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“Small” Space Companies: Growth Comes at a Cost

JD Supra: Mergers

Space has become central to protecting U.S. national security interests as Americans increasingly rely on space-based services to support everyday life. As a result, the U.S. government has bolstered investment in the space sector creating a wealth of opportunities for contractors. For example, the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) budget request for fiscal year 2025 is seeking $33.7 billion for space programs.

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Can You Supercharge Your Business Growth? The Roll-Up Strategy REVEALED

How2Exit

E258: Can You Supercharge Your Business Growth? The Roll-Up Strategy REVEALED - Watch Here About the Guest(s): Matt Duckworth is the CEO and founder of Rhapsodi, a financial services firm based in Little Rock, Arkansas. Duckworth has an extensive background in finance, starting from an unexpected entry into the field from music composition. His career transitioned into investment banking and fractional CFO services, where he developed significant expertise in mergers and acquisitions, particular

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A key U.S. inflation report looms over Wall Street. How to trade it

CNBC: Investing

The October personal consumption expenditures price index report has many investors wondering how it may impact the postelection market rally.

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Bank EMI vs Brand EMI: Which Option is Best for Your Customers?

Razorpay

With India’s household spending projected to surge by INR 60 trillion by FY26, the demand for flexible and affordable payment options is skyrocketing. During the Great Indian Festival 2024, Amazon revealed that 1 in 4 purchases were made using EMIs—a clear indication of their growing popularity. EMIs empower customers to achieve their aspirations without the burden of upfront payments.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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The Growing Importance of Fintech Software Development in Global Banking and Finance

Global Banking & Finance

Moving towards 2025, financial technology, commonly known as fintech, is dramatically reshaping the financial sector. This technological evolution has fundamentally changed the way consumers and businesses access financial services, manage transactions, and invest. Fintech has become a powerful driver of digital innovation, challenging traditional banking models and offering new, more efficient solutions across the world.

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[Video] M&A Considerations for Serial Acquirers

JD Supra: Mergers

Companies that frequently acquire other companies benefit from a structured M&A playbook and robust due diligence. Justin Yi and Josh Pollick cover those points and also explore the complexities of earnouts and integration post-acquisition. Get up to speed on: The structure and tax implications (1:42) How to value the stock and the deal (3:27) Considerations based on the stage of the business (7:20).

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M&A in the Digital Age: How Tech is Supercharging Dealmaking

Sun Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have always been a high-stakes game. But in today’s fast-paced business environment, the role of technology is becoming increasingly crucial for success. From streamlining complex processes to uncovering hidden opportunities, tech supercharges M&A dealmaking across all stages. Turbocharged Due Diligence: From Tedious to Tech-Savvy Due diligence, the meticulous examination of a target company, was time-consuming and paper-heavy.

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Decoding the Tech Industry

Cisco: M&A

Transforming perceptions of tech careers, Cisco and Virgin Media O2 join forces to inspire UK youth, highlighting diverse opportunities and skills development through an impactful event.

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Employment Considerations in Portfolio Company Acquisitions

JD Supra: Mergers

A private equity (PE) firm’s primary objective is to generate returns on its investments. When a PE firm acquires a portfolio company (PortCo), one way the PE firm increases its returns is by making employment-related changes—sometimes significant ones—at the PortCo level. Those changes can vary and may include leadership transitions, reorganizations, revisions to compensation structures, and sometimes layoffs.

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Cboe Clear Europe gets regulatory green light to launch securities financing transactions clearing

The TRADE

Cboe Clear Europe has received regulatory approval to clear European Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs), granted by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) and the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM). Vikesh Patel With this approval, the pan-European clearing house will introduce a service for European SFT transactions in cash equities and ETFs, which includes central clearing, settlement and post-trade lifecycle management.

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Top 3 Banking Secrets to Stay Relevant with Gen Z Consumers

Speaker: Brian Muse-McKenney, Chief Revenue Officer & Matt Simester, Cards and Payments Expert

In today’s world of social media, dating apps, and remote work, businesses risk becoming irrelevant (or getting "ghosted") if they fail to meet the evolving needs of Gen Z consumers. Credit cards with flexible payment options, especially for young adults with little-to-no credit history, are a particularly important and valuable solution for this generation.

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Video platform Rumble plans to buy up to $20 million in bitcoin in new treasury strategy

CNBC: Investing

Conservative video platform Rumble said it will begin allocating some of its excess cash reserves to bitcoin and could buy up to $20 million in the crypto.

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Cisco unveils SD-WAN Configuration Catalog to streamline industrial deployments

Cisco: M&A

Cisco's new SD-WAN Configuration Catalog simplifies industrial deployments - reducing setup time, errors, and enhancing security for Industrial IoT networks

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[Video] Fierce Competition Podcast | Below-Threshold Mergers: Global Antitrust Scrutiny

JD Supra: Mergers

In this episode of "Fierce Competition," Skadden antitrust attorneys Niels Baeten, Joseph Rancour and Julia Zhu delve into merger enforcement, focusing on transactions that fall below regulatory thresholds but are still investigated by antitrust authorities around the world. The discussion explores which jurisdictions have the authority to review a transaction, how enforcement is implemented and potential future developments in merger oversight. - Antitrust regulators.

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KNG Securities taps Morgan Stanley for new fixed income sales addition

The TRADE

Fixed income investment bank KNG Securities has added Mert Kisacik to its fixed income sales team, where he will hold responsibility for Turkish and Israeli markets. As part of the role, Kisacik will focus on finding liquidity in both sovereign and corporate bonds for the firm’s clients, with a primary focus on hard currency bonds. “Mert’s knowledge and relationships with Turkish and Israeli bond market investors will be a valuable addition to our team,” said Andrea Podesta, managing partner at

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Predictions You Can Rely On: How Data Drives Successful Financial Forecasting

Speaker: Robbie Bhathal, Founder & CEO, and Matthew Acalin, Head of Credit Intelligence

In today's volatile financial environment, how confident are you in your company’s financial forecasting? To get the most accurate cash predictions that will lead to long-term financial survival, real-time data is critical. Innovative cash management strategies can lead to better credit opportunities, more sustainable growth, and long-term financial prosperity.

