JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
On February 26, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued an administrative complaint and authorized a lawsuit in federal court to block Kroger Company’s proposed $24.6 billion acquisition of the Albertsons Companies, Inc. The acquisition would be the largest supermarket merger in United States history.
TechCrunch: M&A
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
We’ve already started to see big M&A, as in multi-billion deals, finally pick up this year after a slow period last year. Today, KKR added to that growing total when it announced it was going to acquire Broadcom’s end user computing business for $4 billion. These pieces include VMware Workspace One and VMware Horizon, two […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
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H. Friedman Search
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
We are back on track with sharing insights into the public finance and bond counsel recruiting world. I want to share a part of an interview that just occurred when a new firm reached out to us to recruit for them. After the typical questions of who we are, how we work, and what makes our firm so unique; we received the following request, “We want to understand the main driver that compels high-quality candidates to switch jobs and what triggers them to do so.
The TRADE
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Over the past ten years the industry has poured $914.7 billion in the form of regulatory penalties and resolution measures, new research has found. A report by Firebrand Research worked with a range of key market participants, including buy- and sell-side firms and market infrastructures to collate the first-of-its-kind benchmark data on the true cost of settlement inefficiency.
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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?
JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new final rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”). The new rules affect both initial public offerings (“IPOs”) for SPACs and so-called “de-SPAC” transactions involving target companies who enter into a business combination with SPACs. In summary, the new rules appear intended to harmonize the requirements (and potential liability for SPAC acquisition targets) of de-SPAC transactions.
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The New York Times: Banking
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The fourth Baron Rothschild, he left the family banking business to start his own company, becoming a powerful financier, patron of the arts and philanthropist.
CNBC: Investing
FEBRUARY 24, 2024
In his must-read annual letter Saturday, the 93-year-old "Oracle of Omaha" detailed Munger's instrumental role in helping him expand his conglomerate.
JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
In the second week of January, Goodwin and KPMG convened innovators, practitioners, regulators, and others for our annual symposium on the future of life sciences and healthcare. This marked the fifth year that Goodwin co-hosted the symposium, which takes place during the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.
The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The regulator is trying to stop the largest supermarket merger in history, arguing that the deal would eliminate competition and raise prices for consumers.
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The TRADE
MARCH 1, 2024
Aquis Exchange is set to begin charging its trading members for non-displayed market data feeds for the first time since its inception almost 11 years ago. According to a member notice distributed on Friday 1 March, members on both Aquis Exchange and Aquis Exchange Europe will have to pay the same monthly rate as non-members for non-displayed data effective 1 June 2024.
CNBC: Investing
FEBRUARY 24, 2024
Warren Buffett said his sprawling conglomerate may only slightly outperform the average American company due to its sheer size.
JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Introduction - The latest EY-Parthenon Deal Barometer reveals an anticipated 12% increase in corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the year 2024, with more than a third of CEOs actively planning to make an acquisition in the next 12 months. By: Onna Technologies, Inc.
Successful Acquisitions
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
When Your Wish Can Go Too Far How problematic acquisitions and lack of a clear strategy have left the Mouse feeling trapped By Abigail Iaconis, Capstone Senior Analyst The Walt Disney Corporation has one of the most iconic brand images on Earth. Founded as the humbly named Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in 1923, the company has shaped mass market entertainment and popular culture for a century.
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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.
The TRADE
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
The London Stock Exchange (LSEG) saw overall growth across its key businesses in 2023, with considerable improvement across data and analytics, capital markets, and in particular, post-trade. David Schwimmer The data and analytics offering saw a 7.3% year-on-year increase, while capital markets saw a 6.1% rise year-on-year as compared to 2022. However, post-trade saw a double digit increase of 17.4%, driven in large part by the acquisition-minded strategy of the exchange over the last few years.
CNBC: Investing
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The New York-based online brokerage will combine with SK Growth Opportunities Corporation in the second half of the year.
JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
In the February edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including Exxon Mobil filing a complaint seeking a declaratory judgment to exclude a shareholder proposal from Arjuna Capital and Follow This, the NYSE sharing its annual guidance memo, the FTC announcing increased HSR thresholds and filing fees, and how the recently adopted SPAC rules could impact public companies.
American Banker - Investment Banking
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
CEO Charlie Scharf has added another former JPMorgan Chase colleague to his leadership team as his shake-up of Wells Fargo continues. The hire of veteran investment banker Doug Braunstein comes as Scharf makes progress on his efforts to grow Wells' investment bank.
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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.
The TRADE
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Stuart Parris has been appointed head of sales at Euronext FX, overseeing a global sales team covering the Americas, EMEA and APAC regions. Parris has been with the business since 2018 and has held different senior roles during his tenure, most recently as director, EMEA sales focused on sell-side tier 1 client engagement. Euronext FX has a global reach, with matching engines across regions, including in: London, New York, Tokyo and Singapore.
CNBC: Investing
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Funds tied to nuclear energy are struggling in February, but that is likely temporary, according to Bank of America.
JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a coalition of nine state attorneys general (AG) filed a lawsuit on February 26, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon seeking a preliminary injunction to stall Kroger Company’s (Kroger) proposed $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Companies (Albertsons), citing concerns that the proposed deal would eliminate competition among the supermarket giants, leading to higher grocery prices for millions of Americans.
Cisco: M&A
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a common buzzword, especially with the rise of Generative AI (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT, which can create entirely new data and human-like content.
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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.
The TRADE
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Fintech giant FIS has acquired SaaS post-trade platform Torstone Technology, according to multiple sources close to the matter. The deal will further bolster FIS’ capital markets technology offering, having acquired SunGard in a major deal back in 2015. The firm has also made waves through a number of other bolt-on acquisitions and landmark mandates.
CNBC: Investing
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The Torray Fund is up 7.4% in 2024, beating the S&P 500's 6.4% gain. It ranks in the 2nd percentile year to date and 14th percentile over the past three years.
JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Traditionally, private equity firms were seen as benign investors from an antitrust perspective. This is changing. In the past 12 months, PE-funded acquisitions have faced progressively more rigorous scrutiny by antitrust authorities.
The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
The man made $1.7 million in profits after buying and selling stocks in a company that his wife’s employer, BP, acquired, prosecutors said.
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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.
The TRADE
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
HSBC has executed a Hong Kong dollar repo transaction with the Bank of East Asia (BEA), which used Hong Kong government digitally native green bonds as collateral for financing purposes. The move represents the first repo in Hong Kong involving digital bonds. “Investing in Hong Kong’s first-ever digitally native bonds and transacting repo trades with the bonds as collateral has been a smooth process,” said Bryan Wong, general manager and head of treasury markets division of BEA.
CNBC: Investing
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has already seen a record number of shares traded on Wednesday.
JD Supra: Mergers
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta and Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore Jim Wood have introduced new legislation addressing private equity health care deals. The bill, A.B. 3129, would grant the AG oversight over private equity and hedge fund acquisitions of health care facilities.
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