JD Supra: Mergers

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Financial Conduct Authority has published a final report commissioned from Europe Economics to evaluate the potential impacts of implementing a pre-trade equities consolidated tape in the U.K., together with an update responding to the findings of the report. By: A&O Shearman

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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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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

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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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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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

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 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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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

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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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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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 22, 2025

We sometimes get questions about why we dont offer an equity research course. People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills. IB is all about deals , while ER is all about coverage.

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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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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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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

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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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 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

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 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

MARCH 6, 2024

Paul Battams has been named head of international equity trading at BlackRock following 23 years with the firm according to an announcement on social media. Prior to joining Barclays as equity derivative trader in 2009, Battams was an equity trader at Barclays Global Investors for 11 years.

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Financial Times - Banking

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Numbers for fixed-income and equities trading expected to surpass 2022 when invasion of Ukraine rocked markets

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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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The TRADE

JANUARY 4, 2024

Institutional investors, asset managers and hedge funds are invited to rate the service, features and capabilities of their algo providers in The TRADE’s 2024 Algorithmic Trading Survey. We encourage providers of algorithmic trading to support client participation. To participate in the survey, please click here.

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The TRADE

JULY 12, 2024

Rikki Corbyn has left State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) following 11 and a half years with the firm, The TRADE has learnt. Most recently, Corbyn served as equity and derivatives trader, vice president at SSGA, focused on the EMEA region, having joined the desk in December 2016.

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 9, 2023

To know if the buyside is right for you, let’s start with a textbook understanding of “What is private equity?” Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). Strategic thinking skills are essential.

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