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Merger Control in a Changing Global Context: Four Key Themes for Dealmakers

JD Supra: Mergers

- What is new: Merger control is becoming increasingly more complex as policy and geopolitical priorities shift across the globe. - Why it matters: These developments increase the unpredictability of multijurisdictional merger reviews, but can also introduce new opportunities for dealmakers. - How to navigate: Adopt a holistic cross-border strategy in line with the agencies’ priorities, anticipate the contours of potential remedies where appropriate and align transaction timelines to effectively

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Colliers completes acquisition of Astris Finance

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

TORONTO and WASHINGTON, D.C., July 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global diversified professional services and investment management company, Colliers (NASDAQ, TSX: CIGI), announced today it has completed its previously announced acquisition of a controlling interest in Astris Infrastructure, LLC (“Astris Finance”), a global investment banking firm specializing in infrastructure and energy transition.

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The Art of M&A: How to Identify and Execute Strategic Deals

Sun Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) often conjure images of corporate battles and cutthroat competition. However, when approached strategically, M&A can be a powerful tool for driving growth, innovation, and long-term success. This post will explore identifying and executing successful M&A deals, highlighting their positive impact on businesses.

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UBS and LSEG unveil multi-year data and analytics partnership

The TRADE

UBS and the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) have signed a multi-year strategic partnership which will see the bank adopt LSEG’s full suite of data and analytics solutions. Sergio Ermotti Specifically, the suite will be applied across asset classes, business franchises and the trade lifecycle at UBS. Sergio Ermotti, chief executive at UBS, said: “this expanded partnership reflects our shared commitment to innovation, efficiency, and delivering differentiated value to our clients.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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From Searcher to Sponsor: How to Buy a $22m Business | Yan Vinarskiy Interview

How2Exit

From Searcher to Sponsor: How to Buy a $22m Business | Yan Vinarskiy Interview - Watch Here About the Guest: Yan Venki is a first-generation American and a former management consultant turned operator. He successfully acquired Floor Guard, a $22M manufacturing business, after pivoting from a traditional SBA search to a more complex independent sponsor deal.

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Industry Consolidation Through M&A: Benefits for Middle-Market Companies

PCE

Industry consolidation via M&A is accelerating, especially in fragmented or mature markets. This guide explains the five key drivers, highlights real-world examples, and explores why M&A is a powerful growth strategy for middle-market companies. Learn how consolidation can help you scale, improve margins, and stay competitive.

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FOCUS Investment Banking Represents Richardson Saw & Lawnmower in its Sale to Graycliff Partners

Focus Investment Banking

FOCUS Investment Banking Represents Richardson Saw & Lawnmower in its Sale to Graycliff Partners Washington, DC (July 22, 2025) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment bank providing merger, acquisition, and corporate finance services, is pleased to announce that Richardson Saw & Lawnmower (“Richardson”), a leading provider of outdoor power equipment and services, has been acquired by Graycliff Partners (“Graycliff”), a New York-based private equity firm

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Bloomberg builds out leveraged loan indices to European and global markets

The TRADE

Bloomberg has expanded its leveraged loan index offering and data solutions for European and global markets in a bid to provide greater investor insight into the fixed income market. Jasvinder Singh The expansion builds of Bloomberg’s interconnected syndicated loans solutions and includes the launch of the Bloomberg European Leveraged Loan Index and the Bloomberg Global Leveraged Loan Index, both of which were built with BVAL, Bloomberg’s evaluated pricing service.

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Sellers Have All the Leverage in 2025

Sun Acquisitions

An unusual confluence of events has created serious strategic advantages for business sellers. Smart owners are taking notice and heading for the exits before the window closes. The morning alarm bell rings and you’re getting ready to face another cascade of emails, vendor problems, and employee drama. Add in the pressures of payroll, insurance premiums and quarterly projections, and heading for the exit has never looked so good.

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Is Self-Serve Due Diligence Possible?

Beyond M&A

Technically? Yes. Strategically? Not Really. Let’s cut to it. Yes — it’s entirely possible for a company to prepare itself for due diligence. You can gather data. Fill in the gaps. Build a pack. Use checklists. Even run internal reviews. But in the UK, that isn’t enough. We operate in a “buyer beware” legal environment. So when it comes to real diligence, the investor (or buyer) has to critically assess your business for themselves.

