OfficeHours

AUGUST 10, 2023

We are excited to invite you to our upcoming webinar, a unique opportunity to gain insights from an industry professional who transitioned successfully from being an M&A Investment Banking Analyst at RBC Capital Markets into a Senior Strategy Analyst at The Walt Disney Company.

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Deal Lawyers

JUNE 6, 2023

Norton Rose Fulbright & MergerMarket recently published “Global M&A Trends and Risks 2023,” which reports the results of a survey 200 of the most senior executives from multinational corporations, PE firms, and investment banks to gauge current M&A risks and trends.

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Deal Lawyers

JULY 26, 2023

Developed in partnership with MergerMarket, Aon recently published a report entitled “M&A Risk in Review,” which references survey data from 50 senior executives from corporate development teams, private equity firms, and investment banks and Aon’s own experience providing transaction advisory and/or insurance solutions on deals in the first half (..)

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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 16, 2024

“Why investment banking?” and there’s now an overwhelming amount of information online about investment banking. I’ll explain these points here and suggest specific answers to “Why investment banking?” I’ll explain these points here and suggest specific answers to “Why investment banking?”

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This partially explains why sports investment banking has become a hot field, with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs launching their own sports coverage groups. For a long time, sports teams and franchises were not worth that much, so banks rarely put their “A-Teams” on these deals. What is Sports Investment Banking?

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Focus Investment Banking

JULY 25, 2024

Washington, DC, (July 25, 2024) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services is honored to again be named among the Top 25 Lower Middle Market Investment Banks of Q2 2024 by Axial.

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Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 21, 2024

Washington, DC, (June 21, 2024) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, has been recognized as a leading M&A advisor in the industrials sector.

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Focus Investment Banking

MARCH 19, 2024

Washington, DC, (March 19, 2024) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, has been recognized as a leading M&A advisor in the technology services industry by Axial, the trusted deal platform serving the lower middle market.

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

2023 was a bit of a slower year for middle market M&A, with deals taking far longer than what we’ve become accustomed to. To assemble the list of top investment banks in North America, Axial reviewed the deal-making activities of over 800 investment banks and M&A advisory firms for the full 2023 calendar year.

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The New York Times: Banking

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Next year’s biggest headwinds for deal making will be “geopolitics, geopolitics and geopolitics,” says Viswas Raghavan, the co-head of global investment banking at JPMorgan Chase.

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Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 26, 2024

Washington, DC, (April 26, 2024) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services is honored to be named among the Top 25 Lower Middle Market Investment Banks of Q1 2024 by Axial.

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Washington, DC, (October 2, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a leading national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, is excited to be named among the Top 100 Lower Middle Market Investment Banks of 2023 by Axial.

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Washington, DC, (October 30, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a leading national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, is honored to be named among the Top Lower Middle Market Investment Banks for the third quarter of 2023 by Axial.

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MergersCorp M&A International

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are becoming increasingly common in today’s business landscape as companies look for ways to expand their operations, gain a competitive edge, or streamline their operations. This is where MergersCorp M&A International comes into play.

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Washington, DC, (October 2, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, has been recognized as a leading M&A advisor in the consumer industry.

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Global Banking & Finance

MARCH 28, 2024

Leveraging Collaboration and Technology: The Winning Strategy for Corporate Finance Teams In 2024, the global investment banking advisory industry is busy yet again, hoping to forget an incredibly challenging two years which saw the number of IPOs and M&A transactions reduce significantly.

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Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 19, 2023

Washington, DC, (June 19, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, has been recognized as a leading M&A advisor in the industrial industry.

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MergersCorp M&A International

DECEMBER 2, 2024

New York, NY – The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) in New York is excited to announce its strategic partnership with MergersCorp M&A International, an american leading investment banking and advisory firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate finance.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Corporate finance jobs at normal companies are bad … …if you’re using them to break into a deal-based field, such as investment banking , private equity , or venture capital , or as a “Plan B” if you interview around but do not get into one of these. In my view, corporate finance jobs are not ideal “stepping stone roles.”

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MergersCorp M&A International

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

MergersCorp M&A International is a prominent global investment banking firm that offers a wide range of services to businesses looking to expand through mergers and acquisitions (M&A). MergersCorp understands that M&A transactions can be complex and fraught with challenges.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

SIX has launched a new automated software application, SIX Bot, aimed at providing clients an enhanced view of market movements through wider access to corporate actions data. The move comes on the back off surging client demand for insight into where corporates are moving and why.

