IT Valuations

APRIL 7, 2025

Aaron Mahl, EVP Business Development, iTValuations Whats shaping IT company valuations in 2025? Our iTV experts, Greg Northrop, Reed Warren, and Aaron Mahl provide insights into the latest valuation trends, market drivers, and what IT business owners should be focusing on to maximize their companys worth. Whats Driving Valuations?

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 20, 2025

Starks (The University of Texas at Austin), and Moritz Wagner (University of Canterbury), on Monday, January 20, 2025 Editor's Note: Jedrzej Bialkowski is a Professor of Finance at University of Canterbury, Laura T. This post is based on their recent paper. a little less than 5%.

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Global Finance

MAY 1, 2025

Global Finance: What factors shaped Arab Banks results last year? Arab Banks strategic emphasis on expanding beyond its home market continued to pay off, with strong momentum in the high-growth GCC region and international markets. We also revamped our Trade Finance Corporate platforms user interface and added new services.

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Equidam

JULY 23, 2025

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll break down what exactly goes into a valuation clause, why it matters for transparency and governance, and how expectations have evolved (especially after the 2022 market correction that shook startup valuations). market multiples in the sector contracted”)?

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

million in pretax profits in 2023, and a presence in 20 markets on the continent and four global centers—empowering SMEs means fueling Africa’s economic development. Its home market of Nigeria is a poster case. billion, giving Banreservas a 28% market share. For UBA—boasting $20 billion in assets, $454.2

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Global Finance

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

For more information about Indonesia, click here to read Global Finances country report page. Indonesia is a substantial and growing market for us. Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company, in their 2024 e-Conomy Southeast Asia report, named Indonesia the fastest-growing large internet market. Itll get to $3.65

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Valutico

JUNE 23, 2025

VIENNA, Austria – JUNE 24, 2025 – Valutico, a global leader in valuation and financial analysis software, today announced its strategic acquisition of Paraloq Analytics, a Vienna-based artificial intelligence (AI) specialist. We are eager to contribute our expertise to create truly transformative tools for Finance professionals.”

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Scott Mashuda

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Federal Reserve’s recent monetary easing 75-basis-points in rate cuts with more cuts expected has created an unprecedented opportunity in lower middle market M&A. This shift from inflation-fighting to growth stimulus has fundamentally altered market dynamics, putting sellers firmly in control.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Rumors of a sale started in December 2023 when president and CEO of Scotiabank, Scott Thomson, announced a global strategy to seek higher returns from developed markets. At the time, Thomson said they would analyze how Latin American business performed in 2024 and 2025. In 2018, they added the Citibank Colombia portfolio.

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Benzinga

APRIL 7, 2025

DALLAS, April 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- P10, Inc. NYSE: PX ) ("P10" or the "Company"), a leading private markets solutions provider, today announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Qualitas Equity Funds SGEIC, S.A.

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Equidam

JULY 3, 2025

The critical metrics include: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC): The total cost to acquire a buyer or seller, including marketing, sales, and onboarding expenses. This is a result of declining incentives that businesses need to offer to different sides of the market, lower share of paid users, and overall improvement in pricing power.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

They also reclaimed significant market share from the behemoth global banks, posting phenomenal assets under management (AUM) and customer growth. Northeast: BNY Wealth Americas oldest private bank, BNY Wealth has excelled by maintaining a significant edge in combining market knowledge with state-of-the-art technology.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Editor's Note: Matteo Tonello is Head of Benchmarking and Analytics and Andrew Jones is a Senior Researcher, ESG Center at The Conference Board, Inc. Posted by Matteo Tonello and Andrew Jones, The Conference Board, Inc., This post is based on their Conference Board memorandum.

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Reynolds Holding

JULY 1, 2025

In corporate finance and governance, where intentions, responsibilities, and human judgment underpin virtually every action, AI introduces a new kind of agency problem, one not grounded in selfishness, greed, or negligence, but in misalignment. A global AI system could affect markets in dozens of countries simultaneously.

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Benzinga

MAY 1, 2025

Closing of the Transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of consents from third parties, including the Minister of Health for Ontario and the Minister of Seniors and Long-Term Care for Nova Scotia, and is not conditional on financing or due diligence. million, subject to customary and other adjustments.

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Scott Mashuda

MARCH 31, 2025

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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Equidam

JUNE 30, 2025

Companies that would have struggled to raise $5M in a normal market suddenly commanded $50M+ valuations with minimal revenue and no path to profitability. Because revenue multiples are procyclical—they amplify market highs during bull markets and market lows during downturns, creating exactly the boom-bust cycles we’re seeing today.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 27, 2024

For more information about Tanzania, click here to read Global Finance’s country report page. in 2024 and 6% in 2025. Tanzania has a reputation for peace and stability compared to [other] countries in East Africa, says Tenda Msinjili, head of banking and finance at law firm Clyde & Co.s Inflation (2024, projected): 3.2%

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2025

Unlike in 2023, when a Q4 dealmaking binge over the holidays led to the sector outperforming the market, life sciences M&A cut down and stuck with it throughout 2024. Total deal value is where the market really shed its weight down a remarkable 33.7% billion kicking off 2025 with a bang, will the pounds go back on in the new year?

