Fri.Nov 03, 2023

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What's The Forecast For Tech M&A?

JD Supra: Mergers

Morrison Foerster is pleased to share with our clients and friends the results of our 2023 Tech M&A Survey, published in conjunction with Mergermarket. Mergermarket surveyed 300 dealmakers from around the world in order to gain valuable insights into the future of technology-related M&A.

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Merger Agreements: Del. Chancery Addresses Enforceability of Con Ed Clause

Deal Lawyers

About this time last year, I blogged about Chancellor McCormick’s decision in Crispo v. Musk, (Del. Ch.; 10/22) which addressed an issue that Delaware is still sorting out – the circumstances under which a stockholder may assert a claim as a third-party beneficiary to an acquisition agreement.

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Saudi Arabia: New Thresholds for Merger Filings, and New Conditional Approvals

JD Supra: Mergers

Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Competition recently announced key changes to its merger control notification thresholds, adding a new local nexus test and a new minimum turnover threshold for the acquired entity. This is a significant development in parallel to the GAC's increasingly active role in merger enforcement, including new cases where behavioral and structural remedies were required as conditions for approving deals.

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Here's what analysts say to do with Apple stock from here on out

CNBC: Investing

Analysts aren't ready to take their foot off the pedal on Apple — even after the dominant smartphone player warned of softer demand in the current quarter.

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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?

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Update: Members of National Credit Union Trade Associations Overwhelmingly Vote to Merge

JD Supra: Mergers

As discussed here, on August 1, the two major national credit union trade associations — the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU) and the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) — announced plans to merge and create a new organization called America’s Credit Unions. Today, CUNA announced that the organizations’ members voted overwhelmingly (94% of CUNA members and 86% of NAFCU members) in favor of the merger.

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Energy & Sustainability M&A Activity — November 2023

JD Supra: Mergers

September 7, 2023: ConnectGen, a company that develops, builds, operates, and finances utility-scale clean energy projects, was acquired by Repsol for an estimated $715 million. This acquisition will allow Repsol to strengthen its position as a global player in the renewable energy business, increasing its international footprint and contributing to its goal of 20,000 MW of installed renewable generation capacity by 2030.

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Wells Fargo taps Credit Suisse for new senior securities sales trading specialist

The TRADE

Wells Fargo has appointed Jon Thorne as senior securities sales trading specialist, The TRADE can reveal. According to a post on social media, Thorne joins Wells Fargo from Credit Suisse, where he spent 13 and a half years. Most recently, Thorne served as a listed sales trader – a position he held for almost 11 years. Elsewhere during his tenure at Credit Suisse, Thorne held a FX and futures execution position as well as a FX prime brokerage role.

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Stocks paying high dividends that are safe and ones that are not, according to Bank of America

CNBC: Investing

High-dividend stocks can be a good way to earn income in the face of market volatility, but not all dividends are necessarily safe.

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Swift Reversal in Bonds and Rally in Stocks Cap Wild Week for Markets

The New York Times: Banking

A series of data reports and actions by policymakers have led investors to reassess their assumptions about interest rates and the economy.

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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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The Ozempic effect has battered this weight loss stock, but Morgan Stanley says it's a top pick

CNBC: Investing

Despite an 11% dive in the stock Friday, Morgan Stanley said it thinks the company "has gone through an incredible transformation over the past year.

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Successfully Navigating Credit Market Requires Relationships, Credibility and Experience

Global Banking & Finance

Successfully Navigating Credit Market Requires Relationships, Credibility and Experience By Jeff Glasse, Managing Director, Debt Capital Markets, Oberon Securities Even solid companies with long-established lender relationships are now occasionally facing uncertainty regarding their future financing and finding themselves in need of outside support.

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Apple issues cautious revenue outlook for the holiday quarter. How to play the stock

CNBC: Investing

Pros on CNBC discussed Apple after the company reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings Thursday and its fourth-straight quarter of declining sales.

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Thurston Group-backed ARC Health buys mental health group GROW Counseling

PE Hub

ARC Health is a group of mental healthcare practices. The post Thurston Group-backed ARC Health buys mental health group GROW Counseling appeared first on PE Hub.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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A prudent way to bet on a bounce in Apple following its post-earnings decline

CNBC: Investing

Profit takers pushed the stock lower 3% in extended trading after Apple signaled the company may not return to growth in the holiday quarter.

