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Serent Capital Starts New Fund; Bullish On B2B Payments Category

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The first was the investment in early December of procure-to-pay healthcare payments company Procurement Partners. Fenton said Serent has an advantage in understanding the healthcare vertical. “In Second, he said he sees opportunities in several verticals like healthcare as well as B2B software and services.

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In Eastern Europe’s B2B Arena, Late Payments On The Rise

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However, risk increases as Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) grow, and the report noted that GDP growth is moderating, which means credit risk increases. Late Payments Hit Healthcare, Too. Electronic invoices help matters, stated the companies, as they are able to get paid faster. percent, the highest level since 2011.

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The Security Threat Of Bank-FinTech Collaboration

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million patients may have been exposed, all thanks to a data breach at one of its vendors, healthcare technology provider AccuDoc Solutions. Risk mitigation isn’t a new concept, Simkins noted, but today’s organizations are often unfamiliar with the correct strategies they need to deploy when mitigating third-party cyber risk.

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Transcript: Rick Rieder

Barry Ritholtz

But there are so many tools at your disposal, and let alone how much duration you’re taking, how much interest, how much credit risk you’re taking, illiquidity, et cetera. And how do you make the decision, I’m not comfortable with this credit risk relative to the return it’s going to throw off?

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Transcript: Ted Seides

Barry Ritholtz

The challenge is unlike the S&P 500, hedge funds sit in a box that has underlying credit risk from prime brokers. So the credit markets froze. SEIDES: So it’s Hartford HealthCare. RITHOLTZ: If you’re a long short fund at the very least, and David Einhorn and others very famously were short Lehman Brothers.

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Transcript: Kristen Bitterly Michell

Barry Ritholtz

And so, with this gave me exposure to everything from investment banking to retail, looking at like checking account campaigns, like how do you get more assets in the door to credit risk. And ultimately, to make a very long story short, I fell in love with derivatives. So derivatives were a part where I was very intimidated.

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Small Business Administration Headed For Leadership Change

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Senate passed a bill broadening the SBA’s authority over its Small Business 7(a) loan program that would strengthen its credit risk management office, enhance the SBA’s oversight of lenders and enable full-risk analysis of its small business loan program. Last year, the U.S. District Judge John D.