Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2024

Over the past few decades, growth equity (GE) has gone from an afterthought to a major asset class for huge investment firms. Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity.

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How2Exit

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

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 shares his unique journey from music composition to becoming a prominent figure in financial services, focusing on the art and science of roll-ups.

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PE Hub

JUNE 13, 2023

Based in Alpharetta, Georgia, CeriFi is an education, training and certification provider serving financial services professionals. The post Leeds Equity-backed CeriFi appoints Barry as CEO appeared first on PE Hub.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Autonomous, the financial services research business division within Bernstein, has appointed two new US bank analysts. Usdin brings 27 years worth of experience in equity research, having most recently served at Jefferies.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

AUGUST 16, 2023

As with investment banking in Hong Kong , I can summarize private equity in China in one sentence: “If you’re not Chinese, don’t even think about it, and even if you are Chinese, it’s best if you have great connections within the CCP and want to stay in China long-term.”

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Wall Street giant Citi has made a number of cuts to it cash equities trading business in London, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, The TRADE can reveal. Prior to this he worked at financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald for thirteen years. Citi declined to comment.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 10, 2025

MetLife Investment Management (MIM) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire three investment teams and assets managed by Mesirow, an independent financial services firm. As part of the move, MIM is acquiring the high yield and bank loan, strategic fixed income and small-cap equity teams and certain related investment products.

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The TRADE

JUNE 15, 2023

Williams joins from BNY Mellon, where he spent the last six years, most recently serving as an equity trader. Elsewhere in his career, Williams held a pricing analyst role at Financial Times and a junior business development role at Deloitte. Bloomberg has appointed Colin Williams in an electronic trading and analytics solutions role.

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The TRADE

JULY 14, 2023

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) has made a new senior hire for its equity trading unit in London, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. CIBC is a multinational banking and financial services company with its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, with its London office based in the heart of the city on Cheapside.

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Growth Business

MARCH 1, 2024

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success Raising private equity funds is seen as the holy grail for businesses who want to grow quickly, simply because the strength of capital opens the door for rapid growth.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Switzerland’s largest bank UBS has cut a number of positions in its cash equities business in London following the forced takeover of its local rival Credit Suisse, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Roles were cut in sales and research, the people said, who spoke on condition of anonymity as the matter is private.

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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Investing in Women Code was also established in 2019 by the financial services industry to improve access to finance. In June 2022, Growth Business reported that female founders were giving away 10 per cent more equity as men for the same amount of funding.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

“Throughout my career I have experienced a compelling US equities trading transformation, saturated with regulatory changes, technological advancements, and markets innovation, particularly in the growth of alternative trading systems,” said Conary.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 16, 2024

In addition to Ricci’s role, the Panmure Liberum board will comprise Shane Le Prevost – founder and executive director at Liberum – as non-executive chair, Bidhi Bhoma as deputy chief executive, David Parsons as head of equities, and Richard Morecombe as president, head of origination and business development.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 26, 2024

For top private equity firms, there’s a lot to like about SaaS. Top Software Private Equity Firms Here is a select list of the most active PE investors in the SaaS and software industry over the past year (data taken from the SEG 2024 Annual SaaS Report ). The firm employs 93 professionals.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In his career, Diallo has also worked as an equity trader at Avalon Capital Markets. Previous experience also includes stints at EFG Hermes and Mubasher Financial Services. He most recently served as an investment manager at ADQ and before that spent two and a half years as a senior trader and portfolio manager at Azimut.

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PCE

MAY 31, 2024

PCE Investment Bankers, a leading financial services firm specializing in mid-market companies, is pleased to announce the sale of Eagle Metal Distributors (“Eagle Metal”) to Eastern Metal Supply (“EMS”), a premier distributor of aluminum products and Wynnchurch Capital, a private equity firm.

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Global Banking & Finance

JULY 29, 2024

Frankfurt-based Chom Capital GmbH is an owner-operated asset management boutique, licenced to conduct financial services in the form of investment brokerage, investment advice, contract broking and financial portfolio management.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Financial services firm Velocity Clearing has opened a new office in Chicago as part of the expansion of its execution, clearing and custody operations including the options markets. Velocity Clearing has already established a growing network of offices in New York City, Hazlet, New Jersey, Boca Raton, Florida, and Dallas, Texas.

