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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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Capital Raise Blog Series - Vol 9 Strategies to Raise Capital

RKJ Partners

Strategy 7: Address Any Conflicts with Advisors The benefits of using an advisor or consultant can often far outweigh the costs. However several common conflicts which buyers should be aware of include: Investment bankers and advisors are often paid a variable amount based on the amount and type of capital raised.

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Distressed Debt Hedge Funds: How to Become a Vulture Capitalist

Mergers and Inquisitions

Special Situations – This could include the events above but could also refer to investments in spin-offs, asset sales, recapitalizations, acquisitions, or capital raises. How to Recruit for Distressed Debt Hedge Funds The best background is restructuring investment banking because the skill set is directly relevant.

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Common Types of Insurance Agency Sellers

Sica Fletcher

Our advice to a legacy-minded seller is to seek out transactions that will keep them on with the agency as an employee or an outside consultant for a few years to smooth out the changes in management. Generally, these fall into two distinct categories of advisory firms or investment banks.

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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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Artificial Intelligence: A Must for Small Businesses

Focus Investment Banking

But not every company wants to or can make the leap, so selling out or combining with another company that is prepared to make the investment is a perfectly reasonable move. 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.

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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). 11% I was surprised at the high percentage from sales & trading , but that’s mostly due to classification issues (e.g.,

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