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Bice purchase of Agridime nearly complete

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… to purchase the assets of Agridime and American Grazed Beef. … $15.7 million. The Agridime report said that the purchaser … of what they lost. Agridime shared the following statement to … Agridime investors: “The sale of Agridime’s assets …

Montegray Capital CEO Michael Jordaan: Disrupting banking and investing in energy

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… it has launched. Other new banks like Discovery Bank and Tyme … the gap in the market. Banks tend to focus on very …

India Boom Set to Drive Private Credit and Bond Expansion: Credit Weekly

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Talk with anyone in international finance now, and the discussion will sooner or later turn to India. The country’s bonds are being added to global indexes, drawing some of the market’s biggest fund managers who are betting on strong economic growth.

D.E. Shaw, Mantle Ridge zero in on key fixes to build shareholder value at Air Products

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Both activists want to address CEO succession planning and capital allocation at the company.

Bain Capital: We see interesting businesses for investments in China

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Bain Capital: We see interesting businesses for investments in China

Michael Rave, CEO of Brandywine Legal Recruiting, LLC, Discusses the Future of Corporate Governance and Recruiting in an Evolving Banking Industry

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… leader who has navigated complex banking transactions, corporate governance, and mergers … -changing regulations, and client expectations, banks and corporations alike are under … the demands of the modern banking and corporate environment. Instead, Michael …

Apollo Silver Announces Further Upsizing of Private Placement

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Apollo Silver Corp. (“Apollo Silver” or the “Company”) (TSX.V:APGO, OTCQB:APGOF, Frankfurt:6ZF0) is pleased to announce that due to significant interest, the Company has elected to further increase the size of its non-brokered private placement and will now offer up to 67,500,000 common shares of the Company (the […]

Berkshire Hathaway Lifts Stake in Sirius XM After Malone Deal

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Warren Buffett is amplifying his bet on Sirius XM Holdings Inc., as Berkshire Hathaway Inc. keeps adding more shares of the radio broadcasting firm to its portfolio.

Finovate Global New Zealand: Business Banking, Wealthtech, and Cross-Border Payments

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… New Zealand. Business banking account Emerge secures investment … market strategy, including offering banking services to startups. “Emerge … banks, and team cards ready to go.” A digital-first banking … of Fujairah to deploy banking technology from Intellect …

KKR and Bain in all-out $4bn fight for Japan’s Fuji Soft

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Private equity titans cause a stir in the country, with a rare battle over Japanese software company

ThreeD Capital Inc. Disposes of Securities of Birchtree Investments Ltd.

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TORONTO, Oct. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ThreeD Capital Inc. (“ThreeD”) (CSE:IDK / OTCQX:IDKFF) a Canadian based venture capital firm focused on opportunistic investments in companies in the junior resources and disruptive technologies sectors, announces that through a series of transactions on October 11, 2024 (the “Dispositions”), ThreeD disposed of ownership and control of an […]

Cigna Resumes Merger Discussions with Humana After Talks Ended Last Year

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Cigna Group has revived efforts to combine with its smaller rival Humana Inc. after merger talks fell apart late last year, according to people familiar with the matter.

Citi Nabs BBVA Tech Head to Lead Revamp Ahead of Banamex IPO

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Citigroup Inc. poached Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA’s head of software development to lead a technology architecture overhaul at its Banamex unit ahead of the Mexican consumer bank’s planned initial public offering next year.

Equatorial Taps Safra to Advise on Wind Power Assets Sale

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Equatorial Energia SA, a Brazilian energy distributor, is working with Banco J. Safra to advise on a sale of wind power assets, according to people familiar with the matter.

Consello Head of Shareholder Advisory on Activistm

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Consello Head of Shareholder Advisory Kiran Moorthy discusses the changing relationship between companies and active shareholders. He speaks with Sonali Basak on "Bloomberg Markets." (Source: Bloomberg)

Carlyle’s Private Equity Co-Heads Share How Best to do a Deal With Them

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Hi, it’s Liana Baker and David Carnevali and in New York, speaking to Carlyle’s co-heads of US private equity. Also, CVS won’t do a breakup and Verizon buys some spectrum. A new activist situation is brewing at a French-fry maker.Today's top stories

Sanofi Set to Sign Consumer Health Deal With CD&R This Weekend

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Sanofi is aiming to sign an agreement this weekend to sell control of its consumer health business to Clayton Dubilier & Rice, following a last-ditch attempt by a rival bidder to derail the deal, people with knowledge of the matter said.

