Harvard Corporate Governance
JUNE 9, 2025
Posted by Zwetelina Iliewa (University of Bonn), Elisabeth Kempf (Harvard Business School), and Oliver G. Spalt (University of Mannheim), on Monday, June 9, 2025 Editor's Note: Zwetelina Iliewa is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Department of Economics at the University of Bonn, Elisabeth Kempf is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Oliver G.
NYT M&A
JUNE 9, 2025
The film and television giant will turn its cable networks, including CNN and TNT, into one company and its streaming and studios business into another.
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Harvard Corporate Governance
JUNE 9, 2025
Posted by Julia Thompson, Keith Halverstam, and Jenna Cooper, Latham & Watkins LLP, on Monday, June 9, 2025 Editor's Note: Julia Thompson , Keith Halverstam , and Jenna Cooper are Partners at Latham & Watkins LLP. This post is based on a Latham memorandum by Ms. Thompson, Mr. Halverstam, Ms. Cooper, Charles Ruck , Ryan Maierson , and Joel Trotter.
Global Finance
JUNE 9, 2025
Regional Winners Most Innovative Bank in Middle East| ARAB BANK Acabes, Arab Bank’s in-house development factory, enabled the bank to launch an updated version of its Reflect banking app in 2024. Reflect benefits from a host of new digital features, including multicurrency subaccounts for deposits, savings, and payments. Customers can also use Salary Transfer and instant transfer features with these currencies.
Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications
Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.
Harvard Corporate Governance
JUNE 9, 2025
Posted by David A. Brown, KPMG LLP, on Monday, June 9, 2025 Editor's Note: David A. Brown is Executive Director at KPMG LLP. This post is based on a KPMG memorandum by John H Rodi, Anne C Zavarella, and Patrick A. Lee. Disruption, volatility, and uncertainty aren’t new operating conditions by any means. But the assumptions that have long driven corporate thinking—the role of government, geopolitical norms, and consistency in US policies as administrations change, and the speed of technological a
Global Finance
JUNE 9, 2025
You wouldn’t think that the quipu—an abacuslike system of knotted cords used by the Incas for record keeping—would have much application to the breakneck adoption of artificial intelligence among financial institutions (FIs). But a Colombian financial-services company nurtured by Bancolombia Ventures harkens to that system. Quipu deploys AI-powered analyses of alternative data to determine the creditworthiness of microbusinesses.
Business Valuation Zone brings together the best content for business valuation professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Peak Business Valuation
JUNE 9, 2025
Businesses often get entangled in lawsuits. This can be a stressful time for business owners. During this litigation period, obtaining a business valuation is key. A litigation business valuation provides business owners with key information to support their legal case. This article explains simplifying litigation business valuations and discusses how they are used during legal disputes.
Sun Acquisitions
JUNE 9, 2025
Building a great sign manufacturing business requires years of dedication and savvy decision-making. Yet creating a consistently profitable business is only step one. To be completely successful, you have to exhibit the same determined preparation and analytical thinking when it’s time to exit. The reality is buyers are going to work every angle possible to get better terms.
Reynolds Holding
JUNE 9, 2025
In the debate over whether corporations should give priority to shareholder interests or stakeholder interests, among the thorniest issues is whether one approach creates more value for a company than the other. The challenge lies in the difficulty of assessing which stakeholder groups firms or managers favor. In a new study, we address that challenge by using machine learning to analyze managers’ statements from earnings calls, developing a time-varying measure of a firm’s shareholder or stakeh
The Guardian M&A
JUNE 9, 2025
Alphawave, Oxford Ionics and Spectris targeted as flagging share prices leave British companies vulnerable Business live – latest updates American investors are poised to snap up three companies listed on the London Stock Exchange for a combined value of more than £5bn, as flagging share prices leave British companies vulnerable to takeovers. Alphawave, which is one of the few semiconductor companies listed in the UK, received an offer worth 183p a share from the US rival Qualcomm and on Monday
Speaker: Wayne Spivak - President and Chief Financial Officer of SBA * Consulting LTD, Industry Writer, and Public Speaker
The old adages that "cash is king" and "you can’t spend profits" still hold true today. But however well-known these sayings might be, it requires a change in mindset to properly implement a cash flow management system that predicts your business's runaway as accurately as possible. Key to this new mindset is understanding the difference between the Statement of Cash Flows, a historical look at the source and uses of cash, and the Cash Flow Statement, which uses transaction history and forward-l
Law 360 M&A
JUNE 9, 2025
A private equity trade group is seeking to back KKR's bid to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit seeking fines that could top $650 million for allegedly hiding key documentation and entire transactions from merger notification, arguing that enforcers are trying to create a brand new requirement for "perfect" filings.
