Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 3, 2022

Posted by Ani Huang, and Richard Floersch, HR Policy Association, on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Editor's Note: Ani Huang is President and CEO; and Richard R. Floersch is Senior Strategic Advisor at the HR Policy Association. This post is based on their HR Policy Association memorandum. The scope of the Compensation Committee continues to expand, especially in the areas of human capital management, talent strategy, and diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI).

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Equity 212

Chris Curtain

AUGUST 3, 2022

Certified Business Valuation for IRS Purposes All businesses eventually require a business appraisal to determine their current economic value. Often, such valuations are conducted at the onset of a financing or tax event within the business lifecycle. The IRS has specific business valuation guidelines for taxing purposes. A business valuation reflects the current economic worth […].

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Business Valuation Appraisal Finance 130

Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 3, 2022

Posted by Nicholas Guest (Cornell University), S.P. Kothari (MIT), and Parth Venkat (University of Alabama), on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Editor's Note: Nicholas Guest is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management; S.P. Kothari is the Gordon Y Billard Professor of Accounting and Finance at MIT Sloan School of Management; and Parth Venkat is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Business.

Corporate Finance 201

Corporate Finance Finance Dividends Marketability 201

Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 3, 2022

For life science companies to meet their digital ambitions, they must strengthen their technology skills. In a challenging market, emphasizing value propositions can attract first-rate talent.

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Technology Marketability 127

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.

Marketability

Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 3, 2022

Posted by Taryn Zucker, Lauren Lee, and Evelyne Kim, Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Editor's Note: Taryn Zucker is counsel and Lauren Lee and Evelyne Kim are associates at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. This post is based on their Freshfields memorandum. Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes The Illusory Promise of Stakeholder Governance (discussed on the Forum here ) and Will Corporations Deliver Value to All Stakeholders?

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Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 3, 2022

There’s big value potential in the cloud, but financial institutions with a piecemeal migration strategy may be missing out on capturing its full value.

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Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 3, 2022

Black consumers’ automotive spending is projected to grow, and companies have opportunities to create more equitable experiences.

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Benzinga

AUGUST 3, 2022

Robinhood Markets, Inc (NASDAQ: HOOD ) CEO Vlad Tenev says he loves the trading platform as a “standalone” company. What Happened: Tenev made his comments on a second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday. He was asked if there was any word on being acquired by Sam Bankman-Fried 's FTX or Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW ). “I love us as a standalone company.

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Marketability 98

Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 3, 2022

How the Great Reallocation of energy and infrastructure investments is driving new strategies for managing uncertainty and risk.

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Benzinga

AUGUST 3, 2022

A researcher and provider of ketamine-assisted treatments for mental health conditions, Braxia Scientific Corp. (OTC: BRAXF ) has completed the acquisition of the issued and outstanding stock of U.S.-based, private telemedicine company KetaMD Inc. , with the goal of addressing mental health issues by providing access to technology-mediated ketamine treatments.

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Marketability Technology 98

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

Corporate Finance

Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 3, 2022

Deutsche Post DHL’s head of sustainability for German Post and Parcel discusses how the logistics industry can work to decarbonize road transportation and meet consumer expectations.

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Mogin Rubin M&A

AUGUST 3, 2022

AbbVie Inc., which owns the patent on the global blockbuster drug, Humira, has again defeated a pair of claims by welfare-health plans that the company violated Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. On Aug. 1 the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s dismissal of the antitrust suit against the drug maker ( Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, et al. v.

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Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 3, 2022

Road developers and operators have a unique position in the transport industry and can enable significant change around lowering emissions.

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Financial Times M&A

AUGUST 3, 2022

Avast shares rise more than 40% after CMA provisionally agrees $8bn merger with US rival

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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.

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Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 3, 2022

Einride’s founder and CEO discusses how autonomous technology and digital infrastructure can decarbonize the difficult-to-abate freight industry.

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Technology 104

Financial Times M&A

AUGUST 3, 2022

US and Luxembourg groups exploring tie-up as challengers like Elon Musk push into space industry

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Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 3, 2022

Sustainable infrastructure investments in freight transport are growing—and new innovations and markets are paving the road to the future.

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Marketability 104

Benzinga

AUGUST 3, 2022

Semtech Corp (NASDAQ: SMTC ) agreed to acquire Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR ) for $31 per share in an all-cash transaction, implying a 25% premium on SWIR July 29 closing price. The transaction represented a total enterprise value of $1.2 billion. The acquisition will significantly expand Semtech's. Full story available on Benzinga.com.