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

economy stabilized, inflation declined (albeit with some renewed concern toward the end of the year), financing markets brightened, albeit modestly, and equity markets climbed ever higher. Global M&A deal volume reached $3.17 trillion, reflecting a 9.8% increase compared to 2023. Industries to Watch.

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Musings on Markets

JUNE 2, 2025

That left Moody's, the third of the major sovereign ratings agencies, as the only one that persisted with a Aaa (Moody's equivalent of AAA) for the US, but that changed on May 16, 2025, when it too downgraded the US from Aaa (negative) to Aa1 (stable). By 1929, Moodys provided ratings for almost fifty central governments.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 22, 2025

Posted by Victor Goldfeld, Mark Stagliano, and Mark Andriola, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 Editor's Note: Victor Goldfeld and Mark Stagliano are Partners, and Mark Andriola is an Associate, atWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Global M&A deal volume reached $3.17 trillion, reflecting a 9.8%

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 12, 2025

Stulz (Ohio State University), and Zexi Wang (Lancaster University), on Thursday, June 12, 2025 Editor's Note: Benjamin Bennett is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, René M. Stulz is the Everett D.

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Benzinga

APRIL 22, 2025

Both therapeutic modalities represent highly active and growing markets within the cancer therapy sector, respectively. The global TCE market is projected to reach $112 billion in 2030 with a CAGR of >44%. Similarly, the global ADC market size is projected to reach $57 billion by 2030 with a CAGR of close to 30%.

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ThomsonReuters

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Blog home With digital assets gaining ground in financial markets, the IRS has implemented new regulations to ensure proper reporting of these transactions. Developing a digital asset advisory framework While the immediate focus is on compliance with the 2025 and 2026 deadlines, the broader trend toward digital asset regulation is clear.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 30, 2025

Posted by Lucian Bebchuk and Stephen Davis (Harvard Law School), on Monday, June 30, 2025 Editor's Note: Lucian Bebchuk is the James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, and Director of the Program on Corporate Governance, at Harvard Law School; Stephen M. Robert A.G.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As AI is piloted and adopted across all aspects of the personal and business banking landscape, Global Finance held a Digital Banking and AI Innovation panel in London with global financial industry leaders to explore the impact of new technologies and how to incorporate them in a way that creates a win-win for all stakeholders.

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Benzinga

JULY 3, 2025

San Francisco, California, USA, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- US Capital Global is pleased to announce the expansion of its U.S. The firm specializes in corporate finance, asset management, and capital formation services for the middle market. "We're Wilburn and Vice Presidents Ruta J.

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Scott Mashuda

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Executive Summary As we enter 2025, business owners in the Lower Middle Market face unprecedented market conditions alongside critical tax policy changes. High-net-worth individuals increasingly enter the market seeking direct business ownership. The TCJA of 2017 reduced the U.S.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

While I was working on my last two data updates for 2025, I got sidetracked, as I am wont to do, by two events. The Market Launch Assume now that the owners of both businesses (A and B) list their businesses in the market, disclosing what they expect to generate as net income in perpetuity.

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ThomsonReuters

JUNE 27, 2025

On June 17, 2025, the U.S. Marketing must not imply government backing or legal tender status. Businesses accepting stablecoins must record the fair market value at the time of receipt, which becomes the basis for future gains or losses. Senate passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S.

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Financial Times M&A

JULY 24, 2025

on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save Published July 24 2025 Jump to comments section Print this page Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2025. on facebook (opens in a new window) Is M&A turning around?

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 10, 2025

It is the end of the first full week in 2025, and my data update for the year is now up and running, and I plan to use this post to describe my data sample, my processes for computing industry statistics and the links to finding them. In the table below, we compare the changes in regional market capitalizations (in $ millions) over time.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Deirdre Ryan, global finance transformation leader at EY, says many EY clients have tested these technologies and developed proofs of concept, often in finance, marketing, and product development. Its critical that finance executives get their hands dirty and understand these capabilities, she argues. CAGR to 2034.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 7, 2025

Zhang (University of Michigan Law School), on Monday, July 7, 2025 Editor's Note: Gary B. Gorton is Frederick Frank Class of 1954 Professor Emeritus of Management & Finance at the Yale School of Management, and Jeffery Y. In this century, we have witnessed runs on “money market funds” and “repos” (and demand deposits still).

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Global Finance

JUNE 9, 2025

AI is also being used to sharpen the bank’s marketing efforts. LeikaAI, an in-house solution that optimizes marketing-audience selection, has replaced manual marketing processes based on structured query language. The post The Innovators 2025: Asia-Pacific appeared first on Global Finance Magazine.

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Equidam

JUNE 23, 2025

Guest post by Equidam partner, Hatty Fawcett of Focused for Business There’s no sugar-coating it — raising investment in 2025 isn’t a walk in the park. And what do you, as a founder at pre-seed or seed stage, need to understand about how the market operates today? The State of UK Investment Q1 2025 Why Is This Happening?

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