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Four Techniques Companies Use To Advance In Today’s New Economic Environment

The Finance Weekly

Earlier this year, Oracle identified four repeating techniques that the most ambitious and inventive organizations have used to obtain a competitive advantage and achieve significant development: business model innovation; mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, accelerate the financial close, and developing a risk-aware culture.

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Global M&A demonstrated surprising resilience in 2019

Future CFO

M&A activity was surprisingly resilient in 2019 though volatile economic activity led many executives to adopt recession footing, said Bain & Company recently. . While the number of 2019 deals ended 2% lower than 2018 levels, final corporate M&A deal value last year reached $3.4

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Deutsche Bank’s CEO Says Current Banking Laws Hurt Cross-Border M&A

PYMNTS

The executive noted that the pressure for banks to consolidate via mergers and acquisitions is only going to increase. Under my leadership, this aspiration won’t be questioned,” he said. During the presentation, Deutsche CEO Sewing argued that Europe doesn’t need lots of banks — Europe just needs strong banks.

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Lightspeed Buys Restaurant POS Upserve To Strengthen Hospitality Offering

PYMNTS

The merger between the two companies will expedite product innovation and help advance the analytics-driven commerce platform of Lightspeed. Lightspeed was already seeing growth after its listing on the New York Stock Exchange, the release stated, along with its acquisition of cloud commerce provider ShopKeep.

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Fed Chairman Concerned Over Shrinking Bank Market

PYMNTS

Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve released new data that found the average merger review time for deals in the banking sector declined to 3.8 The average merger review time at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) declined between 2016 and 2018, too, reports in The Wall Street Journal said.

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PodChats for FutureCFO: Managing capital in times of persistent instability

Future CFO

Amid the continuing uncertainties, including socio-economic and geo-political disagreements, businesses remain constant in their one agenda for 2023 – growth. M&As in times of crises On the topic of M&A, S&P reports suggest that overall APAC saw a decline of 11% in deal volume and 24% in transaction value in 2022.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Dec 10-11) 2022

CFO News Room

Recruitment has become the top concern for RIAs, according to a Charles Schwab survey, outpacing client acquisition through referrals and other priorities for the first time in the history of the study. The key questions aspiring partners can ask themselves to determine whether becoming a partner in their firm is the right course for them.