JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 8, 2024

Private equity is squarely in the cross hairs of regulators; the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, the Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced the launch of a joint inquiry into private equity ownership in the health care field. By: Ballard Spahr LLP

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TechCrunch: M&A

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Zuora, a company selling software to help businesses manage their subscription-based services, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firms GIC and Silver Lake for $1.7 It’ll take Zuora, which is currently publicly traded, private. Tien […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Cautious deployment of M&A war chests while concerns relating to IPO and equity market trading buoyancy continue. Current market: Fewer M&A deals as Europe's FMI tectonic plates digest acquisitions of yesteryear. By: White & Case LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 30, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) push against private equity roll-ups has hit a snag. Judge Hoyt found that the FTC had not adequately alleged that Welsh Carson “is violating” or “is about to violate” antitrust laws, as required under.

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JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) antitrust lawsuit against a private-equity owner of a large anesthesiology practice in Texas demonstrates that the FTC has begun to implement its more aggressive focus on the perceived competitive harms caused by certain “roll-up” acquisition strategies. A recent U.S.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Stuart Lawrence has been appointed head of European equities trading at UBS Asset Management four and a half years after he joined the firm in June 2019. He was most recently head of UK equity trading at UBS Asset Management, having previously served as a high touch equity sales trader at Kepler Cheuvreux.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 8, 2024

On March 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a public workshop titled “Private Capital, Public Impact: An FTC Workshop on Private Equity in Health Care.” The event is part of the agency’s effort to publicize and encourage enforcement targeting private equity investments in health care.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 24, 2024

By now you have probably heard of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s rule to ban most post-employment non-compete agreements.

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The TRADE

MARCH 7, 2024

BlackRock has appointed Nick Craze head of the EMEA equity trading desk following the promotion of Paul Battams to head of international equity trading, The TRADE can reveal. The post BlackRock hires from within for new head of EMEA equity trading appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 14, 2025

Capital markets technology provider Trading Technologies (TT) has moved to enhance its institutional clients visibility and agility in the equities markets with the launch of a new broker ranking system. The system is based on trade data compiled by Abel Noser Solutions which TT acquired in 2023.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 12, 2024

On June 6, 2024, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that he led a multistate coalition of eleven (11) state attorneys general in in submitting a comment letter (the “Comment Letter”) in response to the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 17, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission’s suit alleging U.S. Anesthesia Partners (USAP) and Welsh Carson, a private equity fund that owns 23 percent of USAP and controls two of 14 board seats, engaged in an anticompetitive scheme to acquire and consolidate anesthesia practices in Texas partially survived motions to dismiss by the two defendants.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 29, 2024

In a decision with significant implications for private equity firms and minority investors, on May 13, 2024, the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) suit against a fund of private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (Welsh Carson) that is a minority investor in US Anesthesia (..)

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Named SmartDark, the equities algorithm is designed to enhance institutional execution by prioritising order routing to venues with larger executions and better price stability. The post Liquidnet launches new equities liquidity seeking algorithm appeared first on The TRADE.

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JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Sept. 21, 2023, sued a private equity firm in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas over an alleged decade-long "roll-up" strategy to consolidate anesthesiology practices in Texas. By: Holland & Knight LLP

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 21, 2024

On May 13, a federal district court in Texas dismissed private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (Welsh Carson) from an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The lawsuit, which was originally filed in 2023, alleged that Welsh Carson and co-defendant U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 22, 2024

On 13 May, a federal district court judge dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust case against private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and affiliated entities (Welsh Carson). The FTC’s case alleged that Welsh Carson, along with its portfolio company, US Anesthesia Partners, Inc.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 8, 2024

A recent government initiative announced on March 5, 2024 signals that more antitrust scrutiny for private equity firms and asset managers is on the horizon. By: Paul Hastings LLP

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The TRADE

JANUARY 14, 2025

ION has become registered as an independent software vendor for algorithmic trading on BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange). The development will enable exchange members to use IONs Fidessa algorithmic trading functionality on BSE. In June last year, ION received approval to become an equities trading vendor on BSE.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 12, 2024

