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SPAC (Re-)Attack: Top Considerations for Issuers Considering a De-SPAC Transaction

JD Supra: Mergers

Continued volatility in the equity capital markets has revived what was thought to be a zombie after 2022 – the SPAC. There is an old investment banking mantra that they can do an IPO in a down market or an up market, but not a volatile market.

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FOCUS Investment Banking and FOCUS Capital Partners Strengthen Ties Alongside Ownership Transition

Focus Investment Banking

and Dublin, Ireland January 23, 2025 FOCUS Investment Banking based in the US (the Company) and FOCUS Capital Partners (FCP) based in Ireland have combined ownership and operations to provide best in class investment banking services for middle-market clients. Washington, D.C.

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These stocks could see strong gains around their analyst days, Goldman says

CNBC: Investing

Buying calls 5 days before the analyst day and selling 1 day after has resulted in +18% return on premium on average and was profitable each year except 2008 and 2022 when macro moves overwhelmed the short-term alpha of the strategy," the note said.

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Investing Principles: Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Wins, Losses, and Strikeouts

Mergers and Inquisitions

Ive said before that nothing on this site is meant to be investment advice. That said, my annual investment/market updates always get a lot of traffic, so I thought it might be interesting to follow up on this years update with more of an advice article. If youre reading this right now, youre probably much younger than me.

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

The TRADE

I spent the first 20 years of my career at the global bulge bracket banks, first in investment banking and then on the institutional equity desks, in a cross-asset and special situations role. Mike was building an investment team and process focused on idea generation and creative structuring. What does your role involve?

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

The TRADE

Peel Hunt Redburn Atlantic’s head of electronic trading has left the firm to join UK investment bank Peel Hunt, as revealed by The TRADE. Meroni joins from Sanford Bernstein and also previously served at Lehman, Goldman Sachs, UBS Investment Bank and Nomura. He replaces Nishad Vallonthaiel as head of electronic trading.

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Redburn Atlantic execution teams undergo redraft with four additions and three departures

The TRADE

Meroni joins from Sanford Bernstein and also previously served at Lehman, Goldman Sachs, UBS Investment Bank and Nomura. Murden previously served at Redburn between 2004 to 2022 before leaving to join RBC. Prior to Panmure Gordon, McCormack has also previously served at RBS, ABN AMRO, Shore Capital, HSBC Securities and GNI.