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Eyes on the exit: Selling PE portfolio companies in complex markets

JD Supra: Mergers

Sluggish M&A and IPO markets have put the brakes on private equity exit activity across Europe, but as pressure builds to clear the backlog of unsold portfolio companies, firms are taking innovative approaches to selling businesses - Europes private equity firms have a large backlog of unsold portfolio companies sitting on their books, and the (..)

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Sensex at record high: Time to rebalance your portfolios, book profits?

Business Standard - FInance

Equity Mutual Fund investing is strictly meant for your long-term goals, so it makes little sense to try and time your exits and entries or to repeatedly "book profits" and sit on the sidelines.

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Book Review: “Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution: A Handbook for Entrepreneurs” by Uri Levine

Beyond M&A

A Distinctive Voice in the Startup Literature Having had the privilege of delving into countless books on technology, startups, and the philosophy of problem-solving, it’s rare that one resonates deeply and prompts changes to the way you think about product development.

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💡 What Barbie Taught Me About Business, Family, and What Really Matters

Beyond M&A

I didn’t expect a book about Barbie to leave me close to tears. But Barbie and Ruth by Robin Gerber – the story of Ruth Handler, the fiercely driven co-founder of Mattel and the creator of Barbie – is perhaps the only business book where the ending felt tragically sad. It’s what gives the book its emotional honesty.

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Portfolio trading is on the up but only some can make it pay

The TRADE

Portfolio trading as a concept has exploded in the last few years, egged on by market conditions and volatility brought on by the pandemic and other macroeconomic factors. Portfolio trades have historically helped many institutions to move big blocks of risk. billion in total portfolio trading volume in Q3 2023, up 11.1%

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LSEG launches historical analytics for bonds via Snowflake

The TRADE

The new offering combines LSEGs pricing services with Yield Book analytics to create pricing information for around 2.9 The combination of Yield Books trusted, in-depth analytics and LSEGs expertise in evaluated pricing delivers a robust and comprehensive suite of tools to empower clients, said Emily Prince, group head of analytics at LSEG.

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Stay away from these two big U.S. banks as valuations grow stretched, Baird says

CNBC: Investing

times tangible book value, George said its future returns will "likely not be what they've been the last several years at these valuation levels," leaving its risk-reward profile "unattractive. As a result, the JPMorgan forward price-to-earnings ratio had widened to 15.5 and Bank of America's to 13.1,

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