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MergersCorp M&A International

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have emerged as critical pathways for companies aiming to achieve these objectives. In this environment, MergersCorp Investment Banking stands out as a dedicated partner for businesses navigating the complexities of the global market.

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Focus Investment Banking

JULY 27, 2023

Washington, DC, (July 27, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”) a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, is thrilled to announce its exceptional achievement of being named #1 on Axial’s second quarter 2023 lower middle market investment bank league table.

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Francine Way

JULY 17, 2017

Thus far, we have discussed three common valuation methods that most strategic and financial acquirers use when valuing a company for acquisitions or investments. This current post about Leveraged Buy Out (LBO) is about a valuation method used by a very specific type of financial acquirer: private equity (PE) firms. Modeling the future exit.

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InvestmentBank.com

DECEMBER 1, 2020

M&A Beat – US Health Services Q2 2020 M&A Beat is a quarterly update for CEO’s, CFO’s, Owner, Founders of lower middle-market ($10M-$100M Rev) companies, offering relevant details on mergers and acquisitions deal value, volume, valuation multiples and trends in their respective industry and vertical. due to large 7.7x

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Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 9, 2023

Washington, DC, (June 9, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking , a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, announced today that Bob Bicksler has joined FOCUS as a Senior Advisor who will focus primarily on the photonics industry.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 10, 2024

If you want to read angry comments and long threads with plenty of insults, you can’t go wrong with the wealth management vs. investment banking debate. And wealth managers at large banks may advise people with as little as a few hundred thousand to invest. Think: benchmarking portfolios rather than modeling companies.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JUNE 5, 2024

How can I move from wealth management to investment banking ? It’s arguably the most difficult “front office to front office” transition within finance, so you should probably start by considering why you want to make this switch: Table Of Contents Why Switch from Wealth Management to Investment Banking? I hate this job.

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Street of Walls

AUGUST 27, 2012

Announced M&A volumes of $43 billion improved by 15% from the prior week and have improved in each of the prior three weeks. Thus far in 3Q12, announced M&A volumes are averaging 5% below the 2Q12 weekly average level and 9% below the 3Q11 average weekly level. Corporate debt underwriting volumes of $33.5 in the week.

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Razorpay

JULY 27, 2023

Similarly, businesses with large, complex financial needs go to the country’s biggest banks. These banks are called investment banks. Let’s take an in-depth look at what an investment bank is, and how businesses benefit from them. What is Investment Banking? How do they do this?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Even though we’ve covered industry groups vs. product groups and teams such as M&A , ECM , DCM , and Leveraged Finance , we continue to get questions about capital markets vs. investment banking. The questions usually go like this: Are capital markets teams (ECM, DCM, and LevFin) “real” investment banking?

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MergersCorp M&A International

DECEMBER 9, 2024

With an effective corporate tax rate of approximately 5%, Malta offers one of the most competitive tax environments in the world. With an effective corporate tax rate of approximately 5%, Malta offers one of the most competitive tax environments in the world. The vibrant nightlife, particularly in cities like Valletta and St.

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Washington, DC, (October 10, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announced today that Paul Waters has joined the firm as Chief Business Development Officer. Merrill Lynch.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JUNE 14, 2023

I get the obsession with The Shiny New Thing, but if you’re a new hire in banking or another corporate finance role, boring old PowerPoint might be your highest-ROI skill. Investment Banking PowerPoint Shortcuts: Windows/Office and Slide Commands All the standard Windows/Office shortcuts work in PowerPoint as well.

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

APRIL 8, 2024

When investment bankers apply a strategic approach to taking the business to market and provide the right resources and guidance, they and their clients thrive. The Bad News Is Not So Bad Rising interest rates and economic uncertainty have tamped down the M&A frenzy that peaked in 2021.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

AUGUST 7, 2024

To be clear, this is a tiny percentage of my annual income (think: well below 1%) because most of my earnings come from other sources (products, rent, investments, etc.). But even with this, you need to start earlier because fewer banks will be open to hiring you, and the banks that are open to hiring you tend to finish recruiting earlier.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 17, 2024

If you have the option to work in finance in different parts of the world, investment banking in India should be at the bottom of your list. But the main problem is that winning a “true” front-office investment banking role in India is virtually impossible, even if you have outstanding academic credentials and work experience.

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