Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 15, 2024

Private equity value creation came on my radar a few years ago when I noticed something: Even though traditional PE deal roles were not doing well, “operational” or “value creation” teams still seemed to be recruiting. What Does the Private Equity Value Creation Team Do in Real Life? Why is PE Value Creation Suddenly “Hot”?

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The TRADE

JANUARY 5, 2024

Jefferies’ managing director and head of US equity distribution in Europe, Guy Trust, has left the bank after nearly a decade to join Daiwa Capital Markets Europe, The TRADE can reveal. Trust has an extensive career specialising in equities and arbitrage strategies.

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Business Standard - FInance

JULY 3, 2023

Several investors are concerned that since both stocks are among the widely held scrips in their portfolios, it could result in a fire sale of the entity at a beaten-down price.

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The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

JANUARY 12, 2024

Global Infrastructure Partners, whose portfolio includes Gatwick, sold to BlackRock in $12.5bn deal From the humble luggage tray to filters that mask smells at sewage plants, the sale of some of Britain’s most pedestrian assets to the world’s largest money manager is to bring a multimillion-dollar payday to a small clutch of little-known bankers.

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The TRADE

JULY 5, 2024

Brokerage business MIT SIM has appointed Neil Terence O’Connor as equity trader. He most recently served as e quity sales trader, leveraging key knowledge of the Italian, Swiss, US and UK markets. The post BESTINVER sales trader joins MIT SIM appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Prior to joining Union, Hock spent three years at Barclays as head of equity execution sales, four years at Tungsten Capital Management as head of portfolio trading and management, and two and a half years at Ferox Capital Management in a similar role. Before that, Poilvet-Clédière was global head of regulatory strategy at LSEG.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

He has been with the firm for almost 19 years, having most recently served as a senior equity trader. Current head of equity trading and operational portfolio management, Robbert Wijgerse, continues in his role and existing reporting lines remain the same. Berendsen joined Robeco in 2006 as a data and application manager.

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Solganick & Co.

MARCH 10, 2025

March 10, 2025 — Solganick is pleased to announce that it served as the exclusive M&A advisor to Kavaliro for the sale of its Salesforce consulting division to Accordion. Each of these acquisitions has been a strategic step in expanding the companys portfolio and strengthening its position in the market. ORLANDO, FL.,

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

RBC has appointed Guy Chalkley as managing director, UK flow rates sales, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. Chalkley brings more than three decades worth of financial services to the role, in both portfolio management and rates sales. Before joining RBC, Chalkley spent 11 years at NatWest Markets.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 18, 2023

Lily Chia has been named the new head of equities and FICC sales, SGROA at Singapore Exchange (SGX), working across Singapore, ASEAN, Middle East, India, and Australia. In this new position, Chia, who has spent almost two decades at SGX in various roles, will lead sales for equity, equity derivatives and FX derivatives.

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TechCrunch: M&A

AUGUST 22, 2023

Following rumors that it was exploring the sale of its weather business as part of a move to streamline operations, IBM says that it’s found a buyer for The Weather Company, the weather forecasting and information company it acquired in 2015. “Over the last few years, we’ve evolved IBM to be a hybrid cloud and AI company.

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MergersCorp M&A International

MAY 27, 2024

Private equity investing is a type of investment where investors provide capital to privately held companies in exchange for equity ownership. Like any other form of investing, private equity investing is subject to trends that shape the industry and influence investment decisions.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 31, 2024

If you ever tire of the hype around tech, industrials private equity might be an ideal hiding spot. Morgan’s acquisition of Carnegie Steel in 1901 – was an industrials private equity deal. Table Of Contents Industrials Private Equity Defined What Has Drawn Private Equity Firms to Industrials Companies?

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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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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 17, 2023

Ever since the 2008 financial crisis, there has been massive hype about both private equity and technology. Over the past few decades, technology private equity has gone from “barely existing” to representing the largest single sector in PE by both deal value and deal count. Why Did PE Firms Start Buying Tech Companies?

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 20, 2023

Written by a Top OfficeHours Private Equity Coach Is PE a Good Fit for you? To know if the buyside is right for you, let’s start with a textbook understanding of “What is private equity?” During the hold period, the private equity firm can improve operations, management structure, and financial strategies to optimize the business.

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The TRADE

MARCH 25, 2024

Most recently, Tan held a global portfolio trading position, which included trading global equities with strategy implementation via algorithms, crossing networks and global portfolio trading desks. Prior to that, Tan held a global markets, APAC cash equities position based in Singapore.

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The TRADE

MARCH 22, 2024

Most recently, Tan held a global portfolio trading position, which included trading global equities with strategy implementation via algorithms, crossing networks and global portfolio trading desks. Prior to that, Tan held a global markets, APAC cash equities position based in Singapore.