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Enterprise Value 98

Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 3, 2022

Welcome to the August 2022 edition of Voices on Infrastructure, which focuses on technology and sustainability in freight transport.

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Technology 104

Benchmark Report

AUGUST 3, 2022

Benchmark International is pleased to announce the acquisition of Dublin-based Keyhouse by Toronto-based Dye & Durham, one of the world’s most trusted providers of mission-critical software for legal, financial and business professionals with operations in Canada, Australia, the U.K. and Ireland. Keyhouse is a leading software solutions company providing cloud-based software systems, training and services to solicitors and legal service providers throughout the Republic of Ireland.

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Compliance Marketability 98

Financial Times M&A

AUGUST 3, 2022

This strange mixed affair we call merger arb, when a man takes this whole universe for Avast practical joke

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Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 3, 2022

In this report, McKinsey’s Center for US Health System Reform shares its analysis of the individual health insurance market and outlines trends in products, plans, and prices from 2014 to 2022.

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Marketability 92

Financial Times M&A

AUGUST 3, 2022

Latest legal manoeuvre comes ahead of trial over Tesla chief executive’s attempt to walk away from $44bn deal

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Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 3, 2022

As the demand for hydrogen in transportation increases, it is imperative to develop infrastructure to supply trucks, buses, and cars.

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Law 360 M&A

AUGUST 3, 2022

It is time to start thinking about virtual reality's effects on cybersecurity, business dealings, case strategy and more, as the metaverse takes shape and organizations open banks, host law firm offices and create retail strategies digitally, says Samantha Green at Epiq.

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Banking 75

Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 3, 2022

The market for financing climate-related projects through green bonds is surging, but Vietnamese banks need to act quickly to reap the rewards.

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Banking Finance Marketability 80

Law 360 M&A

AUGUST 3, 2022

A D.C. federal judge peppered Simon & Schuster's CEO with questions about the frequency of competitive bidding for book acquisitions during testimony Wednesday on the government's bid to stop Penguin Random House from purchasing the rival publishing house.

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Simply Treasury

AUGUST 3, 2022

Automated bank connectivity through a single secure channel has become essential to reduce costs, facilitate on-boarding by banks, secure transactions, speed up and automate reconciliations and reduce staff workload. A “Bank Single Gateway” is no longer a "plus", but a "must" that every fund servicer or fund should have. It's the key to finally having better cash management, as multinational companies do.

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Banking Treasury 59

Law 360 M&A

AUGUST 3, 2022

Twitter asked Delaware's chancellor on Wednesday to bar unwilling buyer Elon Musk from filing an early public answer to the social media giant's lawsuit to force him to close on a $44 billion take-private deal, arguing that court rules gave Twitter until late Aug. 5 to review a sealed version and exclude confidential material.

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Lighter Capital

AUGUST 3, 2022

The chasm between 2021 and 2022 involves much more than our collective response to Covid. In their quest to secure financing, burgeoning businesses are running a gauntlet of challenges — from global supply-chain bottlenecks to cryptocurrency cratering to careening inflation numbers. To see where we are now — and to understand why venture capital is undulating — let’s look at last year’s capital heyday and compare it with this year’s new realities.

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Finance Equity Marketability Business Valuation 52

Audit Board

AUGUST 3, 2022

Before we start celebrating what some have seen as softer-than-expected plans for audit reform, we need to be clear about what’s really coming and start preparing now. My 20+ years in audit and risk are bookended by US corporate reform at the start of the century and similar UK measures pending more than two decades later. The need for change is painfully clear, so what’s taken so long?

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Start-ups Compliance Dividends Technology 52

Law 360 M&A

AUGUST 3, 2022

The D.C. federal judge slated to decide the fate of UnitedHealth Group's proposed $13.8 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare pressed a Change executive on Wednesday to explain whether internal safeguards can prevent data abuses that the U.S. Department of Justice is worried about.

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Audit Board

AUGUST 3, 2022

“How do you protect and enhance organizational value?” Richard Chambers, past president of The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and current Senior Internal Audit Advisor at AuditBoard, asked this first. I quote him often — challenging my team to do more for our organization. I oversee three controls and compliance systems for my organization. One of those systems supports our enterprise risk management (ERM) program, as well as our fraud and financial risk assessment processes.

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Compliance 52

Deal Law Wire

AUGUST 3, 2022

In recent years, an increasing number of companies have started to employ artificial intelligence (“ AI ”) technologies in the development of their products and in their day-to-day business. This shift to utilizing AI can be very advantageous given its far-reaching potential impact; however, with fast-paced growth comes complex questions, novel issues and increased uncertainty.

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Technology Compliance 52