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Top 3 Banking Secrets to Stay Relevant with Gen Z Consumers

Speaker: Brian Muse-McKenney, Chief Revenue Officer & Matt Simester, Cards and Payments Expert

In today’s world of social media, dating apps, and remote work, businesses risk becoming irrelevant (or getting "ghosted") if they fail to meet the evolving needs of Gen Z consumers. Credit cards with flexible payment options, especially for young adults with little-to-no credit history, are a particularly important and valuable solution for this generation.

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Delaware Rulings on Ambiguity, Materiality and Damages in M&A Indemnification Provisions Highlight the Importance of Careful Drafting

JD Supra: Mergers

Delaware courts are frequently called upon to interpret indemnification provisions linked to representations and warranties, which serve as potential remedies for losses, dictating when and how one party must make whole the other. Transaction parties often heavily negotiate indemnification provisions because they are valuable mechanisms for allocating risks and transaction costs.

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FOCUS Investment Banking Named a Top 25 Lower Middle Market Investment Bank by Axial for Q2 2025

Focus Investment Banking

FOCUS Investment Banking Named a Top 5 Lower Middle Market Investment Bank by Axial for Q2 2025 Washington, DC, (July 25, 2025) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”) is proud to announce that it has been ranked the #2 investment bank on Axial’s Top 25 Lower Middle Market Investment Banks for the second quarter of 2025. This recognition underscores FOCUS’s continued leadership, strength in deal execution, and deep relationships across the lower middle market.

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The rebundling conundrum

The TRADE

In May, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) implemented new rules allowing fund managers to pay for research with a joint payment option, essentially allowing for the ‘bundling’ together of payments for trade execution and research. This followed the FCA’s July 2024 decision to re-introduce an optional element of rebundling for Mifid investment firms, with the UK buy-side able to facilitate joint payments for third-party research and execution services.

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Morgan Stanley's highest conviction picks into earnings

CNBC: Investing

Take a look at five of Morgan Stanley's 13 highest conviction plays ahead of corporate earnings reports.

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Predictions You Can Rely On: How Data Drives Successful Financial Forecasting

Speaker: Robbie Bhathal, Founder & CEO, and Matthew Acalin, Head of Credit Intelligence

In today's volatile financial environment, how confident are you in your company’s financial forecasting? To get the most accurate cash predictions that will lead to long-term financial survival, real-time data is critical. Innovative cash management strategies can lead to better credit opportunities, more sustainable growth, and long-term financial prosperity.

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Exit volume remains healthy, despite a cautious M&A environment

Private Equity Info

Skip to content Solutions Investment Bankers Private Equity Investors Consultants & Advisors Executive Recruiters Business Owners Features Data Pricing Blog Newsletter Login Request a free trial Investment Trends Exit volume remains healthy, despite a cautious M&A environment Posted July 25, 2025 by Divya Ravikumar We recently highlighted that thousands of PE-backed companies appear ripe for exit , supported by a key metric: the median holding period.

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Don’t Call It a Comeback: A Decade Later, the Corwin Doctrine Still Packs a Knockout Punch

JD Supra: Mergers

The Delaware Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings LLC1 reshaped the landscape of merger and acquisition litigation by establishing a powerful defense for Delaware companies. Under the Corwin doctrine, a transaction will not be subject to the entire fairness standard of review if it is approved by a fully informed, uncoerced majority of disinterested stockholders — the transaction is insulated by the business judgment rule, leaving only claims of waste (which rarely.

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Retirement, Voluntary Or Mandatory…There Are More Options

H. Friedman Search

You’ve walked the beach, waded in the water, sifted sand through your toes, and reality has finally struck: you’re retired. You have heard about it, planned for it, and now you’re experiencing it; however, it’s not what you thought. You’re itching to get back into the game. Can you? If There Is A Will, Is There A Way? For many new retirees, the above scenario is not off base.

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CLS redesigns CLSClearedFX service to enhance settlement offering

The TRADE

Market infrastructure group CLS has unveiled its newly redesigned CLSClearedFX service, in a bid to provide a consolidated settlement model for central counterparties and their clearing members. Tharidu Gamwara The redesign builds on CLSClearedFX’s current platform, a payment-versus-payment settlement service allowing CCPs and clearing members to settle clear FX and derivative trades while simultaneously mitigating risk.

