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Delaware Court Of Chancery Finds That Controller Sale Of Company Did Not Harm Minority Interests

JD Supra: Mergers

On January 7, 2025, Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a post-trial decision in favor of defendant, a private equity fund (the Fund), finding that the Funds sale of a portfolio company (the Company) was protected by the business judgment rule and did not harm the interests of minority stockholders.

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A DOJ Private Equity Declination and Its Lessons for Acquirers and Targets

JD Supra: Mergers

The DOJ declined to prosecute a private equity firm for its portfolio company’s pre-acquisition sanctions and export violations, marking the first application of the National Security Division’s M&A Policy.

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Private Equity’s Plan B: Navigating the Exit Drought with Continuation Funds

JD Supra: Mergers

In a typical bull market, private equity sponsors exit out of portfolio assets through IPOs, strategic sales and sponsor-to-sponsor buyouts. But the 2025 deal market has proven to be neither typical nor robust. By: Farrell Fritz, P.C.

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Gabelli Funds highlights the AI stocks to buy as craze continues

CNBC: Investing

The portfolio manager of the Gabelli Growth Fund has significant exposure to the "Magnificent Seven" companies, with Microsoft, Nvidia and Amazon being its top three holdings. This year, the fund has outperformed, sitting in the top 12% of funds in its category, according to Morningstar data.

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Goldman's top trades for this upcoming earnings season

CNBC: Investing

Skip Navigation Markets Pre-Markets U.S.

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Goldman's winning options strategy for the upcoming earnings season

CNBC: Investing

"When applied strategically across a portfolio, we find this overlay can provide a hedge or amplify upside exposure should the market make a correlated up or down move." Skip Navigation Markets Pre-Markets U.S.

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Trader of the Year Hedge Fund: Conversant Capital’s David Alfred

The TRADE

I spent a lot of time in my sell-side days working as a conduit between capital markets and the origination desk within investment banking as a bridge into the public side, covering hedge funds and multi strategy investment managers for anything equity-linked and credit with a cross-asset mindset. It’s been busy.