Cisco: M&A

JULY 3, 2025

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Global Banking & Finance

JUNE 23, 2023

IT outsourcing for financial services companies: key benefits By Oksana Wojtkiewicz, Head of Sales & Marketing at Solwit For over 15 years, Oksana has advised clients on the most effective technology solutions to take their businesses to the next level.

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PCE

MAY 15, 2025

PCE Investment Bankers, a leading financial services firm for middle-market companies, is pleased to announce the sale of its client, American Door Products Inc., to Riverbend Industries Inc.

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PCE

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

PCE Investment Bankers, a leading financial services firm specializing in mid-market transactions, is pleased to announce the sale of T&E Industries Inc. (T&E) PCE acted as the exclusive financial advisor to T&E. T&E) to Carco PRP Ltd. through its U.S. subsidiary, Columbia Holdings, Inc.

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PCE

APRIL 5, 2024

PCE), a leading financial services firm specializing in midmarket companies, is excited to announce the recent transition of 100% ownership of Group Sales, Inc. Group Sales”) into an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”). PCE served as the exclusive financial adviser to Group Sales.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

RBC has appointed Guy Chalkley as managing director, UK flow rates sales, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. Chalkley brings more than three decades worth of financial services to the role, in both portfolio management and rates sales. Before joining RBC, Chalkley spent 11 years at NatWest Markets.

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PCE

JULY 12, 2024

PCE Investment Bankers, a leading financial services firm specializing in mid-market companies, is pleased to announce the sale of Florida Discount Drugs, Inc., doing business as Taylors Pharmacy (Taylors), to Revelation Pharma (“Revelation”), a portfolio company of Osceola Capital.

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The TRADE

JULY 1, 2024

Stephen Wilkes, the head of buy-side solutions sales and head of securities services at Deutsche Bank, will be departing his role after spending almost 13 years at the bank. For nearly five years, Wilkes served as the head of buy-side solutions sales and head of securities services sales in the EMEA region.

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PCE

MAY 31, 2024

PCE Investment Bankers, a leading financial services firm specializing in mid-market companies, is pleased to announce the sale of Eagle Metal Distributors (“Eagle Metal”) to Eastern Metal Supply (“EMS”), a premier distributor of aluminum products and Wynnchurch Capital, a private equity firm.

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PCE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

PCE Investment Bankers, a leading financial services firm specializing in mid-market companies, is pleased to announce the sale of Simpson Air ("Simpson Air") to Del-Air Plumbing, Air Conditioning and Electric ("Del-Air"), a premier provider of indoor comfort solutions since 1983.

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Global Banking & Finance

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Three ways to build a predictable revenue machine in an era of economic uncertainty How to use sales enablement programs and the latest AI to accelerate your pipeline. From financial services, fintech, SaaS and beyond, businesses are hunting for bigger deals that close faster and customers that […]

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The TRADE

JULY 5, 2023

AB has been granted a Category 4 Licence from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the independent regulator of financial services conducted in the DIFC. He will work alongside Eduard van Nes, head of intermediary sales for Middle East and Africa.

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Razorpay

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

What if we could seamlessly jump from engagement to sales on WhatsApp? But such a leap would also need an embedded solution enabling customers to make seamless payments for products and services directly from WhatsApp. So be where your audience is, and turn all your customer chat into sales! Register Here

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

David Lackenby, an event driven sales trader based in London, has left the bank, as has Mark Brodie, a trader, also specialising in event driven strategies, the people said. Prior to this he worked at financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald for thirteen years. Citi declined to comment.

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The TRADE

JUNE 24, 2024

UBS appointed Carlos Salcedo head of capital markets financing sales Americas, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. Effective from 1 September, Salcedo will be based in New York, reporting to Dan Murphy, Americas head of franchise sales. MEAG appointed Lydia Malakis head of institutional sales at MEAG.

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The TRADE

JULY 1, 2024

Former head of market structure and liquidity solutions at broker dealer Kepler Cheuvreux Byron Griffin is set to join Franco-German financial services firm ODDO BHF. He joins as head of execution sales and microstructure. Jefferies appointed Peter Johansson as an equity sales trader.

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Solganick & Co.

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

was the exclusive advisor to data analytics solutions and services firm Waypoint, Inc. in its sale to top 20 accounting and consulting firm Wipfli, LLP February 15, 2022 – Waypoint, Inc. was the exclusive financial advisor to Waypoint in its completed M&A transaction. Solganick & Co. Solganick & Co.

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The TRADE

JULY 14, 2023

James Lockley will be joining the business in September and will be heading up the team’s sales trading offering, according to the individuals who spoke to The TRADE on condition of anonymity as the matter is private. Lockley and CIBC both declined to comment. Kepler Cheuvreux did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 16, 2024

Specialist financial services investor, Atlas Merchant Capital, is backing the merger, providing enough liquidity to support Panmure Liberum’s long-term strategic ambitions. The new combined entity will have offices in Cambridge, Guernsey, Leeds, London, and New York.

