Global Finance

APRIL 5, 2025

Advisers enjoy an uptick in M&As and IPOs despite geopolitical uncertainty; whether 2025 maintains the energy remains to be seen. The global mergers and acquistions (M&A) market might not have fulfilled every dealmakers fantasy of a roaring comeback in 2024. billion acquisition of Kellanova.

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CFO Thought Leader

OCTOBER 29, 2024

At the time, Gronen was vice president of finance, responsible for assessing acquisitions and analyzing their outcomes. Once the board approved the plan, Gronen led efforts to align sales teams and streamline processes. Gronen proposed a strategy to merge the two operations, consolidating efforts to increase profitability.

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E78 Partners

MARCH 21, 2025

These companies are typically acquired through leveraged buyouts, growth investments, or other private equity strategies to enhance their value over time. Depending on the investment strategy, a PortCo may focus on expansion, restructuring, operational improvements, or preparing for an eventual sale or IPO. What Is a PortCo?

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CFO Strategic Partners

APRIL 14, 2025

5 Reasons to Prioritize Financial Literacy Poor financial literacy negatively impacts overall business performance, financial decision-making, fundraising, M&A, and much more. For business leaders, this question is central to long-term success. Let’s take a look at 5 reasons to accelerate your financial learning curve.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

While home sales and consumer spending have slowed since pandemic-related restrictions ended in early 2023, banks have been busy brainstorming, designing, and introducing clever business strategies, investment paths, and customer services to support and reinvigorate their sector. trillion) in assets.

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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 27, 2025

All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here. ~~~ Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio News. This is Masters in business with Barry Ritholtz on Bloomberg Radio Barry Ritholtz : This week on the podcast. What a fascinating guest. Mike Freno is chairman and CEO of Barings. They run over $431 billion in global assets.

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Global Finance

APRIL 5, 2025

BofA also scored big on M&A despite the somewhat subdued activity, serving as the lead financial adviser for the buy side in the $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines by Alaska Air, completed in September 2024. billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines by Alaska Air, completed in September 2024. billion).

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Bramasol

JULY 7, 2025

The media industry is at a crossroads, with streaming services, evolving licensing models, and increasing M&A activity transforming the way content is created, distributed, and consumed. Streaming has driven the need for m ore dynamic content licensing, as platforms must quickly acquire a wide range of content to keep customers engaged.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Jessica is the Founder and Principal for Turkey Hill Management, a mergers & acquisitions consulting firm that assists financial advisors with the sale, acquisition, integration, or merger of their firms. My guest on today's podcast is Jessica Polito.

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CFO Talks

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Navigating Mergers and Acquisitions: A Strategic Guide for CFOs in South Africa Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are powerful tools for growth, diversification, and innovation in today’s competitive business landscape. However, they come with inherent risks and complexities.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

The big deal is now complete: Fiserv announced this morning (July 29) that it has completed its acquisition of First Data Corporation. The two massive firms first inked the deal earlier this year, which will see Fiserv purchase First Data for $22 billion in an all-stock transaction. He also noted that outside the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

market and targeting SME clients through its acquisition of Commonwealth FX. Having acquired Commonwealth, the ability to leverage their licensing structure and sales team to roll out Moneycorp’s transparent, fast, efficient service provision we believe will give us a big advantage for customer acquisition.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Reval offers treasury management solutions that have now become the target of an acquisition. “The acquisition of Reval substantially increases our footprint in treasury cloud services and enriches our product portfolio with leading functionality in risk and hedge accounting,” said ION CEO and Founder Andrea Pignataro.

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Future CFO

JULY 9, 2023

The first quarter of 2023 saw global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity continue to shrink as rising interest rates, high inflation and recession fears dampened deal-making. Despite dwindling deal numbers, lucrative M&A opportunities continue to be available for those with the appetite and eye for lower valuations.

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Walgreens Boots Alliance could be going private in what would be the largest leveraged purchase of a company ever, according to a report by Bloomberg. The previous largest leveraged buyout was the 2007 sale of TXU Corp. The company, which is based in Deerfield, Illinois, has a $55 billion market value and around $16.8

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2018

Kenna said it plans to use the funds to expand its team, focus on sales and continue innovation efforts. -based startups dominated, with investors focusing on cybersecurity solutions and on startups that aim to streamline back-office functions. PYMNTS breaks down the latest deals below. Cybersecurity.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The conversation came against the backdrop of a muted merger landscape. Merger-related activity has been keeping pace at what had been seen in prior years, he said, citing the integration of TCF and Chemical Bank over the summer, for example. But the fear of disruption, perhaps understandably, will light a match to M&A dry powder.

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VCFO

MAY 5, 2022

Below is a summary of the discussion points from all professionals on the ‘ M&A: Preparing for Sale ‘ panel. This article is in collaboration with panelists from the May 2022 Houston TEI Presidents’ Forum Focused Breakfast. Moderator – Michael Landers, Partner, ABIP Advisors | mlanders@abipcpa.com.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 23, 2022

While RIA M&A activity has been red hot during the past couple of years, a survey suggests that advisors are expecting lower valuations in 2023. Why advisors crafting their marketing message might first want to consider whether their target client needs a ‘life raft’ or a ‘sailboat’. He can be reached at [email protected].

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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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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 24, 2023

KLINSKY: I’m a big fan of both of them and a big fan of the JD/MBA program and involved with both schools still today. I’m a big fan of multidisciplinary approaches. He eventually goes to a Forstmann Little where he’s one of the first five founding partners. They grew a business where they issued junk debt.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 14, 2022

But she answers a question, I’m just sitting there dumbfounded by how she’s just like, oh my God, that’s just an absolutely comprehensive explanation about something I had no idea about, and now I feel like I really know. You started your career doing M&A at Goldman Sachs. What was that like?

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

And then somebody convinced me to go into sales and trading, and I decided to do that. RITHOLTZ: Was this a distressed acquisition or — RIEDER: It was. And they took two of us, and I’m not sure how I made it through the strainer. He helps to oversee $2.5 trillion in various investments. And you know, I love markets.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Why RIA M&A activity has slowed down since October and how deal structures could be affected in the current economic environment. Also in industry news this week: The Biden administration has extended the student loan payment pause out to as far as August 31, 2023 amid legal battles over its broader student loan relief plan.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

RITHOLTZ: So, let’s talk a little bit about your career, which began as a reporter, went into M&A banking, and then went back to writing. He is one of the co-founders of Puck. He is a writer for Vanity Fair, for the New York Times, for Bloomberg. It’s deeply researched, deeply reported, and really a very enjoyable read.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In addition to covering Amazon, she is an award-winning reporter who has deep roots in both m and a and retail. I had no idea, as I’m reading the book, I’m just genuinely shocked. We’ve been ships in the night and I’m glad we finally did this. Her new book is really quite fascinating.

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