PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

In a press release issued Monday (July 1), WEX said its acquisition of Go Fuel Card, the fleet card business of EG Group, is complete, expanding WEX’s presence across the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Partnerships, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are key strategies for WEX to fuel global growth.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

As noted in this space , the entity fashioned by the merger would take its place as the fifth largest retail bank in the country, and with a presence that spans 24 states, and with a combined asset base of about $560 billion. And, generally speaking, the strategy that exists in M&A boils down to a binary choice: build vs. buy.

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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 9, 2024

He brings an unusual background as both an m and a attorney and a derivative specialist at two of the best firms in the world for those spaces. Matt Levine writes The Money Stuff Daily newsletter for Bloomberg. Matt has become this fascinating character in the world of Wall Street research and analysis and commentary. I, I won a prize for.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

billion acquisition of GitHub , the coding website. Marking its largest acquisition since it acquired LinkedIn in 2016 for $26 billion, Microsoft is acquiring GitHub to increase its cloud computing business so it can better take on rival Amazon with its Amazon Web Services. The deal will be decided by the EU by Oct.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

Disintermediating powerful national retail pharmacy chains with a direct-to-consumer (DTC) play on prescriptions is Breese’s obsession, intensified by the extraordinary events of 2020. Their incentives are reversed,” Breese said, referring to lures that drive retail foot traffic into big-box pharmacies to increase purchases. “It’s

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The new combined bank will be the fifth-largest retail bank in the country. DoorDash IPO Filing Shows Expansion Plans Beyond Food. FTC, Lawmakers Turn Sour On M&A; Could Innovation Suffer? Perhaps outright bans on mergers. In today’s top news, PNC will acquire BBVA’s U.S. unit for $11.6 PNC Advances $11.6B

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Planful

APRIL 16, 2021

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can increase market share, but they require big upfront investments. Putting money toward M&A may not necessarily give a company an immediate competitive advantage or a worthwhile ROI. Talent Acquisition. But business debt isn’t always a bad thing.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

What was the original career plan? Michael Fisch : 00:01:39 [Speaker Changed] The original career plan was to be employed and provide a safety net for my mother and my two sisters. They’re one of the older private equity firms around, been been in business since 1994. They run over $27 billion in, in assets.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

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. Jenny Johnson is CEO of investment giant Franklin Templeton. They run about a $1.5 RITHOLTZ: Right.

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

It is the nation’s second largest grocery retailer, but Kroger is not done growing. In an annual investment meeting on Wednesday, Kroger executives said they are taking a fresh look at their acquisitions and mergers (A&M) strategy, pointing out there is $100 billion market potential in companies that are defined as requiring a turnaround.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

With a hostile £4.9bn offer for the United Kingdom’s Just Eat , South African tech conglomerate Naspers has aimed to gate-crash a merger of two of the largest food delivery groups in Europe. Just Eat had already rebuffed the offer privately and advocated for its investors to back a planned merger with Takeaway.com in its place.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

has announced a merger with Home Chef , the country’s largest private meal kit company. The anticipated merger comes on the heels of Home Chef’s 150 percent growth in 2017, $250 million in revenue and two profitable quarters. The Kroger Co. “Customers want convenience, simplicity and a personalized food experience. .

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Also in industry news this week: A recent survey indicates that retirement plan sponsors currently using financial advisors to support their plan are overwhelmingly satisfied with the service they receive, which also leads to improved retirement savings for their employees. Adam is an Associate Financial Planning Nerd at Kitces.com.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2017

Reuters went on to report that Flipkart plans to absorb the employees of Snapdeal but hasn’t said how many of its workers it will keep. A merger between the two Indian eCommerce firms would please SoftBank, granting it a large stake in India’s biggest eCommerce player if an all-equity deal were realized.

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 13, 2021

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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Planful

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In this article, we dive into four areas of capital allocation, exploring why crises like the COVID-19 pandemic are the perfect time to take on certain types of risks (like investing in growth areas and pursuing M&A) and to limit or eliminate shareholder payouts (like dividends and buybacks). How’s cash flowing through the business?

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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

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. I can keep babbling about how fascinating I found this discussion. You graduate Emory University with a degree in finance.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

In today’s top news, Western Union is looking for merger and acquisition opportunities, and Amazon and Simon Property Group are in talks to turn empty department stores into fulfillment centers. Western Union CEO: ‘We’re On An M&A Hunt’. What Overcoming Inertia Tells Us About The Future of Physical Retail.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 25, 2023

He is highly sought after as a counsel in this space, and I’m glad we had the opportunity to finally sit down and talk about the industry. He is highly sought after as a counsel in this space, and I’m glad we had the opportunity to finally sit down and talk about the industry. It’s so great to be here.

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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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

He basically set up a foundation, joined The Giving Pledge, and became very active in both policy and entrepreneurship. 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.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” – this week’s edition kicks off with the news that as part of the ongoing integration between the merged companies, Charles Schwab plans to transition advisors currently on the TD Ameritrade custodial platform to Schwab’s platform over Labor Day weekend 2023.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The merger was tumultuous. And Jamie did a great job of sort of reminding people that the enemy was outside the business, but he quickly uncovered where the merger had not executed the way it meant to. . ~~~ This is Masters in Business with Barry Ritholtz on Bloomberg Radio. Peter Atwater, welcome to Bloomberg.

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