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Employment Considerations in Portfolio Company Acquisitions

JD Supra: Mergers

When a PE firm acquires a portfolio company (PortCo), one way the PE firm increases its returns is by making employment-related changes—sometimes significant ones—at the PortCo level. A private equity (PE) firm’s primary objective is to generate returns on its investments.

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Cook Medical Sells Lead Management Portfolio to Merit Medical

JD Supra: Mergers

Cook Medical recently announced it is selling its lead management portfolio to Merit Medical. Cook Medical is a medical device manufacturer with a portfolio of products used in lead management procedures, including for patients who need a pacemaker or an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead removed or replaced.

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Latham Texas Private Funds Breakfast Series Fund Portfolio Company Finance

JD Supra: Mergers

This fall, Latham’s Investment Funds Practice provided guidance on financing options and considerations for funds and portfolio companies in the second installment of the Private Funds Breakfast Series.

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How 'quiet luxury' is subtly taking over investor portfolios

CNBC: Investing

Quiet luxury was one of last year's biggest viral fashion trends, but unlike other short-lived fads, this one has made its way into investor portfolios.

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European Digital insurtech startup Getsafe acquires Luko’s German portfolio, reaches 550,000 customers

TechCrunch: M&A

Getsafe, a German-based digital insurtech startup, has acquired the German portfolio of Luko, a French insurtech startup that recently neared insolvency before agreeing to be acquired by British insurer Admiral Group in a transaction that didn’t include its German or Spanish operations.

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FTC sues PE fund and its portfolio company, signaling continued and growing focus on PE funds and roll-up acquisitions

JD Supra: Mergers

On September 21, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a groundbreaking complaint in federal court against PE fund Welsh Carson and its portfolio company, U.S. Anesthesia Partners (USAP), making good on its promise to ramp up enforcement against PE funds and roll-up acquisitions. By: Allen & Overy LLP

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Blackrock says bitcoin will be a good portfolio diversifier despite its recent rally with stocks

CNBC: Investing

Robert Mitchnick, BlackRock's digital assets lead, discusses what bitcoin correlations and risk mean for investors' portfolio construction.

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