Global Finance
JUNE 9, 2025
Regional Winner Most Innovative Bank in Latin America| BANCO BRADESCO Banco Bradesco has incorporated innovative Gen AI applications into its operations to modernize services and processes. By using AI to extract and quantify information from investment reports, the bank can tailor analyses to meet the needs of institutional clients. The Bridge platform integrates services to optimize banking applications from different business areas, eliminating the need for subject-matter expertise.
Appraisers Blog
JUNE 9, 2025
In reply to Bill Johnson. FNMA: These changes in appraisal ordering process will not negatively effect appraisers income, rather will help them earn more money with more efficient process.
Global Finance
JUNE 9, 2025
Regional Winners Most Innovative Bank in Western Europe | SOCIETE GENERALE Societe Generale’s Global Transaction and Payment Services division has launched several new innovations to reduce their corporate clients’ workload. These include IKAR, a Gen AI chatbot for cash management product-documentation inquiries; and the Digitrade Tool, which uses advanced data analytics, including algorithms and pattern recognition, to personalize the document-checking process.
Speaker: Joe Apfelbaum, CEO of Ajax Union
In this webinar, Joe Apfelbaum, CEO of Ajax Union and business strategist, will take you through the ABCs of intent data. You'll learn how to effectively use it to drive business results, with practical tips on how to leverage both company and contact intent data to maximize your marketing efforts. Whether you're a seasoned marketer or just getting started, this webinar is a must-attend for anyone looking to stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.
Appraisers Blog
JUNE 9, 2025
The first question I have is whether the incompetent responsible for this have been fired? If not, then WHY? Why wouldn’t they instead ask for a fee waiver from ASC? Someone is being mendacious.
Accounting Web
JUNE 9, 2025
This month Giles Mooney of PTP Interactive and Amy Chin, previously tax editor of AccountingWEB, discuss the update to the Check Employment Status
Business Wire M&A
JUNE 9, 2025
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exagon Impact Capital (“Exagon”), a private equity firm advancing the renewable energy transition in Latin America and the Caribbean, announced the second portfolio company acquisition on behalf of its inaugural fund, Exagon Latin America Fund I (“XLA I”). The Fund acquired a controlling stake in SunRoof, a Latin American renewable energy platform with operations in Mexico and Chile.
Hallmark Brokers
JUNE 9, 2025
Selling a business is a major decision, and the difference between an average sale and a high-value exit often comes down to one thing: preparation. At Hallmark Business Brokers, we’ve helped countless business owners in Venice, Sarasota, and Bradenton maximize the value of their companies before listing them for sale. One of the most effective […] The post How Business Coaching Helps Owners Increase Value Before Selling appeared first on Hallmark Brokers.
Global Finance
JUNE 9, 2025
Regional Winners Most Innovative Bank in North America | BANK OF AMERICA Bank of America’s (BofA’s) dedication to improving customer experience is evident in the 12% increase in digital interactions by clients last year, reaching a recordbreaking 26 billion interactions. Corporate clients made over $1 trillion in payment approvals on the bank’s CashPro app in 2024—a 25% increase year on year.
Mckinsey and Company
JUNE 9, 2025
Procurement can be the first around the track for business transformation efforts. Our research identifies the three areas that matter most in increasing the odds of success.
Global Finance
JUNE 9, 2025
Regional Winners Most Innovative Bank in Asia-Pacific| TAIPEI FUBON BANK In 2024, the Taiwan bank introduced IntelliChat, a chatbot enabled by Gen AI, designed to handle customer-service queries. It has improved the retail-user experience at the bank by reducing previously long wait times for account information. Waiting to speak with a specialist or chatbot took an average of 27 seconds before implementation, compared with 20 seconds after implementation.
