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IPOs are heating up again. Here's why Warren Buffett thinks they are a bad investment idea

CNBC: Investing

The legendary investor, with a keen eye for value, thinks that bargains rarely exist in the IPO market.

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Sports Investment Banking: How to Win the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the Same Year

Mergers and Inquisitions

This partially explains why sports investment banking has become a hot field, with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs launching their own sports coverage groups. We’ll do a full breakdown of the sector here, but as usual, we need to start with the definitions, trends, and drivers: Table Of Contents What is Sports Investment Banking?

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Tech Funding, IPOs are Less Frequent in 2024

JD Supra: Mergers

SAN DIEGO COUNTY – The number of venture capital dollars flowing to Greater San Diego technology companies is becoming less frequent in 2024, a trend mirroring national investment activity that appears to favor bigger bets at the expense of more frequent ones.

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Sector trends - September 2024: Payments

JD Supra: Mergers

Equity and debt cheques from financial sponsors fuel growth, with investment committee appetite across the full spectrum from Seed through to late stage / pre-IPO. The payments sector bucks the trend on IPOs. Current market: M&A activity levels retain a monumental high. By: White & Case LLP

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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SPAC Litigation Mid-Year Update: Delaware Opens the Gates

JD Supra: Mergers

With SPAC IPOs virtually gone but SPAC mergers (aka de-SPACs) continuing at a steady pace since the beginning of the year, the questions around getting a deal done boil down to the following: How and where can companies get financing now that the PIPE (private investment in public equity) market has dried up?

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SEC Slaps SPAC for Hiding Preliminary M&A Talks: Lessons for Other Public Companies

JD Supra: Mergers

On January 25, 2024, the SEC announced the settlement of cease-and-desist proceedings against Northern Star Investment Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).

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