEO of Brown and Brown Insurance commented: “The first quarter was an interesting one until early March. We saw the U.S.

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Insurance Brokerage M&A in the First Half of 2020

Sica Fletcher

What the Data Is Telling Us In our last few posts, we reported on what we perceived to be the trends in insurance agency and brokerage M&A in light of the pandemic and analyzed the reasons for these trends. They have enormous amounts of dry powder that they must deploy and continue to have access to very inexpensive debt.

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COVID-19 and the Insurance Brokerage M&A Market

Sica Fletcher

Many of our clients have asked us about the impact on insurance brokerage M&A of the pandemic and the resultant containment efforts. The Largest Strategic Players Tell Us Full Steam Ahead – The major strategic acquirors have informed us that they plan to continue to aggressively pursue acquisitions of insurance brokers.