Appraisers Blog
JUNE 9, 2025
In reply to Marshall Jones. Simply send the letter anonymously. Use paper mail, a stamp, and sign ‘anonymous due to fear of retaliation by the amc industry.’ Welcome to the club. A senior rep with top level administrative positioning from a major amc called me just the other day. Probably fishing for hybrid servicers or something to that regard.
Global Finance
JUNE 9, 2025
Regional Winners Most Innovative Bank in Central and Eastern Europe| AKTIF INVESTMENT BANK Aktif Investment Bank, Turkey’s largest privately owned inves tment bank, has applied AI to boost internal bank processes. In early 2025, the bank launched an AI-driven digital interview system that integrates realtime lip synchronization and natural conversation using ChatGPT.
NYT M&A
JUNE 9, 2025
Disney said it had agreed to add $439 million to what it had already paid for the streaming service. Comcast had wanted $5 billion more.
Global Finance
JUNE 9, 2025
Financial Services Company Labs (Working With External Startups and Scaleups) Many FIs host labs nurturing outside startups. These labs operate around the world and focus on everything from deploying Gen AI to streamlining regulatory and legal processes to deploying stablecoins to speed international transactions. Based in Morocco, Attijariwafa Bank has significant operations in 15 countries in northern and western Africa, along with branches in Europe and Asia.
Law 360 M&A
JUNE 9, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission's recent approval of $35 billion merger between Synopsys and Ansys, subject to the divestiture of certain assets, signals a renewed preference for settlements over litigation, if the former can preserve competition and a robust structural remedy is available, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
Accounting Web
JUNE 9, 2025
When Steve Hare first qualified as an accountant, he never imagined presenting to 4,000 people as chief executive of the UK’s largest
Business Wire M&A
JUNE 9, 2025
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that it has reached an agreement with Alphawave IP Group plc (AWE.L) (“Alphawave Semi”) regarding the terms and conditions of a recommended acquisition by Aqua Acquisition Sub LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, for the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Alphawave Semi at an implied enterprise value of approximately US$2.4 billion.
Global Finance
JUNE 9, 2025
Regional Winners Most Innovative Bank in Africa | NEDBANK MOZAMBIQUE In an effort to modernize operations, Nedbank Mozambique has implemented innovative digital solutions to strengthen its services and processes. Customers can use various functions across digital channels to easily transfer funds to mobile wallets or cash from prepaid cards to Nedbank accounts.
Law 360 M&A
JUNE 9, 2025
Citing "an important and urgent" need, a Delaware vice chancellor has asked the state supreme court to rule on the constitutionality of recent corporate law amendments providing conflicted directors or controlling investors expanded "safe harbor" liability shields for contested actions.
Accountancy Today
JUNE 9, 2025
Dains has revealed that its corporate finance team has officially entered into the national top 20 of deal advisers for the first time, following a “landmark” first quarter. Having completed eight M&A transactions in the first quarter alone, the firm had the third most active corporate finance team in the Midlands and 20th in the UK overall, according to Experian’s M&A review for the period.
Law 360 M&A
JUNE 9, 2025
Citing lower court errors, Delaware's Supreme Court revived on Monday two counts in a Court of Chancery suit alleging that Kraft Heinz Co. insiders with ties to a Brazilian controlling investor sold $1.2 billion worth of shares based on nonpublic information.
Business Wire M&A
JUNE 9, 2025
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Winged Keel Group (“Winged Keel”) today announced the acquisition of BryanMark Group, a St. Louis-based provider of life insurance solutions to affluent and ultra-affluent clients. This transaction follows the announcement of GTCR’s strategic investment in Winged Keel in early 2025 to accelerate its growth trajectory and ongoing efforts to build the premier destination for distinguished life insurance advisors and their clients.
Law 360 M&A
JUNE 9, 2025
L'Oréal SA said Monday that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in British premium skincare brand Medik8 from European private equity firm Inflexion as the cosmetics giant seeks to expand its top-end brand Luxe.
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