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The Rise of Strategic M&A

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For example, a company might acquire a competitor to expand its product portfolio or enter a new market. For instance, in 2016, Walmart acquired Jet.com for $3.3 Acquire new technologies: M&A can be a way for companies to acquire new technologies that would be too expensive or time-consuming to develop in-house. billion.

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Bank of America Merrill Lynch taps Stifel for senior trader

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Prior to this, he worked as a principal, sales trader at Eight Capital from August 2016 to March 2020. Additionally, he has also worked as a portfolio trader at UBS. Previously in his career, Kilfoy also spent a decade at Canaccord Genuity, where he worked as a managing director in trading.

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Trader of the Year Hedge Fund: Conversant Capital’s David Alfred

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There’s a very healthy dialogue at all times at both the portfolio-level and the position-level. People have a playbook from the 2016 election, a script for US exceptionalism, deregulation and reflation. We have a lot of go-getters on the investment team which I love. There’s a lot of copycat behaviour.

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People Moves Monday: Peel Hunt, Redburn Atlantic, RBC Capital Markets, Citi, and more…

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He has also previously held senior associate and associate positions covering portfolio management at Pimco.   The move sees Sheridan leaving Pimco where he has served for the last five years, most recently as vice president from January 2024 to June 2025.   Sheridan will be based out of Los Angeles in his new role.  

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People Moves Monday: Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Legal & General Investment Management, Goldman Sachs and more…

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Prior to this, he worked as a principal, sales trader at Eight Capital from August 2016 to March 2020. Additionally, he has also worked as a portfolio trader at UBS. Previously in his career, Kilfoy also spent a decade at Canaccord Genuity, where he worked as a managing director in trading.

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Logitech buys editing console maker Loupedeck

TechCrunch: M&A

That product is currently a part of the Corsair portfolio after it acquired the Elgato brand in 2018. Logitech G is the company’s gaming portfolio. Loupedeck was founded in 2016 by former Nokia/Microsoft employees (hence Helsinki). Empowering streamers, creators and gamers is a joint passion of Loupedeck and Logitech.

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Wall Street says McDonald's snack wrap revival is a hit so buy the stock

CNBC: Investing

Analysts at several firms have this week told clients that the return of the Snack Wrap — the fan favorite that was originally discontinued in 2016 — has been positive for the fast food giant.