On March 6, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (“DOJ”), and the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) (the “Agencies”) announced that they were “launching a cross-government public inquiry into private equity and other corporations’ increasing control over health care.”.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Alecta added that its requirements for the new solution included the ability to trade cross-asset, offer innovative new functionality, and connect to Alecta’s existing order management tool, Order Manager. “We’re seeing increased activity in the Nordic region, with Alecta being the latest client to be live using FlexTRADER.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At the end of September, the Federal Trade Commission sued a private equity firm, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, and U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc. USAP), an anesthesia service provider in Texas, alleging that USAP and Welsh Carson drove up prices through an anticompetitive scheme to consolidate Texas anesthesiology practices.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2023

For the first time, The TRADE is announcing the 2023 Rising Stars of Trading and Execution ahead of the gala awards ceremony, Leaders in Trading on 8 November. The shortlisted candidates will be handed their award during the Rising Stars of Trading and Execution awards ceremony, taking place as part of Leaders in Trading.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 13, 2024

Private equity investment in the health care sector continues to be a significant area of focus for the U.S. On March 5, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a public workshop to “examine the role of private equity investment in health care markets” (the FTC workshop). antitrust agencies.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 8, 2024

The recent Request for Information by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeking input on the effects of private equity (PE) investment in the healthcare sector underscores the importance of an effective compliance program.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 9, 2025

Aviad Axelrod has been named head of fixed income and equities (FIEQ) product for EMEA at BNY within the Global Markets Trading business, effective as of 6 January. He most recently served in an algorithmic trading and execution services role at Stifel Financial.

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The TRADE

APRIL 25, 2025

Deutsche Brse Xetra has further expanded its retail offering with a new ETF trading service. The service applies to all Xetra trading in equities, ETFs and ETPs. The new retail data offering also includes real-time order book depth data of all ETFs and ETPs traded on Xetra.

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JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), under the leadership of Chairperson Lina Khan, has for the past several years signaled its intent to ramp up enforcement of the antitrust laws in the health care and private equity spaces. Last week, the FTC gave teeth to these policy proclamations and sued both U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc.

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The TRADE

APRIL 25, 2025

Chris Jackson has been promoted as Liquidnets new global head of equities, continuing his 10-year tenure with the firm. The move sees London-based Jackson departing from his role as global head of equity strategy and head of equities for EMEA, which he had held since August 2019.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Vincent Hall has joined Citi as an equity trader following two years at Citadel where he served in the same role. He returns to Citi after four years, having previously worked at the firm as associate vice president in emerging markets equity trading. Elsewhere in his career, Hall has also worked at BlackRock as an associate.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 13, 2025

On March 6, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging GTCR BC Holdings, LLC's (GTCR) proposed acquisition of Surmodics, Inc. Surmodics).

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The TRADE

MARCH 5, 2024

BNY Mellon has made two key senior managing director hires into its fixed income and equity sales and trading businesses. Bianca Gould has been appointed head of fixed income and equities EMEA, based in London. Elsewhere, Kathleen Kinsella has joined BNY Mellon as head of US fixed income sales, based in New York.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 14, 2025

UK asset manager Liontrust Asset Management is exploring outsourcing parts of its trading to BNY, according to an update released this morning. Liontrust and BNY declined to comment when reached out to by The TRADE. Liontrusts multi-asset desk was also nominated for the Multi-Asset Trading Desk of the Year at Leaders in Trading 2024.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 8, 2025

TD Securities has appointed Rob Fallon as director of sales trading, based in Dublin. Fallon joins the firm from Deutsche Numis, where he spent the last two years, most recently serving as director of sales trading. The post TD Securities taps Deutsche Numis for new director of sales trading appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Investec Bank is set to launch a new electronic trading platform aimed at facilitating low-touch equity trading, The TRADE can reveal. Investecs market expertise spans the UK and South Africa, and trades in 64 markets from these two regions.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 22, 2025

TMX Group has launched a new US-based alternative trading system (ATS) venue, designed to create a trading environment with enhanced execution quality. The ATS will trade US-listed securities only (Reg NMS), with TMX Group adding that participants will be FINRA-registered broker dealers.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 23, 2024

Omar Darwish has joined fintech pioneer GTN as equity sales trader following a three-and-a-half-year stint at Arqaam Capital. His appointment comes as GTN continues its expansion efforts to build a comprehensive electronic trading and investment platform. The post GTN appoints new equity sales trader appeared first on The TRADE.

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