AI Startup SandboxAQ Seeks Funding at Over $5 Billion Valuation

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SandboxAQ, a startup spun off from Alphabet Inc., is seeking to raise new equity funding at a valuation of more than $5 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Investment banking has made a multibillion-dollar rebound, but it's too early to pop the Champagne

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Major banks like Goldman Sachs walloped Wall … thanks to dealmaking fees. Investment banking has made a comeback, and … for investment bankers. The biggest banks on Wall Street reported a … a blip. For the five banks, Mayo estimated that capital markets …

Bloomberg Surveillance: Markets, Election, & M&A (Podcast)

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Source: Bloomberg, 30:42

Millennium’s $10 Billion Capital Raise Attracts $20 Billion

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Izzy Englander’s Millennium Management aimed to raise as much as $10 billion of new capital for its hedge fund. It turns out investors wanted to fork over twice that amount.

Capital One Partners with Minna Technologies to Become the First Major U.S. Credit Card Issuer to Offer Subscription Management Tools in Its Banking App

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… spanning subscription businesses, retail banks and fintechs, enabling consumers … lifecycle subscription management directly within banking apps, enhancing customer engagement … ever more paramount – for banks, subscription businesses and subscribers. …

Risky-ETF Crew Grabs Wall Street Limelight With Long-Short Bets

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Want to go long Bitcoin-holder MicroStrategy Inc. while shorting megabank JPMorgan Chase & Co.? How about buying streaming giant Netflix Inc. while dumping Comcast Corp.? Or pitting Google-parent Alphabet Inc. against New York Times Co.?

Lamb Weston Jumps on WSJ Report Activist Jana Pushing for a Sale

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Shares of Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. jumped in early trading on Friday after the Wall Street Journal reported that activist investor Jana Partners is pushing the french-fry supplier to explore a sale.

Troilus Closes $28 Million Bought Deal Offering

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NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES MONTREAL, Oct. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Troilus Gold Corp. (“Troilus” or the “Company”, TSX: TLG, OTCQX: CHXMF; FSE: CM5R) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced bought deal financing (the “Offering”). Pursuant to the Offering, […]

A.I.S. Resources Announces Private Placement Financing

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A.I.S. Resources Limited (TSX.V: AIS, OTC- PINK: AISSF) (“AIS” or the “Company”) announces a non-brokered private placement of up to 8,600,000 Units at a price of $0.035 per Unit for gross proceeds of $301,000 (the “Private Placement“). The proceeds will be used for general working capital […]

Cerberus, Intrum Said Near Deal to Buy €2 Billion of Hoist Loans

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Cerberus Capital Management LP and Intrum AB are nearing a deal to buy Spanish bad loans with a face value of around €2 billion ($2.2 billion) from Hoist Finance AB, according to people familiar with the matter.

Cyber A.I. Group and ThinkEquity Execute Agreement for Investment Banking Services

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… Equity Execute Agreement for Investment Banking Services GNW Article content … capabilities include full-service investment banking, equity research, institutional sales, … and longstanding relationships across regional banks, hedge funds and family offices …

Hedge Fund Farrer Raises $500 Million to Trade Agriculture

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Commodity hedge fund Farrer Capital Management Pty has closed to new investment after raising $500 million, making it one of the only specialist agriculture investors in the market.

Liveops Named Top Private Company in Phoenix Business Journal’s 2024 ACE Awards for 4th Year

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Recognized for its continued excellence, Liveops earns its spot as a top private company at the 2024 Arizona Corporate Excellence (ACE) Awards. SCOTTSDALE, AZ, UNITED STATES, October 18, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Liveops, a leader in agile …

Fuji Soft Sticks With KKR Despite Higher Takeover Offer From Bain

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Fuji Soft Inc. is standing by KKR & Co.’s tender for its shares despite receiving a higher bid from Bain Capital that’s won the support of the Japanese software developer’s founder.

DarGlobal Roadtour Prague: Exclusive Investment Opportunities in Oman – First Time in Prague

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Prague to Host Exclusive Oman Real Estate Investment Event: DarGlobal Roadtour on October 18-19, 2024 PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC, October 18, 2024 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Four Seasons Hotel in Prague will host the DarGlobal Roadtour: Exclusive …

Wall Street boosted by surge in investment banking fees in the third quarter fuelled by more deals

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… Street’s biggest banks reported rising investment banking fees in the … Goldman Sachs said investment banking fees rose 20 per cent … increase.  At Citi, investment banking revenues rose for the second … per cent surge in investment banking fees on Friday. Mergers …

Stack Capital Group Inc. Announces Best Efforts Financing

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NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE UNITED STATES NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES TORONTO, Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Stack Capital Group Inc., (the “Company”) (TSX:STCK) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Raymond James Ltd., Canaccord Genuity Corp., RBC Capital Markets, and TD Securities […]

Investment Banking a Bright Spot for Earnings

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Gerard Cassidy of RBC Capital Markets expects M&A activity to pick up and he says many banks are well positioned to benefit from lower interest rates. (Source: Bloomberg)

Apollo CEO Rowan Sees Private and Public Markets Converging

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Apollo Global Management Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marc Rowan is seeing the public and private markets converging with the latter attracting more competition for trading on Wall Street.

