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Greening the Bottom Line: M&A Heats the Race for Sustainable Innovation

Sun Acquisitions

Imagine a clothing retailer merging with a company specializing in recycled fabrics. This merger would allow the retailer to integrate sustainable practices into its core business model, offering eco-conscious consumers the products they desire. We can expect companies to merge to create closed-loop systems that minimize waste.

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Food and Beverage M&A: Fresh and Healthy Appeal, but Save Room for Dessert

Focus Investment Banking

Strategic buyers pursued opportunities across the food and beverage landscape, while private equity was largely sidelined by the rate environment. The combined company offers both Zeals grass-fed milk, butter, and cheese for retail and Neutrals certified carbon neutral milk and beef for foodservice.

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Elliott has built a stake in Global Payments. How the activist can help the company lift its share price

CNBC: Investing

Through its Issuer Solutions segment, it provides financial institutions and retailers technologies to manage their card portfolios. The firm's team includes analysts from leading tech private equity firms, engineers, operating partners – former technology CEOs and COOs. Stock Market Value : $19.98B ($81.93 billion.

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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

Mergers and Inquisitions

Corporate finance jobs at normal companies are bad … …if you’re using them to break into a deal-based field, such as investment banking , private equity , or venture capital , or as a “Plan B” if you interview around but do not get into one of these. The key questions that corporate finance teams answer also vary.

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These stocks could benefit if Trump expands private markets access in 401(k) plans, analysts say

CNBC: Investing

For instance, Empower announced in May that it would provide exposure to private equity, private credit and private real estate through collective investment trusts – that is, pooled funds that are available to individual investors only through retirement plans. tr in [assets under management]," Bedell wrote.

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Intrepid Expands its Consumer Practice with Dominic Rispoli Joining to Lead its Lifestyle Brands Practice

Intrepid Banker Insights

Dominic brings over 30 years of experience, having successfully completed numerous M&A and capital raising transactions for founder-owned businesses, private equity portfolio companies, and public companies across a wide range of consumer sectors. Lifestyle Brands is a cornerstone practice for Intrepid.

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What Wall Street analysts are saying about Berkshire's mixed earnings and rare Kraft Heinz write-down

CNBC: Investing

In 2013, Buffett teamed up with Brazilian private equity company 3G Capital to acquire Heinz. "I was wrong in a couple of ways about Kraft Heinz," Buffett tells CNBC. "We overpaid for Kraft." " Buffett said he did not overpay for Heinz, however.

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