Sun.Mar 24, 2024

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The SEC’s Proposed Safeguarding Rule Will Cost Investors

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by R.J. Rondini, Investment Company Institute (ICI), on Sunday, March 24, 2024 Editor's Note: R.J. Rondini is Director of Securities Operations at the Investment Company Institute (ICI). This post is based on his ICI memorandum. Custodians play a vital role in financial markets, reinforcing trust and serving investors by safeguarding assets. Existing practices in the custody business are longstanding and function exceptionally well.

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Infrastructure: from investment backwater to a $1tn asset class

Financial Times M&A

Early movers profited from unloved assets, but higher interest rates and more competition mean windfalls will become harder to achieve

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SEC Chair Speaks on Mandatory Disclosure at Conference Honoring John C. Coffee, Jr.

Reynolds Holding

Today, Columbia is honoring Jack Coffee, a leader of securities law scholarship and policy. I hope Columbia one day might invite me back to celebrate your career, Professor Fox. Caveat inviter, though, at the SEC, we are Merritt neutral. As is customary, I’d like to note that my views are my own as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and I am not speaking on behalf of my fellow Commissioners or the staff.

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Advent and CVC make joint bid for European pet food business

Financial Times M&A

Cinven-owned company down to a single bidding consortium as private equity faces pressure to exit investments

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

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.

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Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Hostile Bids Regime in Europe, 2004-2023

Reynolds Holding

In 2004, the European Union (EU) adopted the Takeover Directive, a framework statute aimed at regulating corporate control transactions and takeover bids targeting EU listed issuers. The Directive, amidst aspirations of fostering a unified market for corporate control and ensuring shareholder protection, was expected to facilitate takeovers as drivers of value creation.

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Big Republican Donor Jeff Yass Owned Shares in Trump Media Merger Partner

NYT M&A

The billionaire Wall Street financier is also a major investor in ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, which faces a possible ban in the United States.