PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

has said that it was chosen to be ByteDance’s “trusted technology provider” that will take over TikTok's American operations, and Alibaba is considering an investment in Grab. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s announcement on television for Oracle’s victorious bid for TikTok's American operations. Technology Provider’. 14) after U.S.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 11, 2023

Wall Street Journal ) see also Take ‘Potential Winners’ With a Grain of Salt : Investment fads are nothing new, as the Salton Sea’s mid-century boom-turned-bust shows—a timeless lesson. His textbook “ Investment Valuation ” is the standard in the field. class nine times.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 21, 2023

The treasury curve became steeper, but only at the shortest end of the spectrum, with the slope rising for the 2-year, relative to the 3-month, but not at all, when comparing the 10-year to the 2-year rate.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The prospect of tighter monetary policy has prompted investors to shift toward investments that are deemed safer. Valuations of Hong Kong-listed stocks are now quite reasonable, Mr. Ru said, adding that he doesn’t expect China’s internet sector to be hit with major regulatory changes this year. .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

SoftBank Founder and CEO Masayoshi Son is participating in an annual three-day investment forum in Saudi Arabia at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh from Oct. Son’s attendance at the Saudi Future Investment Initiative (FII) will give him an opportunity to network with possible investors for SoftBank’s second technology fund, sources told Reuters.

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Musings on Markets

MARCH 25, 2021

The first has been the steep rise in treasury rates in the last twelve weeks, as investors reassess expected economic growth over the rest of the year and worry about inflation. The Stocks Story As treasury rates have risen in 2021, equity markets have been surprisingly resilient, with stocks up during the first three months.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent. Investment Implications: Asset Classes, Geographies and Companies. The Lead In. to 25% for the Eurozone.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

Not surprisingly, Moneyball has found its way into business and investing as well. Mean Reversion works, until it does not : Much of investing over the last century in the US has been built on betting on mean reversion, i.e. that things revert back to historical norms, sooner rather than later.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 19, 2022

In a post at the start of 2021 , I argued that while stocks entered the year at elevated levels, especially on historic metrics (such as PE ratios), they were priced to deliver reasonable returns, relative to very low risk free rates (with the treasury bond rate at 0.93% at the start of 2021). The year that was.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

In today’s top digital-first banking news, clients of BBVA subsidiary Simple Bank are reportedly getting emails telling them that Simple is closing and the intent is to move them to BBVA, while the Treasury Department announced that stimulus Visa debit cards are being mailed to homes. The MetaBank, N.A.-issued

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Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In a third post on July 1, 2022 , I pointed to inflation as a key culprit in the retreat of risk capital, i.e., capital invested in the riskiest segments of every market, and presented evidence of the impact on risk premiums (bond default spreads and equity risk premiums) in markets.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered FinTech Software as a Service (SaaS) firm HighRadius raised $125 million in a Series B growth funding round, giving it a unicorn valuation, the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. Griffith added that backing HighRadius aligns with ICONIQ’s dedication to investing in top technology firms. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered FinTech Software as a Service (SaaS) firm HighRadius raised $125 million in a Series B growth funding round, giving it a unicorn valuation, the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. Griffith added that backing HighRadius aligns with ICONIQ’s dedication to investing in top technology firms. “We

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

billion acquisition of treasury management technology firm Kyriba , according to Private Equity News reports on Monday (March 25). The deal would mark a significant increase in valuation for the firm, which was valued at about $350 million in 2017, when Sumeru Equity Partners provided $45 million in growth equity for the firm. (At

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Musings on Markets

MAY 6, 2022

Inflation: The Full Story I wrote my first post on this blog in 2008, and inflation merited barely a mention until 2020, though it is an integral component of investing and valuation. Investors who are old enough to remember the 1970s point to it as a decade of high inflation, but that is only with the benefit of hindsight.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 27, 2022

The treasury curve became steeper, but only at the shortest end of the spectrum, with the slope rising for the 2-year, relative to the 3-month, but not at all, when comparing the 10-year to the 2-year rate.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 12, 2023

To put risk capital in perspective, it is best to start with a definition of risk that is comprehensive and all-inclusive, and that is to think of risk as a combination of danger (downside) and opportunity (upside) and to consider how investments vary in terms of exposure to both.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Hong Kong’s WeLab still won’t reveal its valuation after securing another major funding round. The non-bank financial company said it will use the investment to expand its loan product portfolio across India and to invest in technology. Alternative Lending. B2B payments. B2B eCommerce.

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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 24, 2023

Noahpinion ) see also Janet Yellen Dismisses Minting $1 Trillion Coin to Avoid Default : Treasury Secretary says the Federal Reserve would likely not agree to such a scheme. My Two-for-Tuesday morning train WFH reads: • The Fiscal Arsonists : Please stop playing weird political games with the U.S. fiscal system.