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How2Exit

JULY 1, 2024

E227: Connor Pera Discusses Journey to Acquisition Entrepreneurship and Growing The Print Authority - Watch Here About the Guest(s): Connor Pera is an accomplished acquisition entrepreneur specializing in commercial printing services. Connor shares his journey from working in financial services and marketing to becoming a business owner.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

RBC appointed Guy Chalkley as managing director, UK flow rates sales. Chalkley brings more than three decades worth of financial services to the role, in both portfolio management and rates sales. Kepler Cheuvreux Execution Services (KCx) appointed Seb Klatt as program trading (PT) sales trader.

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The TRADE

APRIL 8, 2024

He joined Cowen as managing director for fixed income outsourcing in February 2022, transitioning to commodities specialist Marex as part of the sale of Cowen’s outsourced trading and prime brokerage business at the end of last year. Zurich-based Wanner most recently served as executive director – equity sales trading at Morgan Stanley.

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The TRADE

JUNE 19, 2023

Fixed income investment banking boutique KNG Securities appointed Fernando Ortega as its new head of emerging market sales. He joined KNG Securities from VTB Capital, where he served as global head of fixed income sales over the last 10 years. Prior to that, Ortega worked at Morgan Stanley as head of institutional and onshore sales.

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The TRADE

JUNE 26, 2024

Former head of market structure and liquidity solutions at broker dealer Kepler Cheuvreux Byron Griffin is set to join Franco-German financial services firm ODDO BHF, The TRADE can reveal. He joins as head of execution sales and microstructure. Griffin left Kepler in May after over eight years with the broker dealer.

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The TRADE

MAY 14, 2024

Deutsche Bank has joined asset tokenisation initiative Project Guardian – dedicated to testing the feasibility of applications in regulated financial markets – as part of the asset and wealth management workstream.

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Francine Way

JULY 20, 2017

The disadvantage is its narrowness in meaningful usage: it is only meaningful when used on businesses where tangible assets constitute the bulk of the enterprise value (such as an auto parts wholesaler / retailer) or when the assets are primarily cash or liquid assets (such as banks and financial service firms).

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Elsewhere in his career, MacGregor was EMEA head of sales and relationship management and chief executive, FX MTF business at Refinitiv. BlueX’s launch is subject to regulatory approval from the Jersey Financial Services Commission. “The

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The TRADE

JUNE 5, 2023

Previously in her career she spent several years at Cantor Fitzgerald and Virtu Financial in equity sales trading roles. Imandra’s vice president of sales Dan Squires has departed for pastures new after less than a year in his new role. Prior to that, she held positions at Trust Company of the West (TCW) and CBRE Investors.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

During his tenure, Vincent held various positions across Credit Suisse, most recently as head of AES sales trading, based in London. Stevens joined Aquis in 2021 and had previously held various senior roles across financial services and technology. Previously, Sbrocca held an emerging markets credit sales position at the firm.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

UK-based investment bank Peel Hunt appointed former head of electronic and program trading and sales at Numis Securities, Nishad Vallonthaiel, to head up its own electronic trading division. Also appointed to the electronic trading team at Peel Hunt alongside Vallonthaiel is Vinesh Chhaya, who joins the unit as a senior sales trader.

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Sica Fletcher

AUGUST 6, 2024

To begin, we need to start with a few definitions: Investment Banks: We use the colloquial meaning of “investment banks,” which often includes M&A advisory firms and other financial services firms that facilitate the growth and sale of insurance agencies around a possible sale.

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The TRADE

MAY 30, 2023

Stephanie Cheung has been appointed sales director, while An Hoong will work within the account management team, responsible for technical account management and client support. He has more than 15 years of experience in the financial services sector, having worked in account management for global financial software vendors.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 3, 2024

Simon Gallagher, chief executive, London and head of global sales, Euronext We think that the introduction of an anonymised, single-level pre- and post-trade consolidated tape will trigger innovations at trading venues.

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Viking Mergers & Acquisitions

MAY 9, 2023

He has navigated various challenges and changes in his career and emerged as a successful leader in the financial services and M&A industry. His friend’s father was a successful financial advisor and a great encouragement to Reed. This connection inspired him to pursue a career in financial services.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

David Lackenby has joined as head of event driven sales trading and Mark Brodie has been hired as an event driven sales trader. The Olivetree Group was acquired in March last year by London-based trading solutions provider Alvar Financial, as reported by The TRADE. The new hires started this week.

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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Ascension Ventures Early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs ready to back the next generation of tech and impact founders Augmentum Fintech Augmentum Europe’s leading publicly listed fintech fund, investing in fast growing businesses that are disrupting the financial services sector. mortgages, insurance) software (e.g.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Roles were cut in sales and research, the people said, who spoke on condition of anonymity as the matter is private. The Swiss bank is not the only financial services firm cutting headcount in its trading and investment banking unit in London.

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