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Could digital assets help expand capital raising?

Accenture Capital Markets

At Accenture’s capital markets team, we’ve completed a research project into the future of capital raising. The results should be of interest for anyone in the industry—for both public and private markets. We were keen to develop some insights into the evolving landscape of financial market infrastructure.

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Corporates Face Novel, Greater Risks from Debt Ceiling Impasse—Even if No Default Occurs

Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch

While there have been a number of actual and threatened “government shutdowns” in recent years, and government agencies and executives have experience navigating them, a market perception of a credible default risk on U.S. debt (even short of an actual default) would be a new scenario for which no one has a playbook.

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Global M&A Private Equity Trends

Focus Investment Banking

Thriving US Middle Market Fundraising and Resilient Private Equity Regarding Global M&A Private Equity Trends, looking at the positive news, the US middle-market fundraising landscape remained stable throughout 2022, with 156 funds closing at an aggregate value of $133.5 billion, similar to the figures seen in 2020 and 2021.