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Musings on Markets

MARCH 19, 2022

Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent. to 25% for the Eurozone. lower than the traded value of 4766.

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Simply Treasury

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Taking an assured dry loss or preferring an investment with relative positive returns and limited volatility is a real strategic choice to consider. Some have already invested in long-term. Investment in longer bonds has been tested and became now unproductive. Isn't it time to completely revisit your investment policy?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

3), the services offered from the TD Wealth Management for Healthcare Practitioners group include access to senior private bankers, investment managers, financial planners and lending specialists with expertise in the healthcare industry. Announced in a press release on Monday (Dec.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 8, 2022

Not surprisingly, Moneyball has found its way into business and investing as well. Mean Reversion works, until it does not : Much of investing over the last century in the US has been built on betting on mean reversion, i.e. that things revert back to historical norms, sooner rather than later.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

In every introductory finance class, you begin with the notion of a risk-free investment, and the rate on that investment becomes the base on which you build, to get to expected returns on risky assets and investments. What is a risk free investment?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The move came as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned that Chinese firms that wanted to be listed on U.S. Prior to the scandal, Luckin had been the first company since the year 2000 to reach a $3 billion valuation within 24 months of listing, according to CNBC. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in August.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

PYMNTS takes a look at those cybersecurity firms, plus a few of the treasury management, blockchain and logistics firms that also grabbed fresh funding. Backers at Meritech Capital Partners and Lead Edge Capital led the Series D investment round, according to TechCrunch news, while Index Ventures and Workday also participated.

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Future CFO

APRIL 13, 2023

Ultimately, it is the CFO’s decision to invest for this unknown turn in the bend. PwC says M&A tends to slow during times of uncertainty or market volatility—but those can be precisely the times when valuations become more attractive and opportunity knocks. narrow to treasury) How does this compare to the previous 3 years?

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 11, 2023

Country Risk: Drivers and Measures. An investment in Nigeria or Turkey clearly exposes a firm or investor to more risks than an otherwise similar investment in Germany or Canada, but why? As a final part to this post, to see the shifts in country risk that we have seen in 2022, let’s start with an assessment of risk free rates.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The $20 trillion in corporate payments done through paper checks represents a staggeringly large greenfield opportunity – and there is any number of ways to modernize B2B interactions (and corporate treasury activities in lockstep). And though valuations may be stretched, fundamentals are indeed sound. That’s where the market’s going.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

The company had initially aimed to raise 700,000 pounds ($881,000) at a valuation of 12 million pounds ($15.1 The aim of Coconut is to offer micro-business accounting services and have their assets as well as funds be more effective through the help of smart treasury management. million pounds ($3.15 It notched 1.8 million pounds ($2.27

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Avrios said it will use the investment to further develop its fleet management platform that supports employees’ mobility needs. The company plans to deploy its new funding to strengthen its core product offering, as well as to invest in sales and marketing. XTransfer already operates in China, Hong Kong, the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2017

B2B FinTech saw one of its most stellar funding weeks in a while, led, of course, by the high-profile Bill.com investment. But that wasn’t the only — or even the largest — investment round confirmed. Treasury Management. Seed funding for this treasury management startup will help the company scale internationally.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 17, 2023

  The transcript from this week’s MiB: Graeme Forster, Orbis Investments , is below. Barry Ritholtz] This week on the podcast, I have an extra special guest, Graham Foster’s pm at Orbis Investment Management. They have a truly unique approach to investing. Is that poker, is that investing sounds like both.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2019

Kyriba , the cloud treasury and finance services company, announced on Thursday (April 11) that it closed a $160 million growth round of funding led by Bridgepoint, the private equity firm. In a press release , Kyriba said the investment gives Bridgepoint a majority stake in the company and values Kyriba at $1.2

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

From pre-Series A funding to late-stage investment rounds, ranging from a modest $1 million to the week’s high point of $88 million, backers showed their versatility. million funding round from British Business Bank Investments (BBBI). Treasury Management. Praetura announced a $23.3 Enterprise Security.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 1, 2022

To put risk capital in perspective, it is best to start with a definition of risk that is comprehensive and all-inclusive, and that is to think of risk as a combination of danger (downside) and opportunity (upside) and to consider how investments vary in terms of exposure to both.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

The bank offers corporate banking, retail banking, treasury management, capital markets, credit cards and wealth management services in a range of consumer and corporate offerings. percent owned by CIBC Investments, a unit of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. seeking $100 million in share sales. The bank is 91.7 The bank is 91.7

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