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Data centers powering artificial intelligence could use more electricity than entire cities

CNBC: Investing

The power needs of artificial intelligence and cloud computing are growing so large that individual data center campuses could soon use more …

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Canada Accuses Google of Creating Advertising Tech Monopoly

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

The case largely echoes an antitrust action in the United States and seeks to force Google to sell off sections of its online ad business.

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Overhauled U.S. Merger Control Filing Process to Take Effect February 10, 2025

JD Supra: Mergers

Earlier this month, the final rule overhauling the U.S. merger control filing process was published in the Federal Register, making the effective date for the new process February 10, 2025. All filings made on or after that date must conform with the new requirements.

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FlexTRADER EMS selected by Alecta to optimise cross-asset trading and execution

The TRADE

Occupational pension company Alecta has adopted FlexTrade Systems’ FlexTRADER EMS for equities and derivatives trading. Dan Enstedt Stockholm-based Alecta – with $110 billion in assets under management – stated that it decided to replace its existing EMS solution to support the efficient growth of its equities and derivatives trading activities.

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Enhance Customer Value: Unleash Your Data’s Potential

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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Scott Bessent Helped ‘Break’ the Bank of England. Now He’ll Run the U.S. Treasury.

The New York Times: Banking

Scott Bessent’s former colleagues and rivals see the prospective Treasury secretary as a thoughtful choice with a broad understanding of financial markets.

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Junk food lover Warren Buffett's new pizza investment fits perfectly in Berkshire's portfolio

CNBC: Investing

Warren Buffett, a renowned junk food lover, just bought into a pizza chain whose shares are trading near their cheapest level of the year.

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Robust refinancing activity bolsters high yield rebound

JD Supra: Mergers

High yield bond issuance in the US and Europe has made strong gains as issuers return to the market to refinance at more attractive rates - High yield bond markets in the US and Europe made strong gains through the first three quarters of 2024, with issuers returning to the market in increasing numbers as financing costs fell.

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Société Générale connects to CLS’s cross currency swaps service

The TRADE

Société Générale has gone live on market infrastructure group CLS’ cross currency swaps (CCS) service. CCS trades have notable settlement risk exposure linked to the high value of the initial and final principal exchanges. Settling these trades on a gross bilateral basis also results in operational inefficiencies and liquidity constraints. The CCS service can be used in conjunction with post-trade processing platform MarkitWire to integrate CCS flows into CLSSettlement, providing the abili

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Deliver Mission Critical Insights in Real Time with Data & Analytics

In the fast-moving manufacturing sector, delivering mission-critical data insights to empower your end users or customers can be a challenge. Traditional BI tools can be cumbersome and difficult to integrate - but it doesn't have to be this way. Logi Symphony offers a powerful and user-friendly solution, allowing you to seamlessly embed self-service analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting directly into your applications.

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Navigating the Future of Cisco Distribution: Insights from the Black Belt Academy

Cisco: M&A

Explore Cisco Black Belt Distribution Academy's new updates! Enhance your skills with role-based enablement, new content, and a streamlined learning experience, empowering distributors to excel in supporting Cisco technologies.

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JPMorgan's top biotech stock picks for 2025 as sector looks for a comeback year

CNBC: Investing

While 2024 marked another "challenging" year for biotech stocks, some names could be slated for upside in the months ahead, according to JPMorgan.

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Investment Management Update - Q3 2024

JD Supra: Mergers

On August 28, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to certain registered investment companies (funds) reporting requirements. The SEC originally proposed the amendments on November 2, 2022.

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Fireside Friday with… FIX Trading Community’s Jim Kaye

The TRADE

How has the trading landscape evolved over the past 30 years? Automation and electronification has brought a number of changes, one of which has been the large increase in volumes. There are various reasons for that – the obvious one being that you can do more with less when you apply computers to a problem like this. Trading desks have got smaller over the years, while volumes have gone up.

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Using Data & Analytics for Improving Healthcare Innovation and Outcomes

In the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, delivering data insights to end users or customers can be a significant challenge for product managers, product owners, and application team developers. The complexity of healthcare data, the need for real-time analytics, and the demand for user-friendly interfaces can often seem overwhelming. But with Logi Symphony, these challenges become opportunities.

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UK hospitality group Loungers to be bought by US firm for £338m

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

London-listed company strikes deal with Fortress Investment Group, although shareholder approval needed The cafe bar business Loungers has agreed to be bought by a US investment group in a deal that values it at about £338m. Fortress Investment Group said it has made an offer for the UK hospitality group through a newly formed investment vehicle. Continue reading.

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DOGE coming: Beware these stocks that get the most revenue from the government

CNBC: Investing

TD Cowen identified government contractors with the highest amount of dollars obligated in fiscal year 2023, both overall and by individual federal department.

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Securities Law Update - November 2024

JD Supra: Mergers

Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update.

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BNY unveils new collateral offering for the buy-side

The TRADE

BNY has combined its LendingLiteSM service with a new collateral offering, creating a buy-side platform with an expanded triparty service. Named CollateralOne, the new platform expands the triparty offering for the buy-side by connecting clients to other aspects of BNY’s ecosystem, helping them centralise how they manage their collateral and financing activities, while providing the option of opportunistic specials-only lending.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?