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Event-Driven Hedge Funds: The Best Home for Bankers Turned Investors?

Mergers and Inquisitions

“Event-driven hedge funds” is one of the more confusing labels in finance. But the other problem is that all hedge funds are “event-driven” because they invest based on catalysts , or specific events that could change a security’s price. If this fund is right, the company’s price may increase by 50%.

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10-23-2023 Newsletter: Why Take-Private Dealmaking Remains Attractive for PE Investors

OfficeHours

Like a typical leveraged buyout, this can be achieved by selling the company to another private entity or PE firm or taking the company public once again through an IPO. According to S&P Global, the S&P fell 18.11% in 2022 amid surging inflation, rising interest rates, and an overall uncertain global outlook.

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Why Take-Private Dealmaking Remains Attractive for PE Investors

OfficeHours

Like a typical leveraged buyout, this can be achieved by selling the company to another private entity, or another PE firm, or taking the company public once again through an IPO. According to S&P Global, the S&P fell 18.11% in 2022 amid surging inflation, rising interest rates, and an overall uncertain global outlook.

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Covid-19 and US Venture Capital in 2020

InvestmentBank.com

Jonathan Simnett from corporate law firm Hampleton Partners was reported saying, “[t]he brakes have been slammed on funding until investors are able to create maps to navigate uncharted territory” [4]. Second, the IPO market, a key exit avenue for VC investments, proved increasingly strong and resilient throughout the year.

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M&A Blog #12 – sell-side acquisition (preparation)

Francine Way

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.

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Do You Need An Insurance Agency Investment Bank?

Sica Fletcher

This experience has revealed that there's a common misunderstanding around what an ‘investment bank’ is and what an ‘investment banker’ actually does. Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014.

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Skills an Undergraduate should have to start a career towards Investment Banking

Wizenius

Financial Statements: Master the concepts of Balance Sheet, P&L, and Cash Flow statement. Dig deeper into articles related to Equity markets, IPOs, M&As, Private Equity Fundings, and Startups. As a BBA graduate or any undergraduate, you have the advantage of time! Time is on your side, so make the most of it.