Global Finance

APRIL 5, 2025

Best Investment Bank: BofA Securities Against the backdrop of a thriving year for global stock markets and increased activity in the debt spectrum, Bank of America (BofA) Securities managed to catapult its global operations to capture an impressive 43% year-over-year jump in investment banking fees as of the fourth quarter of 2024.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Private equitys $2 trillion pile of cash is set to fuel M&A opportunities in 2025. Often referred to as dry powder, this cash pile has been accumulating since the last big global mergers-and-acquisitions blowout, in 2021, when volume reached a whopping $5.9 trillion, according to Dealogic. trillion, according to Dealogic.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 27, 2025

He began with a single restaurant, a single cookie store, and eventually parlayed that into a series of acquisitions, mergers, expansions, ultimately leading to the Panera Bread concept, which now has 2000 locations and does about six and a half billion dollars. Ron Shake is a legend in the fast casual dining space. It was a business.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 20, 2025

And the firm is really a very interesting mix of quantitative value-based and factor-based investing. People ask how does that relate to investing? So I’m a happy camper. How did that background help when it comes to modeling portfolios or applying those methods of statistical analysis to investing?

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Future CFO

JANUARY 31, 2023

Global M&A activity will likely rise in the second half of 2023 as investors and executives look to balance short-term risks with their long-term business transformation strategies, said PwC recently when releasing its PwC’s 2023 Global M&A Industry Trends Outlook.

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Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Corporate treasury professionals are reassessing investment strategies to stay agile and conserve cash amid interest rate shifts and geopolitical uncertainty. A sense of nervousness amid ongoing global disruption pervades strategic thinking across global treasury functions. It’s a predicament that started to emerge as far back as 2018.

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Global Finance

JUNE 10, 2024

Strong Bank, Weak Lending The reforms that followed the financial 2008-2009 crisis fixed the banking system, spurring a multitude of acquisitions that has sharply reduced the number of institutions and made the industry more stable, says Juan Dolado, professor of economics at Carlos III University in the Madrid’s greater metropolitan area.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a faster decline in M&A activity across Asia Pacific countries and globally during Q3 2020 than the global financial crisis of 2007-2008, but APAC’s M&A scene rebounded faster, said EY recently when releasing results of its research on Q3 2020 M&A activity in the region.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 15, 2020

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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Corporate Finance Associates

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The report below gives a good overview of the Fall 2021 M&A activity in the Metal Fabrication Industry Sector. The increasing investments in major end users of automotive, aerospace, and military industries, will propel the growth in the global sheet metal fabrication services market. Posted by Jim Zipursky. The author is jimz.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Welcome back to the 313th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today’s podcast is John Stokes. John is the founder and CEO of John Stokes Financial, a hybrid advisory firm based in Irvine, California that oversees more than $400 million in assets under management*, for 1,800 client households.

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Future CFO

JULY 22, 2021

Global deal values was in excess of US$1 trillion per quarter over the past 12 months as the first six months of 2021 saw record levels of dealmaking both in terms of deal volumes and values, said PwC recently when releasing its Global M&A Industry Trends: 2021 mid-year outlook. The pursuit of strategic advantage is powering deals.

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Global Finance

MAY 10, 2024

After years of lackluster growth, foreign direct investment is growing. As recent history has consistently demonstrated, there is nothing more certain than uncertainty. Manufacturing shows promising signs of recovery while nearshoring and friendshoring in new markets are becoming stronger trends. At an estimated $1.37

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They’re one of the older private equity firms around, been been in business since 1994. They run over $27 billion in, in assets. Then I think you’re gonna find this to be a fascinating conversation. 00:01:24 [Michael Fisch] Thank you Barry. It’s a pleasure to be here. You get a Stanford MBA. What was the original career plan?

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Planful

APRIL 16, 2021

Investing in business growth now can help you inform future decisions. Some growth investments aren’t necessarily competitive drivers. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can increase market share, but they require big upfront investments. Talent Acquisition. Cloud-based Technology.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 4, 2023

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.

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Corporate Finance Associates

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The report below gives a good overview of the Fall 2021 M&A activity in the Food and Beverage Industry Sector. However, higher commodity prices and continuous supply chain disruptions are forcing food and beverage brands, manufacturers, and retailers to develop new strategies to safeguard profits while retaining market share.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

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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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Revolution is the outgrowth of his family office that does everything from seed to venture, to growth investing. Revolution is the outgrowth of his family office that does everything from seed to venture, to growth investing. He was instrumental in getting a number of very positive policy actions passed over the past decade.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

And this is everything from securitized credit cards to investing and and beyond. The merger was tumultuous. . ~~~ This is Masters in Business with Barry Ritholtz on Bloomberg Radio. Barry Ritholtz : This week on the podcast, I have a special guest. I found this to be an absolutely fascinating conversation. How did your career begin?

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

BARRY RITHOLTZ, HOST, MASTERS IN BUSINESS: This week on the podcast, I have an extra special guest, Bill Cohan is a fixture on Wall Street for a long time, both as an investment banker at Lazard Freres and eventually Merrill and JPMorgan Chase, as well as an author. RITHOLTZ: So, you ended up becoming an investment banker.

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The Big Picture

JULY 8, 2025

She’s now Chief Investment officer of Citibank’s Citi Wealth, which runs, you know, something like a trillion dollars. The breadth and depth of her experience makes her uniquely situated to be a chief investment officer. The breadth and depth of her experience makes her uniquely situated to be a chief investment officer.

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