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Starboard takes a stake in Tripadvisor. How the activist may bolster value

CNBC: Investing

Activist Commentary: Starboard is a very successful activist investor and has extensive experience helping companies focus on operational efficiency and margin improvement. A sale of the company is not Starboard's agenda here, but the firm is an economic animal with a fiduciary duty to its investors.

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Automattic acquires relationship manager Clay to add an identity layer to online tools

TechCrunch: M&A

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Clay had so far raised over $9 million in venture capital from investors like General Catalyst and Forerunner Ventures. The tool will continue to be supported and will later be integrated with other Automattic products, like Beeper. Prior to her work as a reporter, Sarah worked in I.T.

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TSCP and Cequel III take controlling stake in DDC Capital Technology

PE Hub

Co-founders Chris Orlando and Mark Ortenzi, who launched the DDC Cabinet business in 2011, will continue as minority investors. The post TSCP and Cequel III take controlling stake in DDC Capital Technology appeared first on PE Hub.

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PIMCO charged by the SEC for swaps disclosure and procedures failures

The TRADE

In the first action, the SEC found that between September 2014 to August 2016, PIMCO failed to disclose material information to investors related to PIMCO Global StocksPLUS & Income Fund’s (PGP) use of interest rate swaps and the material impact the swaps had on PGP’s dividend.

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The Insider’s Guide to Insider Trading

Peak Frameworks

For example, in 2011, Apple CEO Tim Cook acquired 37,500 shares of Apple stock in a perfectly legal manner, fully reporting the transaction to the SEC. In recent years, the SEC has levied hefty fines against illegal insider traders, such as the $92 million penalty against billionaire hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam in 2011.

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UK corporate venture capital firms by sector

Growth Business

RWE Energy Transition Investments Founded: 2011 Sector focus: Energy transition Ticket size: N/A Current investments: N/A Exits: N/A Bio: RWE Energy Transition Investments backs companies helping the transition to carbon neutrality in the energy sector by 2040. It invests across seed to Series A stages.

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Top UK angel networks for your start-up

Growth Business

Despite the first quarter of 2023 seeing a drop in deals to 41, down from 95 in the same quarter in 2022, the UK remains the biggest angel investor market in Europe. An angel investor is an individual investor with, usually, a high net worth. See also: What metrics do start-up investors look for?