The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Hock originally joined Union in 2014 and has since been instrumental in the development of the firm’s trading strategy and structure. Allianz Global Investors appointed Kayvan Vahid as head of equity Europe core and value. His new role is not yet public but will be communicated in due course.

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Growth Business

MAY 31, 2023

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?

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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Deep tech Breed Reply Founded: 2014 Sector focus: Deep tech, AI, Internet of Things Ticket size: $1m – $5m Current investments: 12 Exits: 8 Bio: Breed Reply invests in deep tech companies across Europe, with a particular focus on AI.

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The TRADE

JUNE 19, 2023

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 TRADE

JUNE 12, 2023

Prior to that, Arduini held the position of EMEA head of markets, serving in the role from 2014. Aviva Investors, Aviva’s global asset management business, appointed Monica Fan-Bradley as head of institutional sales (excluding Asia Pacific) within its global client solutions function.

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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Despite investment in the first half of 2023 dropping to £4.6bn from 2022’s £10.8bn as a result of rising interest rates, high inflation, a decrease in valuations and geopolitical tensions globally, UK fintechs are still attracting more VC investment than all other EMEA fintechs combined, with a significant percentage coming from US investors.

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Transactional Delights

JANUARY 24, 2021

In my view, the most interesting words to come out were: “ [T]he deal carries the hallmarks of a particular, problematic type of transaction we have observed (and objected to) many times: an opportunistic transfer of value from public-market investors to private investors." Retail can be scary.

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Sica Fletcher

AUGUST 5, 2024

Deal volume was comparable to this period last year, with investors maintaining a cautious approach in assessing acquisition opportunities and with numerous well-funded buyers mindful of the high cost of capital. billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014.

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Sica Fletcher

AUGUST 5, 2024

Deal volume was comparable to this period last year, with investors maintaining a cautious approach in assessing acquisition opportunities and with numerous well-funded buyers mindful of the high cost of capital. billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014.

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Sica Fletcher

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

2023 Year-End Index Reflects Continued Emphasis on Strategic Fit for Investors NEW YORK, NY - February 6, 2024 - Sica | Fletcher releases the 2023 Year-End Agency & Broker Buyer Index. The firm was founded in 2014 by Michael Fletcher and Al Sica, two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $17.5

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The Deal

JANUARY 25, 2024

on its sale to an investor group that included Searchlight Capital Partners LP and British Columbia Investment Management Corp. Sanjay Murti graduated from Georgetown University in 2010 and from Columbia Law School in 2014, when he joined Cravath as an associate. Last year, Murti helped advise ADT Inc. SGMS) on the $6.05

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Sica Fletcher

MAY 13, 2024

Investors continue to be more selective when evaluating acquisition opportunities, with many well-funded buyers in the market still mindful of the high cost of capital. The firm was founded in 2014 by Michael Fletcher and Al Sica, two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $17.5

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The Deal

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Bomi Lee knew she wanted to specialize in M&A after working on two deals as a mid-level associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in 2014 and 2015, she said on this week’s Drinks With The Deal podcast. “I to an investor consortium led by Carlyle Group LP. to an investor consortium led by Carlyle Group LP.

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2023

DRW has had a crypto business since 2014 and this could also be another area that it chooses to expand into further within Hong Kong. Institutional investors are increasingly looking to Asia as a means for expansion, according to a recent report by Acuiti.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 14, 2023

“This initiative will enhance the price discovery functions of both markets and encourage more overseas investors to participate in the A-share market through Stock Connect,” she added. Stock Connect will enable both southbound and northbound investors to participate. In an announcement, HKEX welcomed the proposals from regulators.

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Since its founding in 2014 the company has made north of 60 acquisitions, with the majority of those acquisitions focused on B2B produce distributors. While online grocery was capturing customer (and investor) attention, it became clear there was an untapped opportunity on the B2B side, specifically in perishable foods.

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Growth Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The most active investor of Bristol’s startups is Seedrs , while angel investors Bristol Private Equity Club , Parkwalk , WebStart Bristol and Molten Ventures have also backed multiple startups in the city. Founded in 2014, their custom-made arms use sensors to detect muscular contractions in the forearm to dictate hand movements.

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Sica Fletcher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Why PE is So Interested in Insurance Brokerages Private equity investors have sought out the insurance brokerage industry for some very simple reasons, including: Insurance brokerage is a relatively straightforward business with predictable, renewable cash flows calculated on a simple-to-understand margin basis.

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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Breed Reply Founded: 2014 Sector focus: Deep tech, AI, Internet of Things Ticket size: $1m – $5m Current investments: 12 Exits: 8 Bio: Breed Reply invests in deep tech companies across Europe, with a particular focus on AI. It invests across seed to Series A stages.