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Realize significant value with a true consumption model, increased performance, and comprehensive services

Cisco: M&A

Customers are increasingly focused on as-a-Service hybrid cloud environments and the need to ensure that the technology they are investing in today can support the complexity of the technology… Read more on Cisco Blogs

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These two banks just hiked their 1-year CD yield to 5.3%

CNBC: Investing

A few banks raised their yields on CDs, even as the Federal Reserve stood pat on rates for a second consecutive time.

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Apollo to acquire fixed based operator Modern Aviation

PE Hub

Tiger Infrastructure Partners, which currently owns Modern Aviation, and the company’s management team will each reinvest alongside Apollo. The post Apollo to acquire fixed based operator Modern Aviation appeared first on PE Hub.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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Restaurant stocks McDonald's and Chipotle could be due for a pullback after the market's rally this week

CNBC: Investing

The stock market is enjoying its best week of 2023, but some names may have gotten ahead of themselves.

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AGP Sustainable Real Assets inks investment from Stonepeak

PE Hub

The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year. The post AGP Sustainable Real Assets inks investment from Stonepeak appeared first on PE Hub.

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Analyst calls: All the market-moving chatter from Wall Street on Friday morning

CNBC: Investing

A chunk of the Wall Street chatter Friday morning centered around Apple and its latest quarterly report.

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Corporate venture capital – a Growth Business guide

Growth Business

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success When Pitchbook published its 2022 figures on European VC deals, there was a surprise statistic: one fifth of deals were made via corporate venture capital (CVC). Although the first CVCs can be traced back to the early 20 th century when large American organisations made investments into smaller companies which had some relation to their operations, the practice has become more established of late.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.

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Everything is lining up right for these stocks, according to Piper Sandler

CNBC: Investing

These stocks can benefit from a convergence of key factors, Piper Sandler says

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Brookfield Asset Management wraps up third infrastructure debt fund

PE Hub

BID III's limited partners include public and private pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, endowments, foundations and family offices. The post Brookfield Asset Management wraps up third infrastructure debt fund appeared first on PE Hub.

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Buy these stocks that historically win when yields fall, Jefferies says

CNBC: Investing

These stocks can benefit from a decline in Treasury yields, according to Jefferies.

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Leeds Equity-backed Exterro picks up data discovery platform Divebell

PE Hub

Exterro is a provider of legal governance, risk and compliance software. The post Leeds Equity-backed Exterro picks up data discovery platform Divebell appeared first on PE Hub.

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Embedded Analytics Insights for 2024

Organizations look to embedded analytics to provide greater self-service for users, introduce AI capabilities, offer better insight into data, and provide customizable dashboards that present data in a visually pleasing, easy-to-access format. To better understand the factors behind the decision to build or buy analytics, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey IT, software development, and analytics professionals on why they make the embedded analytics choices they do.

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SIX head of equities departs for Citadel Securities

The TRADE

SIX’s head of equities Adam Matuszewski has resigned from the exchange group after over 10 years to take up a new role at Citadel Securities based in London, The TRADE can reveal. He joins the market maker as its new head of business development for EMEA, based in London, according to sources familiar with the matter. Matuszewski has spent the last ten and a half years at SIX in equities focused roles, originally joining the exchange in 2013 in a trainee product management role for equities.

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Marlin invests in global trading software provider TRAFiX

PE Hub

Marks Baughan served as financial advisor to TRAFiX while RBC Capital Markets was financial advisor to Marlin. The post Marlin invests in global trading software provider TRAFiX appeared first on PE Hub.

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Drinks With The Deal: Lebovitch Talks Retirement, What’s Next

The Deal

“You can’t imagine how scary it is to go from going 120 miles an hour for 25 years and enjoying it to sending out an email that says I’ve retired and waking up the next morning and saying, ‘Oh my God, my career is over. Am I going to be bored? Is my brain going to rot away?’” Mark Lebovitch said on this week’s Drinks With The Deal podcast. Lebovitch stepped down as a partner and the head of the governance practice at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, a practice he launched in 2006.