Wed.Jun 11, 2025

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Strategic Signals: May 2025 HSR Filings Reveal Steady M&A Amid Market Shifts

JD Supra: Mergers

Through May 2025, corporate deal activity in the United States demonstrates remarkable resilience despite mounting economic pressures. Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification filings through the first eight months of Fiscal Year 2025 (October 2024 through May 2025) have totaled 1,362 transactions, with 148 filings reported in May alone. This reveals a transactional landscape characterized by measured corporate behavior and strategic recalibration.

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World Bank Ends Its Ban on Funding Nuclear Power Projects

The New York Times: Banking

The decision, a major reversal, could help poorer nations industrialize, cut planet-warming emissions and boost U.S. competitiveness on next-generation reactors.

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Takeaways from SuperReturn 2025: Navigating Private Market Fundraising with Purpose and Innovation

JD Supra: Mergers

The 2025 SuperReturn conference in Berlin last week once again solidified its position as a cornerstone event for the global private markets community, offering a vital platform for insights, networking, and a palpable sense of industry evolution. Organisers continue to expand the event (including outside of the Intercontinental Hotel to neighbouring hotels, shops, bars and restaurants), reflecting the dynamic shifts within the sector.

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Where legacy meets leadership: how Columbia Forest Products powers growth through purposeful M&A 

Midaxo

A legacy of integrity, a future built on values Thoughtful leadership. Sustainability at the core. Exceptional products. Unshakable integrity. A true sense of family. These aren’t just words at Columbia Forest Products —they’re the foundation of how the company operates, innovates, and grows. As the largest manufacturer of hardwood veneer and hardwood plywood in North America, Columbia’s values don’t just define their culture—they guide every decision, including how they acquire and integrate ne

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Buy-Side M&A Playbook: Due Diligence in Aerospace & Defense - What Buyers Need to Know

JD Supra: Mergers

Once a term sheet is in place, buyers must conduct thorough due diligence to uncover potential risks and liabilities. In the aerospace and defense sector, due diligence extends beyond financials to regulatory compliance, security clearances, and intellectual property rights.

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How to capitalize on the red-hot quantum computing space, according to a veteran investor

CNBC: Investing

Michael Farr believes it's difficult to identify true winners in the crowded space, so investors should consider ETFs such as the Defiance Quantum & AI ETF.

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Tell Me About a Recent Deal: Full Guide and Example

Mergers and Inquisitions

The “tell me about a recent deal” question in finance interviews is designed to test your genuine interest in the industry. Anyone can copy/paste a “story” based on one of our templates , and plenty of candidates are good at memorizing the technical questions. But it’s much harder to “fake” your way into a solid deal discussion, especially in an in-person setting.

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Top Five Private Equity Investment Trends in US Energy: How Leading Private Equity Investors View Deal Opportunities Across the U.S. Energy Sector in 2025 and Beyond

JD Supra: Mergers

This report draws insights from Troutman Pepper Locke attorneys and leading industry specialists to highlight the private equity investment trends currently reshaping the sector. The findings provide a picture of where capital is flowing — and why — as investors position themselves to benefit from emerging tailwinds in a sector increasingly defined by both resilience and reinvention.

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Oracle reports its earnings after Wednesday’s bell. Here’s what analysts expect

CNBC: Investing

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Managing Litigation Risk During the Business Lifecycle, Part 4: M&A Transactions with Government Contractors

JD Supra: Mergers

Transactions that involve government contracts carry a unique set of challenges. Unlike a typical merger or acquisition, deals involving government contracts require the navigation of a complex web of federal laws, regulations, security requirements, and procurement nuances that substantially impact valuation, integration, and post-closing operations.

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Top 3 Banking Secrets to Stay Relevant with Gen Z Consumers

Speaker: Brian Muse-McKenney, Chief Revenue Officer & Matt Simester, Cards and Payments Expert

In today’s world of social media, dating apps, and remote work, businesses risk becoming irrelevant (or getting "ghosted") if they fail to meet the evolving needs of Gen Z consumers. Credit cards with flexible payment options, especially for young adults with little-to-no credit history, are a particularly important and valuable solution for this generation.