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4Degrees

JANUARY 30, 2023

For deal-driven teams (venture capital, private equity, financial services, real estate, etc.), it’s all about who you know. And keeping track of your network is crucial for success. Unfortunately, traditional relationship management systems have not been designed with dealmakers in mind.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Shortlisted individuals are repeated contributors to discussion whether that be through panels, associations or schemes to support the next generation joining the financial services industry. The winner will be decided by a live industry vote at The TRADE’s Leaders in Trading gala awards night on 7 November at The Savoy.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Crédit Agricole CIB and Kepler Cheuvreux have confirmed the extension of their equity capital markets partnership to encompass the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA).

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) equity and derivatives trader Rikki Corbyn joined Barclays in a program trading role. He joins Barclays after almost 12 years with SSGA, originally joining the firm in 2013 in a trade support role before moving into an equity and derivatives trading role in 2016.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 30, 2024

Cboe Global Markets has agreed to acquire a minority equity ownership stake in Japannext through a purchase of shares from SBI Holdings. Japannext provides financial services and market solutions focused on operating an alternative market. SBI will transfer its 14.8%

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Almost two thirds (63%) of buy-side equity market participants believe outsourced desks would result in improved execution quality and trade performance when trading across regions, according to new research from Coalition Greenwich. These most recent findings therefore demonstrate a huge leap in terms of market opinion.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Chalkley brings more than three decades worth of financial services to the role, in both portfolio management and rates sales. Heraty took on the role of head of US equity solutions and structured product sales, while Gleave was appointed head of European equity solutions.

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The TRADE

JULY 1, 2024

Former head of market structure and liquidity solutions at broker dealer Kepler Cheuvreux Byron Griffin is set to join Franco-German financial services firm ODDO BHF. Jefferies appointed Peter Johansson as an equity sales trader. He joins as head of execution sales and microstructure.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The job cuts are a reflection of a wider malaise in UK equity markets. Winterflood isn’t the only financial services firm cutting headcount in equities in London. Winterflood declined to comment. In September, Winterflood, a division of Close Brothers, said annual profits had collapsed by 75% to £3.5

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The TRADE

JUNE 24, 2024

Haitong Securities appointed Dipesh Sohani director of institutional equity sales. Sohani was promoted to the role after originally joining Haitong Securities in a senior institutional equity sales role in 2021. Elsewhere in his career, Sohani held positions at YES Securities, Edelweiss Financial Services, PhillipCapital and MF Global.

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Razorpay

AUGUST 9, 2023

Merchant banks are a very important part of the financial ecosystem, since they support the largest chunk of businesses – the mid-sized ones. Merchant banking is a special branch of banking that provides financial services to medium to small-sized businesses. What is a Merchant Bank?

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The TRADE

APRIL 8, 2024

Catena has three decades of experience in financial services including a wealth of buy-side trading expertise having previously held senior positions at various firms, including: Vandham Securities, First New York Securities, Securevest Financial Group/GCP, Santander Investment, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and Morgan Stanley.

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The Deal

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For GTCR LLC, among the major areas of investment in 2023 has been financial services. based Foundation Source Philanthropic Services Inc., The firm has inked deals small and large in the space, including its $17.5 billion deal for payments company WorldPay Inc. and its undisclosed investment in Fairfield, Conn.-based

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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Ascension Ventures Early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs ready to back the next generation of tech and impact founders Augmentum Fintech Augmentum Europe’s leading publicly listed fintech fund, investing in fast growing businesses that are disrupting the financial services sector. mortgages, insurance) software (e.g.

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Francine Way

JULY 20, 2017

It bases the enterprise value calculation on the balance sheet equity and deduct any intangible assets (goodwill, customer lists, etc.). Equity value is determined by deducting par-value liabilities from reduced-value assets. The 1st one for today is the Tangible Book Value (TBV) method.

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2023

The firm is currently in the process of gaining a financial services license from Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and exploring exchange membership options with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) to begin market making in index futures and options and cash equities towards the end of this year.

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The TRADE

JUNE 14, 2023

Subject to regulatory approvals, the service will come through its Amsterdam-based clearing house and introduce matching, CCP clearing, settlement and post-trade lifecycle management for SFT transactions in European cash equities and ETFs. Settlement will take place in 19 European Central Securities Depositories (CSDs).

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The TRADE

JUNE 26, 2024

Former head of market structure and liquidity solutions at broker dealer Kepler Cheuvreux Byron Griffin is set to join Franco-German financial services firm ODDO BHF, The TRADE can reveal. He joins as head of execution sales and microstructure. Griffin left Kepler in May after over eight years with the broker dealer.

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