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Enhance Customer Value: Unleash Your Data’s Potential

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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Investor Dan Niles' favorite picks for the rest of earnings season

CNBC: Investing

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Investors See Few Alternatives to U.S. Treasuries. Could Europe Make One?

The New York Times: Banking

As President Trump’s chaotic economic policies provoke questions about U.S. stability, a proposal for European countries to issue joint debt has drawn attention.

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Signed, Sealed…but Contaminated: Mitigating Environmental Risks in M&A

JD Supra: Mergers

Environmental-related risks in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions shouldn’t just be a technical concern for legal and compliance teams—they should also be a board-level consideration. Whether stemming from legacy contamination, pending regulatory scrutiny, or stakeholder pressure, these risks have the potential to derail deals, trigger shareholder litigation, and be the catalyst for breach of fiduciary duty suits against directors and officers.

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Transom Capital and SigmaTron International Announce Expiration of Tender Offer

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

LOS ANGELES and ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill., July 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Transom Capital Group, LLC (“Transom”) and SigmaTron International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGMA) (“SigmaTron”), today announced that the tender offer to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Shares”) of SigmaTron at a purchase price of $3.02 per Share, net to the stockholder in cash without interest and less any required tax withholding (the “Offer”), expired as scheduled at

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Deliver Mission Critical Insights in Real Time with Data & Analytics

In the fast-moving manufacturing sector, delivering mission-critical data insights to empower your end users or customers can be a challenge. Traditional BI tools can be cumbersome and difficult to integrate - but it doesn't have to be this way. Logi Symphony offers a powerful and user-friendly solution, allowing you to seamlessly embed self-service analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting directly into your applications.

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Marex to acquire Winterflood Securities from Close Brothers in £100 million deal

The TRADE

Marex is set to acquire UK equity market maker Winterflood Securities from Close Brothers in a cash deal valued at approximately £103.9 million. Ian Lowitt The acquisition is expected to support the growth of Marex’s UK cash equities business, as well as expanding its services to UK institutional clients through offering a broader range of products, in particular among the asset and wealth management sectors.

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Here's what Wall Street thinks about Tesla's second-quarter results

CNBC: Investing

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He Placated Regulators to Buy Paramount. But Can He Fix the Business?

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

Paramount’s cable business has cratered. The news division is in turmoil. A.I. is coming for movies. And those are just the obvious challenges facing David Ellison as he takes control.

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[Video] LathamTECH in Focus: Navigating National Security: The Impact of FDI Reviews on Tech M&A

JD Supra: Mergers

In this episode of LathamTECH in Focus, Silicon Valley partner Tessa Bernhardt examines the global scrutiny on tech M&A deals involving advanced technologies like AI, highlighting how the intersection of highly regulated industries and cross-border regulatory challenges are reshaping national security reviews.

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Using Data & Analytics for Improving Healthcare Innovation and Outcomes

In the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, delivering data insights to end users or customers can be a significant challenge for product managers, product owners, and application team developers. The complexity of healthcare data, the need for real-time analytics, and the demand for user-friendly interfaces can often seem overwhelming. But with Logi Symphony, these challenges become opportunities.

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ButcherJoseph & Co. Welcomes Thomas Dudley as Director in ESOP Advisory Practice

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

ST. LOUIS, July 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Saint Louis, MO, July 2025 – ButcherJoseph & Co. (“ButcherJoseph”) a boutique investment banking firm specializing in ESOPs and strategic corporate finance solutions, is pleased to welcome Thomas Dudley as a Director in its ESOP Advisory practice.

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People Moves Monday: SIX, Marex, Liquidnet and more…

The TRADE

SIX Adam Matuszewski has rejoined SIX as managing director and part of the management committee for exchanges, following a year-long stint at Citadel Securities, The TRADE can reveal.   London-based Matuszewski returns to SIX after having previously left in February 2024 following a 10-year tenure with the firm.   During his time at the exchange, he served as head of equities and executive director, as well as covering various product management roles in equities.

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JPMorgan downgrades Procter & Gamble as worries grow over consumer spending

CNBC: Investing

JPMorgan downgraded Procter & Gamble to neutral from overweight ahead of the company's next quarterly earnings report.

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U.S. firms are growing investments in Europe

Private Equity Info

Cross-border private equity deal flow between the U nited States and Europe has generally trended up for the past two decades. U.S. private equity firms make more investments in European portfolio companies than the other way around.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?