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Hostile Or Not, Every Merger Brings A Battle

JD Supra: Mergers

The merger landscape in the United States is shifting once again. After a period marked by stricter antitrust enforcement and skepticism toward merger transactions, recent developments suggest a renewed openness to structural remedies, such as divestitures, to resolve competitive concerns. This evolution in enforcement strategy may signal not only greater regulatory flexibility but also a potential resurgence in corporate dealmaking, including, in some cases, hostile takeovers.

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Goldman Sachs becomes second Wall Street bank to raise its S&P 500 target this week

CNBC: Investing

The strategist's updated forecast puts Goldman among the three most bullish Wall Street firms.

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Norwood Financial Corp Extends its Pennsylvania Presence with Strategic Acquisition of PB Bankshares, Inc.

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

Accessibility: Skip TopNav Norwood Financial Corp Extends its Pennsylvania Presence with Strategic Acquisition of PB Bankshares, Inc. July 07, 2025 16:15 ET | Source: Norwood Financial Corp Norwood Financial Corp HONESDALE, Pa. and COATESVILLE, Pa., July 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Norwood Financial Corp (“Norwood Financial”) (NASDAQ: NWFL), headquartered in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and PB Bankshares, Inc.

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Energy Matters in Tech DD

Beyond M&A

When you run multiple due diligence projects at once, patterns start to emerge. One of the clearest is energy. Some teams come in hot — sharp, switched on, ready to go. Others? It’s less pulling teeth, more dragging a piano uphill in flip-flops. You can’t help but compare them — it’s like sports day for management teams. And while we’re not handing out medals, we are quietly noting who’s going to be a dream to work with post-deal… and who might be a problem. 🟢 The Energetic Team: Responds

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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UK Public M&A Monthly Activity Update: June 2025

JD Supra: Mergers

In June 2025, there were twelve Rule 2.7 announcements made across the UK public M&A market and five further possible offers announced. Recommended cash offer by HGGC LLC for Inspired plc – £183.6 million – public to private. Recommended cash and share offer by Tritax Big Box REIT plc for Warehouse REIT plc – £485.2 million, and more.

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Citi raises price target on Nvidia, citing expanding AI opportunity

CNBC: Investing

Malik's bullish thesis is driven by the uptick in sovereign AI demand, which refers to nations' efforts to produce and control their own AI infrastructure.

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M&A as a Force for Good: Creating Positive Social Impact

Sun Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) often bring to mind financial gains, market expansion, or operational efficiencies. While these are undeniable benefits, the transformative potential of M&A extends beyond balance sheets and boardrooms. When approached thoughtfully, mergers and acquisitions can be a powerful force for good, driving meaningful social impact and creating value for communities, employees, and the planet.

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Global M&A Insights: Lateral thinking in fast-moving markets

JD Supra: Mergers

How are dealmakers responding to an uncertain and volatile macro environment? Our latest M&A Insights report offers a global perspective on the forces shaping M&A activity, from the rising interest in the European defense sector to the creative transactional structures being deployed by life sciences innovators to navigate challenging markets.

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Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Tesla, Oracle, Amazon, Netflix, CoreWeave, JPMorgan, & more

CNBC: Investing

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AI to have greatest impact on algo optimisation in equity trading, report finds

The TRADE

Algo optimisation is expected to see the greatest impact from AI adoption by buy-side equity firms, a report by Coalition Greenwich has revealed. According to the study, 78% of buy-side equity traders predict that this area will see the most benefits, with 61% also foreseeing impacts on venue selection, and 50% on broker and strategy choices. As discourse around AI gains traction in the industry, buy-side equity traders are increasingly looking to leverage the technology, with approximately

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Top 3 Banking Secrets to Stay Relevant with Gen Z Consumers

Speaker: Brian Muse-McKenney, Chief Revenue Officer & Matt Simester, Cards and Payments Expert

In today’s world of social media, dating apps, and remote work, businesses risk becoming irrelevant (or getting "ghosted") if they fail to meet the evolving needs of Gen Z consumers. Credit cards with flexible payment options, especially for young adults with little-to-no credit history, are a particularly important and valuable solution for this generation.

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How Investment Bankers are Different than Brokers

Focus Investment Banking

How Investment Bankers are Different than Brokers Why Dental Business Owners Choose Bankers Over Brokers When it comes time to sell, many dental practice owners are unsure whether to work with a broker or a banker. The difference isn’t just semantics—it can significantly affect your outcome. At FOCUS Investment Banking , we offer the same sell-side process used for billion-dollar transactions to sellers of $10 to $200 million companies.

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Why are take-private deals accelerating in Singapore and Hong Kong?

JD Supra: Mergers

A growing number of companies are delisting from public markets globally. Here we examine what’s driving activity in Singapore and Hong Kong, and explore how shifting regulatory regimes are influencing transaction flows. Recent years have been marked by a steady flow of delistings from public stock indexes. During the period from 1996 to 2020 the number of U.S. public companies halved from more than 7,000 to less than 4,000, with other major markets experiencing even bigger declines.

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Forget altcoins. These stocks are the best way to play the crypto space in the second half, Wolfe says

CNBC: Investing

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The Truth About Unsolicited Private Equity Offers (and What Founders Should Do Next)

Software Equity Group

If you are leading a software company generating between $5 million and $50 million in revenue, there is a good chance you have received unsolicited outreach from private equity firms or strategic acquirers. These messages often arrive with a proposed valuation range or a vague invitation to explore strategic alignment. Founders are frequently flattered by the attention and intrigued by the implied value.