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How to Structure a Business Sale: Asset vs. Stock Transactions Explained

Lake Country Advisors

When selling a business, one of the most important and often overlooked decisions you’ll make is how to structure the deal itself. Most business sales fall into one of two categories: asset sales or stock sales. If you’re working with a broker to sell your business , understanding the difference between these deal types isn’t just helpful, it’s essential.

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DAAG Rinner Says Merger Enforcement to Combine ‘Fairness and Robust Enforcement’

JD Supra: Mergers

Deputy Assistant Attorney General (DAAG) Bill Rinner’s stated goal for his June 4 speech was to provide insight into how the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, will “handle merger review to ensure procedural fairness and robust enforcement.” The promised guiding principle will be that a healthy dealmaking market is important to competition and economic growth, but robust antitrust enforcement is critical to vigorous competition.

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Arra Finance To Acquire Crescent Auto Finance, Rapidly Scaling Its Subprime Auto Finance Platform

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

Deal to quadruple auto finance origination capacity and reduce credit application response time to a matter of seconds Deal to quadruple auto finance origination capacity and reduce credit application response time to a matter of seconds

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U.S. Private Equity Market Recap - June 2025

JD Supra: Mergers

Read our latest insights into the U.S. private equity market. We cover monthly deal activity and size, fundraising, exits, leveraged loans, and a look ahead. Deal activity: The U.S. PE deal market has been choppy in 2025 YTD as investors seek clarity on how various macroeconomic and geopolitical policies will play out. Growth: Growth equity has emerged as a bright spot within the PE deal market in 2025, with deal count and value both up over 50% YTD.

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Enhance Customer Value: Unleash Your Data’s Potential

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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Buyers of this retail stock look exhausted. How to trade a downturn in the shares

CNBC: Investing

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Selling Your Physician Practice? Don’t Miss Out on ESOPs as an Alternative Exit Strategy

JD Supra: Mergers

Leonard Lipsky and Carly Eisenberg Hoinacki from Sheppard Mullin’s Healthcare Team recently sat down with Nick Francia and Sarah Bothner of The Capital ESOP Group at UBS Financial Services Inc., to explore the ins and outs of employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) transactions as a potential exit strategy for physician practices.

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From Vision to Value: A Business Sale Story – Part 3

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

Readiness is the Strategy: What Buyers Look for and How to Prepare… When preparing for a sale, business owners often ask what buyers are looking for. The answer, more often than not, is consistency: growth potential, risk reduction, and operational maturity. In the third episode of our Vision to Value series, Former Fireline President Anna Gavin shares how her team approached readiness—not as a checkbox exercise, but as a long-term investment in building a better business.

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Risks in Avoiding State Tax Obligations

JD Supra: Mergers

When a business has been hit with substantial tax liability, it can often be tempting to pack things up and abandon the business. Often, taxpayers consider the possibility of opening a new business in its place, as a means to “start fresh.” However, this can put the taxpayer and the new business at incredible risk of action by the Texas Comptroller for a “fraudulent transfer” or an assertion of “successor liability.

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Predictions You Can Rely On: How Data Drives Successful Financial Forecasting

Speaker: Robbie Bhathal, Founder & CEO, and Matthew Acalin, Head of Credit Intelligence

In today's volatile financial environment, how confident are you in your company’s financial forecasting? To get the most accurate cash predictions that will lead to long-term financial survival, real-time data is critical. Innovative cash management strategies can lead to better credit opportunities, more sustainable growth, and long-term financial prosperity.

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Jefferies upgrades First Solar as 'only game in town' due to looming import restrictions

CNBC: Investing

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Update: FTC Drops In-House Challenge of Microsoft’s Activision Acquisition After Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of Preliminary Injunction

JD Supra: Mergers

After years of litigating its attempt to block Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently dropped its in-house challenge following the Ninth Circuit’s decision affirming the denial of the FTC’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Fed. Trade Comm’n v. Microsoft Corp., No. 23-15992, ECF. No 127 (9th Cir.

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Citi appoints head of markets for Indonesia

The TRADE

Benny Aroeman has joined Citi as head of markets for Indonesia in a push to bolster the firm’s client solutions and markets business. Aroeman brings more than 30 years of industry experience to his new role, largely covering the delivery of derivatives, structured products and risk management solutions to Indonesian clients. His new role aligns with an increased focus on markets in the South Asia region, and will see him reporting to Sue Lee, head of markets for Asia South, and Batara Siantu

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Norway Bulletin 2025

JD Supra: Mergers

We are pleased to present the Conyers Norway Bulletin for 2025. This edition highlights key developments impacting Bermuda-incorporated companies in the Norwegian market over the past year. The Euronext Oslo Børs demonstrated resilience and adaptability in 2024 against geopolitical uncertainty and macroeconomic pressures. Market activity can best be described as cautious, yet stable: transaction volumes recorded a modest increase, although overall deal values declined in the absence of landmark.