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Tyton Partners

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Voices of Impact is a continuing series from Tyton Partners that invites impact companies to shed light on their company’s impact in the space and illuminate the landscape for other education entrepreneurs and investors by answering five basic questions. In 2014-2015, we decided to take our impact to the next level.

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Wall Street Mojo

JANUARY 17, 2024

It aids investors in analyzing the company's performance. read more like investors, shareholders Shareholders A shareholder is an individual or an institution that owns one or more shares of stock in a public or a private corporation and, therefore, are the legal owners of the company. read more arising from each activity.

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Sica Fletcher

DECEMBER 12, 2019

This is generally the same stock which is owned by senior management and the private equity investor. The firm was founded in 2014 by Michael Fletcher and Al Sica, two of the industry’s leading insurance M&A advisors who have closed over $6 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014.

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Sica Fletcher

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Q3 Index Reflects an Emphasis on Strategic Fit for Investors in 2023 NEW YORK, NY – November 8, 2023 - Sica | Fletcher releases the Q3 2023 Agency & Broker Buyer Index. According to S&P Global, Sica | Fletcher ranked as the #1 advisor to the insurance industry for 2017-2023 YTD in terms of total deals advised on.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

AUGUST 14, 2024

This practice could reduce exit values, dampen returns for VC investors, and disadvantage rank-and-file employees. I don’t think I’ve used Facebook for anything other than occasional Messenger chats since ~2014, but it still prints cash because hundreds of millions of people spend all day online addicted to digital drugs.

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Cooley M&A

MAY 17, 2017

ISS and Glass Lewis are continuing to apply special scrutiny to certain corporate governance provisions of “newly public” companies (generally, companies that have gone public in 2014 or later). See our December 2016 client alert.

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InvestmentBank.com

OCTOBER 24, 2019

M&A activity in physician practices continues to grow and outpace other sectors as deals in the healthcare industry are coveted by investors for their strong growth, recession resistance, and superior historical returns. 2014, March 25). 2014, September 12). 2014, August 1). 2016, April 16). 2019, February 19).

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Sica Fletcher

MARCH 26, 2024

private equity firms, investment banks, individual investors). Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014. Learn more at , ,, SicaFletcher.com.

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Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 21, 2024

In 2014, it was rebranded Crash Champions. Later, after Crash Champions took on its private equity investor, it acquired its first two shops in new markets on March 1, 2020 — just before the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns. They were partners for 15 years, until Ebert’s partner retired.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 1, 2023

If you go back traditionally it was a very actively managed investor base and now it’s a combination of active and passive,” says Molavi. “We’ve We’ve seen the growth in hedge funds, we’ve seen the emergence of quant and systematic.”

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The TRADE

MAY 1, 2024

Set up by industry stalwarts Giuseppe Bivona, and Marco Taricco, Bluebell Capital Partners is a spin out from Bluebell Partners, an investment advisory business set up by the same pair in 2014. Positions in just one name can be sizable, says Papanichola. It’s an investment style that has really taken off in the last 15 years.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Take, for example, the acquisition of Inovalon Holdings, a dual-class company that completed its IPO in 2015, by a consortium of private equity investors. 16] For example, Zillow’s acquisition of Trulia, which was announced on July 28, 2014, provided for a naked no-vote fee payable by Zillow equal to 5.8%

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Cooley M&A

MAY 5, 2020

2014) (“MFW”) and its progeny applies in a non- MFW scenario (i.e., 27, 2020) (“Salladay”), the court held that a conflicted transaction – not involving a controlling shareholder – could only be cleansed through the use of a special committee under Trados II [ 1 ] if the special committee was constituted ab initio (i.e., from the outset).

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For this reason, the system is favoured by institutional investors as opposed to individual ones. Dark pools Dark pools are trading venues where institutional investors can access liquidity without giving away any pre-trade information. This is reflected in its annual subscription now nearing $30,000.

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Growth Business

AUGUST 22, 2023

These are start-ups investors believe will break the barrier and make unicorn status within just 24 months. But although the UK is fast becoming a factory for these innovative businesses, 48 per cent of funding still comes from outside Europe, the vast majority from US-based investors. 1.75bn Founded: 2014 What do they do?

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InvestmentBank.com

MAY 26, 2021

As the world headed into the uncharted territory of a worldwide pandemic, investors in both debt and equity markets reacted to shifts and changing conditions in several interesting ways, and the lessons they learned and the actions they take this year will set the stage for everyone’s access to capital in the years to come.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

MAY 6, 2025

This announcement relates to the disclosure of information in relation to the Notes that qualifies or may have qualified as inside information withing the meaning of article 7(1) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 ("MAR").

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The TRADE

MARCH 10, 2025

He previously spent nearly eight and a half years at Viking Global Investors in a series of senior positions. Most recently, London-based Hart served as co-head of the Execution Hub, overseeing a merged international desk and retail desk – the latter of which he had overseen since 2014.

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