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Investment Banking vs Business Brokerage: Why the Difference Matters

Scott Mashuda

For business owners in the lower middle market, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity represents a convergence of business readiness, personal timing and market conditions. While successfully running a business demonstrates tremendous skill, selling a lower middle market company requires different expertise.

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Business Owner’s Guide: Preparing for Estate Tax Exemption Transitions

Scott Mashuda

Executive Summary As we enter 2025, business owners in the Lower Middle Market face unprecedented market conditions alongside critical tax policy changes. Key Takeaways: M&A conditions favor sellers, with record private equity capital, active strategic buyers, and favorable interest rates following recent Fed cuts to 4.25-4.50%

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World’s Best Investment Banks 2025: Debt

Global Finance

Debt markets were busy last year, but 2025 is off to a slow start as issuers take a wait-and-see approach. Debt capital markets enjoyed a 36% surge in total deal volume in 2024 compared to 2023, according to Dealogic. Japan was the only major market to decline, by 3%. of total global market share, as per Dealogic.

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Oneok shakes up the midstream industry

Valutico

Connecting NGL supply across the Mid-Continent, Permian, and Rocky Mountain regions to vital market centers, Oneok plays a pivotal role in the country’s energy industry. 2022 saw a robust cash and capital structure with a staggering USD 967 million adjusted EBITDA in Q4, up by 14% from the previous year.

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Clearway Energy, Inc. Signs Binding Agreement to Acquire 137 MW Wind Project

Benzinga

The Company expects the transaction to close in the first quarter of 2025, after which its targeted contribution to fiscal year 2025 results will be communicated. Clearway continues its successful track record of executing accretive, third-party acquisitions. 's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We

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Weekly Roundup: October 14-20, 2022

Harvard Corporate Governance

Remark by Commissioner Uyeda to the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee. 2025 climate action plan – Driving portfolio companies towards net zero 2050. Tags: advisory board , Climate change , Corporate Social Responsibility , ESG , financial markets , technology. on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Posted by Mark T.

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Private Credit Interview Questions and Answers: How to Merge Corporate Banking, Capital Markets, and LBO Modeling

Brian DeChesare

Private credit has exploded since the 2008 financial crisis, as new regulations and capital requirements drove many large banks away from their lending activities for middle-market companies. You like the downside focus in credit and the fact that due diligence is more useful for evaluating these downside cases.

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