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Deliver Mission Critical Insights in Real Time with Data & Analytics

In the fast-moving manufacturing sector, delivering mission-critical data insights to empower your end users or customers can be a challenge. Traditional BI tools can be cumbersome and difficult to integrate - but it doesn't have to be this way. Logi Symphony offers a powerful and user-friendly solution, allowing you to seamlessly embed self-service analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting directly into your applications.

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Redburn Atlantic head of electronic trading departs for Peel Hunt

The TRADE

Redburn Atlantic’s head of electronic trading has left the firm to join UK investment bank Peel Hunt, The TRADE can reveal. Ian Cannacott Ian Cannacott has been with Redburn Atlantic for almost 10 years, assuming his most recent role in 2023. Cannacott previously served at State Street, Instinet, Dresdner Kleinwort and Credit Suisse. He replaces Nishad Vallonthaiel as head of electronic trading.

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Three Bills Affecting Health Care Transactions That Will Not Be Signed into Law This Year

JD Supra: Mergers

Members of the health care community may recall that the 2025 legislative session of the Connecticut General Assembly started out with Governor Lamont signing into law an emergency certificate of need (CON) process for bankruptcy-related hospital ownership transfers (PA 25-2) in light of the well-publicized bankruptcy of Prospect Medical Holdings.

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The EIB's use of framework loans in addressing disasters and emergencies

European Investment Bank

This evaluation analyses the suitability of the EIB’s framework loan product in addressing disasters and emergencies. It found that framework loans perform particularly well in the reconstruction phase and are potentially well suited to prevention and preparedness. However, where time is of the essence, such as during the immediate response phase, the product performs less well.

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A bullish breakout in this little-known pharma stock is forming, charts show

CNBC: Investing

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Using Data & Analytics for Improving Healthcare Innovation and Outcomes

In the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, delivering data insights to end users or customers can be a significant challenge for product managers, product owners, and application team developers. The complexity of healthcare data, the need for real-time analytics, and the demand for user-friendly interfaces can often seem overwhelming. But with Logi Symphony, these challenges become opportunities.

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Contested Elections: ‘Governance Still Drives Outcomes’

Deal Lawyers

Jasper Street’s latest newsletter highlights notable activist campaigns that went to a vote in May, including those at Phillips 66, WEX, Harley-Davidson, US Steel, and NHI. It shares the following key takeaways from these campaigns: Governance Still Drives Outcomes: ISS’s support for Elliott at Phillips 66 was heavily governance-focused.

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MPs call for inquiry into how RedBird Capital is funding £500m Telegraph deal

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

Exclusive: Cross-party group including peers warns of risk of ‘potential Chinese state influence’ in private equity firm A cross-party group of MPs and peers has called on ministers to investigate how a US private equity company is funding its £500m takeover of the Telegraph. In a letter sent to the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, last week, the MPs said there was a risk of “potential Chinese state influence” in RedBird Capital.

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WCP Acts as Exclusive Financial Advisor to GoSolve on their Acquisition by Ciklum

Woodside Capital Partners

Palo Alto – June 11, 2025 – Woodside Capital Partners acted as exclusive financial advisor to GoSolve, a cloud-native software development company specializing in Go programming language, cloud. The post WCP Acts as Exclusive Financial Advisor to GoSolve on their Acquisition by Ciklum first appeared on Woodside Capital Partners. The post WCP Acts as Exclusive Financial Advisor to GoSolve on their Acquisition by Ciklum appeared first on Woodside Capital Partners.

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BT considers takeover move for struggling rival TalkTalk

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

TalkTalk has been hit by financial difficulties and customer exodus but it is thought no approach has been made BT is weighing up a potential takeover of the rival telecoms and broadband company TalkTalk, which is struggling amid financial difficulties and a customer exodus. The UK’s biggest broadband provider is understood to have discussed the strategic possibility of buying TalkTalk.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?