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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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Breaking Down the FOCUS Sell-Side Process

Focus Investment Banking

Breaking Down the FOCUS Sell-Side Process FOCUS Investment Banking is a leading sell-side advisor serving middle market companies. Our clients are usually founder-owned businesses that work with us on their first sale transaction, often to a larger company or private equity-backed group. Our healthcare services clients (e.g., physician groups, dental practices, behavioral health) are highly sought after, and multiple buyers often bid competitively against one another to win the deal.

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Takeover Panel Consultation and New Practice Statements

JD Supra: Mergers

The Takeover Panel has published a consultation paper on dual class share structures, IPOs and share buybacks. The proposed amendments to the Takeover Code clarify how the mandatory offer requirements apply to a company with a dual class share structure when a shareholder’s percentage of voting is increased as a consequence of a trigger event.

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HSBC downgrades JPMorgan Chase, adopts 'a more cautious stance' on bank stocks

CNBC: Investing

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Bloomberg and Clearwater partner to enhance investment management workflows

The TRADE

Bloomberg has partnered with Clearwater Analytics to provide a combined front-to-back investment offering for asset owners and asset managers. Laila Mirsepassi The collaboration combines Bloomberg’s investment solutions suite with Clearwater’s accounting solution and is set to support users in managing costs and reducing risk. Specifically, the offering is expected to eliminate challenges of manual processes and data inconsistencies, and clients will also have access to functionalities incl

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Enhance Customer Value: Unleash Your Data’s Potential

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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SPACs: A Path to Public Markets That Shouldn’t Be Overlooked

MergersCorp M&A International

In the frenetic world of finance, few instruments have sparked as much debate, and perhaps as much misunderstanding, as the Special Purpose Acquisition Company, or SPAC. Often maligned as speculative vehicles or the exclusive domain of Wall Street titans, SPACs have, in recent years, fallen out of public favor and seen a significant slowdown in activity.

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Navigating German FDI Rules

JD Supra: Mergers

KEY CONSIDERATIONS AND PRACTICAL INSIGHTS FOR VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTORS - Germany’s foreign direct investment (FDI) regime has been expanded considerably in recent years, mirroring a global trend towards increased scrutiny of cross-border investments, and particularly targeting evolving sectors, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), quantum computing, robotics and semiconductors.

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Gen Z and millennials embrace health and wellness. These stocks could benefit

CNBC: Investing

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Equiteq Expands North American Leadership With Appointment of Managing Director

Equiteq

Equiteq, a global investment bank specializing in the technology services and consulting sector, is pleased to announce the appointment of Derek Bell as Managing Director. This addition further strengthens Equiteq’s North American leadership team and reinforces the firm's commitment to growth, innovation, and delivery of outstanding client outcomes.

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Deliver Mission Critical Insights in Real Time with Data & Analytics

In the fast-moving manufacturing sector, delivering mission-critical data insights to empower your end users or customers can be a challenge. Traditional BI tools can be cumbersome and difficult to integrate - but it doesn't have to be this way. Logi Symphony offers a powerful and user-friendly solution, allowing you to seamlessly embed self-service analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting directly into your applications.

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Droit updates global regulatory decision-making platform

The TRADE

Droit, a technology firm serving institutional clients, has received patent approval for an upgrade to its global regulatory decision-making platform ‘Adept’, allowing users to evaluate the permissibility of trades and preview the incoming impact of upcoming regulatory changes. Brock Arnason Specifically, the upgrade – named ‘explore mode’ – concerns decision-making across pre- and post-trade controls, allowing for full traceability in each step of traders’ transactions.

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FCA finds evidence of unusual trading ahead of 38% of takeover announcements

JD Supra: Mergers

In its latest annual Market Cleanliness report published yesterday, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found that 38% of UK takeover targets in 2024 experienced an abnormal increase in their share price in the two days before the first announcement of a firm or possible offer. This is consistent with separate analysis undertaken by White & Case, which found that 40% of announcements of UK takeovers that commenced an offer period in 2024 were "forced announcements" triggered by press.

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Bank of America’s top trade ideas for the third quarter

CNBC: Investing

Bank of America's top stock picks for the third quarter include Cisco Systems and Levi Strauss.

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Strategic Finance Jobs: An Upgrade Over Corporate Finance, or a Smoke Screen for Standard FP&A Work?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Whenever I write about Corporate Finance jobs on this site, there’s always a fair amount of criticism in the comments. People seem to think that I’m too harsh in explaining why I “don’t like” these jobs and do not recommend them for most university and MBA students. But many corporations also realized that Corporate Finance has a branding problem , because they created “Strategic Finance” roles.

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Using Data & Analytics for Improving Healthcare Innovation and Outcomes

In the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, delivering data insights to end users or customers can be a significant challenge for product managers, product owners, and application team developers. The complexity of healthcare data, the need for real-time analytics, and the demand for user-friendly interfaces can often seem overwhelming. But with Logi Symphony, these challenges become opportunities.

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ReserveOne Sets Out to Build the Digital Reserve of the Future

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

Plans to List on NASDAQ Following Business Combination with M3-Brigade Acquisition V Corp. in a $1 Billion Transaction Plans to List on NASDAQ Following Business Combination with M3-Brigade Acquisition V Corp.

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Notes from the Multipolar Global Front: Navigating Multinational Antitrust Merger Reviews

JD Supra: Mergers

Recent developments have made navigating multinational antitrust merger reviews even more complex and replete with traps for the unwary.

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Top Wall Street analysts are pounding the table on these 3 stocks

CNBC: Investing

TipRanks' analyst ranking service highlights three stocks, including Dell Technologies and Amazon, favored by Wall Street's top pros.

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EIB Group Compliance Activity Report 2024

European Investment Bank

The EIB Group Compliance Activity Report for 2024 describes the EIB Group Compliance Functions’ organisational set-up, activities, ongoing work to further strengthen the policy framework and the management of the risks under their remit, and includes the foreseen priorities for 2025.

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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?