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Transcript: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton

Barry Ritholtz

Jenny Johnson is CEO of investment giant Franklin Templeton. Just an incredible, insightful conversation about how to build a company, how to grow through acquisitions, how to make sure everybody on your team understands their role, is appreciated, and is acting and performing at the highest levels. They run about a $1.5

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New FDI rules in the Benelux: a brief analysis from a Law and Economics perspective

Corporate Finance Lab

On November 30 2022, the Belgian federal government and the governments of the federated entities adopted the cooperation agreement on the Belgian foreign direct investment screening mechanism. This adds Belgium to the list of EU Member States that have recently tightened their rules on foreign direct investment (FDI).

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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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In A Seller’s Market, Entrepreneurs Find Opportunity In M&A

PYMNTS

As small businesses embrace a strengthening economy, there is another reason for entrepreneurs to be optimistic: Some advisors say it’s the best M&A market they have ever seen, certainly in recent years, and even small business owners who aren’t yet ready to retire are looking to take advantage.

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Transcript: Kathleen McCarthy

Barry Ritholtz

in Western Europe, in Asia, India, Japan, this is just a tour de force education on how to invest in global real estate. You started your career doing M&A at Goldman Sachs. MCCARTHY: — and end up in M&A on Wall Street. That’s really an astonishing return. Kathleen has been with Blackstone since 2010.

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Tech Cos Making M&A Deals Amid Pandemic

PYMNTS

This represents the fastest pace of acquisitions and strategic investments since 2015. The transactions come as some lawmakers have called for more scrutiny and a pause on mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Two years ago it was valued at $3.2 billion, FT reported. . Last month, Facebook closed a $5.7

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Transcript: Ken Kencel

Barry Ritholtz

You start at Drexel in the M&A group, what was that, like? And I got the opportunity to work with some really interesting folks who continue today to be involved in private equity and private credit, and then see them all the time and I’m very proud of that time. This is really a fascinating story. It was a great time.