Citigroup profit beats estimates in Q3 on surge in investment banking

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… debt underwriting propped up investment banking results.   The third-largest … .   In the US retail banking division, revenue climbed 3 per … 2.7 billion.   Meanwhile, retail banking revenues fell 8 per cent … an index tracking large-cap banks is up 28 per cent …

Changing scenario: Debt-free Tata Sons has firepower for newer biz

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A low leverage ratio, such as in 2005-06 and 2014-15, has been followed by a spurt in Tata Sons' equity investment in various listed and unlisted ventures

Blue Owl Capital's M&A Strategy Brings Assets and Talent

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Hi, it’s Sonali Basak in New York, taking a closer look at Blue Owl’s recent deal spree. Also today, a UBS hedge fund spies a merger-arb revival and Boeing goes big to stave off a cash crunch. Today's top stories

US-based Capital group divests 1.7% stake worth Rs 148 cr in IT firm Mastek

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Financial services company Capital Group on Tuesday divested a 1.7 per cent stake in IT firm Mastek for over Rs 148 crore through an open market transaction. According to the bulk deal data available on the BSE, US-based Capital group through its arm SmallCap World Fund Inc offloaded 5.30 lakh shares, amounting to a 1.7 per cent stake in Mastek. The shares were sold at an average price of Rs 2,801.68 apiece, taking the deal value to Rs 148.49 crore. After the share sale, Capital group's holding in Mastek has come down to 6.24 per cent from 7.94 per cent. Meanwhile, Aalidhra Textool Engineers bought 2 lakh shares of the company at an average price of Rs 2,800.81 per piece. This took the deal value to Rs 56.01 crore. Details of the other buyers of Mastek's shares could not be ascertained. Shares of Mastek rose 4.65 per cent to close at Rs 2,904.25 apiece on the BSE.

Taming the unicorns: Attention to institution building is critical

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As India's unicorns race to become decacorns, they must absorb the less glamorous sobriety of institution-building too

Securitize taps Zero Hash to enable purchase of BlackRock’s BUIDL via USDC

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Securitize, the platform for tokenizing real-world assets, has integrated Zero Hash to allow qualified investors to easily subscribe to BlackRock’s tokenized fund via the USDC stablecoin. In an announcement Securitize said its partnership with the stablecoin infrastructure platform Zero Hash…

CCI clears Central Bank of India's stake acquisition in Future Generali

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FEL holds direct and indirect investments in the general insurer, Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited, which is a joint venture between the company and Genera Group

Billionaire Takes on Bondholders in Battle for DirecTV

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Welcome to The Brink. I’m Reshmi Basu, a reporter in New York, where I’ve been reporting on Charlie Ergen’s bondholder problem while trying to DirecTV. We also have the latest on Ukraine and battery maker Northvolt. Follow this link to subscribe. Send us feedback and tips at debtnews@bloomberg.net.

Neuron7.ai secures $44 million in Series B led by Smith Point Capital

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The firm operates in Bengaluru and plans to scale operations in India, targeting 10x growth in 2024

Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC plans AIF expansion with private credit schemes

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The AMC expects the private credit segment to grow to $3.5 trillion by 2028 in India

Goldman, Bank of America and Citi beat earnings estimates as investment banks shine

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… strength in their investment banks The Wall Street giants … grapple with falling interest rates. Banks’ net interest income (NII) … – the difference between what banks pay on deposits and earn … its reliance on investment banking, often considered a volatile …

Boeing Fallen-Angel Risk Leads to $25 Billion Cash Plan

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Boeing Co. is likelier to lean more heavily on new stock rather than debt as it considers raising $25 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Brooke Sutherland, who writes the Industrial Strength newsletter. The troubled planemaker already risks becoming the largest-ever US fallen angel with its credit rating teetering near junk status, Sutherland says on Bloomberg’s “Open Interest.”

Birla confident of VIL turnaround; fundraise, capex cycle bolster telco

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Fundraise and subsequent capex cycle have placed Vodafone Idea on a more secure footing, ensuring it remains dynamic and competitive, Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said on Tuesday exuding confidence about the telco scripting a turnaround. During the inauguration of IMC and ITU-WTSA 2024, Birla told reporters that while Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) has been written off several times in the past, it is about time that such impressions about the company are shed. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Birla said he is confident that with continued support of the government, VIL will do its part in realising India's digital destiny. "With the continued support of the government, I am confident that we will do our part to realise the Prime Minister's digital India destiny. I am a firm believer in the transformative power of India's telecom sector and I see it as a bridge to a more connected, empowered and prosperous India," Birla said. It is pertinent to mention that promoter

Wall Street banks propelled by investment banking gains

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… 39;s biggest banks reported rising investment-banking fees in the … Goldman said its investment banking fees backlog increased compared … conference call that for investment banking, "we feel … helped by higher investment banking fees and strong trading …