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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

AUGUST 30, 2023

In 2015, the European asset manager unified its trading teams under one multi-asset trading desk as part of a strategic review, aimed at executing a greater percentage of orders sent by portfolio managers. The post Union Investment’s trading head Hock steps away from role to pursue digital asset aspirations appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Kepler Cheuvreux has appointed Faruk Akar as PT sales trader, based in London. Read more: Kepler Cheuvreux head of equity sales trading departs Akar has also previously served as an associate, equities strategy, at quantitative investment management firm Winton.

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MergersCorp M&A International

AUGUST 9, 2024

The world of finance is often daunting, especially for those unfamiliar with the intricacies of investment vehicles like hedge funds and private equity. While both hedge funds and private equity are alternatives to traditional investments, they serve different purposes, employ various strategies, and cater to distinct investor profiles.

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OfficeHours

JANUARY 26, 2024

When You Need to Return Cash in order to Raise More original article sourced by Ryan Gould, Bloomberg, sourced link above The world’s private equity firms have cash to burn. Private equity players have to face reality at some point,” said Per Franzen, head of private capital for Europe and North America at EQT AB.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 29, 2024

Virtu Financial has appointed Simon McGhee in an exchange-traded product (ETP) and fixed income sales role, The TRADE can reveal. Barriball and Harman hold ETF and portfolio trading, and ETF sales and trading roles at Virtu Financial, respectively. Prior to that, he was director, head of ETF business development at the firm.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

When you hear the words “healthcare private equity,” two thoughts probably come to mind: Wait a minute, isn’t healthcare a risky/growth-oriented sector? They do not invest in risky biotech startups attempting to cure cancer (at least not within their traditional PE portfolios). Why do PE firms operate there?

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Sun Acquisitions

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

CHICAGO, IL ­- February 6, 2023 – Sun Acquisitions is pleased to announce the successful sale of Trouvaille Med Spa to MedSpa Partners Inc. Domenic Rinaldi, Managing Director of Sun Acquisitions, shared after the sale, “it was a pleasure working with [Trouvaille Med Spa].

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The TRADE

JULY 1, 2024

He joins as head of execution sales and microstructure. Griffin originally joined Kepler in 2016 as its head of portfolio and electronic sales trading, later assuming his most recent role as head of market structure and liquidity solutions in 2022. Jefferies appointed Peter Johansson as an equity sales trader.

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The TRADE

JUNE 24, 2024

UBS appointed Carlos Salcedo head of capital markets financing sales Americas, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. Effective from 1 September, Salcedo will be based in New York, reporting to Dan Murphy, Americas head of franchise sales. MEAG appointed Lydia Malakis head of institutional sales at MEAG.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

DECEMBER 29, 2023

29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quantum Capital Group (“Quantum”) today announced the completion of its previously announced sale of Rockcliff Energy II LLC (“Rockcliff”) to TG Natural Resources LLC (“TGNR”). Rockcliff is a portfolio company of Quantum Energy Partners, Quantum’s private equity division. HOUSTON, Dec.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

RBC appointed two former Credit Suisse senior algorithmic trading individuals to join its low touch electronic sales and trading team. Also appointed to the low touch sales and trading team at RBC is Suzanne Webster, who joined as a multi-asset director. He joined from Luminex where he most recently served as head of sales.

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The TRADE

MARCH 18, 2024

BTIG made two key appointments including promoting Troy Donohue to head of Americas portfolio trading and hiring Henri Taylor as director within electronic trading sales. Elsewhere, Taylor brings over 20 years’ experience in electronic trading sales to the firm.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

BlackRock selected a former FlexTrade order management system pre-sales specialist for a solutions engineering role on its flagship Aladdin platform. Walker originally joined LSEG in 2018 and has since served as head of equity and fixed income primary markets.

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The TRADE

JULY 29, 2024

Previously he worked as an equities and fixed income trader at James Hambro & Partners and before that as a high touch cash equities trader for Jefferies. He joined Ninety One in 2013 as a client operations analyst, moving into a portfolio implementation role in 2015 and taking up his current role as fixed income trader in 2018.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 5, 2024

Jamie McKenna was appointed vice president, senior global equity trader at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) following almost two decades at GMO trading. His expertise includes equities, ETFs, merger arbitrage spreads, equity swaps, futures, options, and FX.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 8, 2024

Previously, he served as global head of institutional sales at TP ICAP, and before that worked as head of sales EMEA and Asia Pacific at BGC Partners for two years. RBC BlueBay Asset Management equity trader, Michael Tamou, left the asset manager to join Qube Research & Technologies (QRT).

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How2Exit

MAY 16, 2023

Any successful business owner can expand their portfolio and net worth by leveraging their operations through acquisitions. Concept 3: Retain Equity For Semi-Retirement Retaining equity for semi-retirement is a great way for entrepreneurs to transition out of their business while still maintaining some level of involvement and ownership.

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Francine Way

JULY 8, 2017

Many of these causes have their equivalences to the reasons behind the sale of a company (also known as a divestiture): Liquidity: As the equity holding period matured, investors (private equity funds behind companies) will look to sell. So pre-sale planning should be undertaken seriously. Time is not a seller’s friend.

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