Appraisers Blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Your trade has been under assault for years. The de minimus rule was the first I sensed of the end of your trade. I am going off of vague memory but I think it was 1997, and at the time, the near majority of my town was below the $250,000 threshold, as were 90% of the towns adjacent. I remember an old horse telling me the handwriting was on the wall for him and his kind.
Harvard Corporate Governance
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Posted by Dorothy J. Flynn, and Chuck Callan, Broadridge, on Thursday, February 9, 2023 Editor's Note: Dorothy Flynn is President of Corporate Issuer Solutions and Chuck Callan is Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Broadridge Financial Solutions. This post is based on their NACD publication. Choppy market valuations, more engaged shareholders, and new regulations will create new challenges for corporate governance in the upcoming proxy season.
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Global Finance
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
A Subway sale would be the biggest restaurant M&A deal since Inspire Brands bought Dunkin’ for $11.3 billion in 2020.
IVSC
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
In April, the IVSC’s standards boards will publish details of proposed updates to the International Valuation Standards (IVS). The IVS are regularly updated to reflect changing market and practitioner needs, with the last update introduced in January 2022. The proposed changes will be set out in an Exposure Draft which will go out for consultation over a twelve-week period.
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.
Viking Mergers
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
At Viking Mergers & Acquisitions, we help people all over the Southeast as they prepare to exit a business or acquire a new one. Whether you’re looking for a business or a buyer, the Charleston, South Carolina, area should be on your shortlist. Last year’s 2022 Top States for Doing Business report from Area Development ranked South Carolina #3 overall.
Harvard Corporate Governance
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
Posted by Jonathan Bailey, Savannah Irving, Neuberger Berman LLC, on Saturday, February 4, 2023 Editor's Note: Jonathan Bailey is a Managing Director and Head of ESG Investing, and Savannah Irving is an Associate at Neuberger Berman LLC. This post is based on their Neuberger Berman memorandum. In recent years a variety of market disrupting events have underscored the importance of active ownership and the analysis of material environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in fundamental cred
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Benzinga
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Amazon.Com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN ) engaged with Times Internet to explore the acquisition of MX Player , one of India's largest on-demand video streaming services. The financial terms of the transaction remain undisclosed, TechCrunch reports. At least two more players, including Zee and Sony Group Corp (NYSE: SONY ), shared an interest in acquiring MX Player.
Biz Equity
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
If you’re like most advisors, you didn’t get into this business to do marketing and sales. You became an advisor to help your clients meet their financial goals and ultimately improve their lives. But as our industry becomes increasingly crowded, it’s more important than ever for advisors to master the art of prospecting – the process of initiating and developing new business by searching for potential clients.
Harvard Corporate Governance
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Posted by Ted Sikora, NACD, on Friday, February 10, 2023 Editor's Note: Ted Sikora is a Project Manager, Surveys and Business Analytics at NACD. This post is based on his NACD publication. If 2020 was the year of the COVID-19 pandemic and 2021 was the year of building toward recovery, 2022 offered little respite for directors overseeing companies amid a chaotic business environment.
Business Wire M&A
FEBRUARY 5, 2023
GLENDALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Public Storage (NYSE: PSA), the nation’s leading owner, acquirer, developer, and operator of self-storage properties, today sent a letter to Mark G. Barberio, Life Storage’s Chairman, and Joseph V. Saffire, Life Storage’s CEO, copied in full below, with respect to its proposal to acquire all of the outstanding shares and units of Life Storage, Inc.
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
Benzinga
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
As founder and CEO of The Heritage Club, a mission-driven Boston cannabis dispensary, Nike John is the youngest dispensary owner in Boston and the first Black woman to own a dispensary in a major city on the East coast. At 29 years old, John founded the cannabis dispensary and its non-profit subsidiaries as a way to not only provide safe cannabis products and support conscious consumption but to give back to the community and create a medium to help remedy the damage caused by the war on drugs.
Law 360 M&A
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission's bid to block Microsoft's attempted merger with Activision represents an important test for an agency eager to push antitrust enforcement in a more aggressive direction and turn the tide after a year of stinging failed merger challenges.
Harvard Corporate Governance
FEBRUARY 5, 2023
Posted by Michael Rossen, Kay Brkic, Deloitte LLP, on Sunday, February 5, 2023 Editor's Note: Michael Rossen is a Managing Director and Kay Brkic is a Senior Manager at Deloitte LLP. This post is based on a Deloitte LLP memorandum by Mr. Rossen, Ms. Bkic, Richard Levine , and Ian MacDonald. Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes Politics and Gender in the Executive Suite (discussed on the Forum here ) by Alma Cohen, Moshe Hazan, and David Weiss; Will Nasdaq’s Diver
Rhythm Systems
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Are you feeling overwhelmed by how your team is measuring success? Are you looking for an easy-to-understand way to set targets and understand progress? Don't worry - Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) are here to save the day. OKRs are a process used by many leading companies to measure progress across departments and divisions, track the big picture, and help teams stay aligned with their overall objectives.
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.
Benzinga
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
The United Kingdom's Competitions and Markets Authority has indicated the deal between Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ: ATVI ) and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT ) could hurt competition in the space. Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter laid out why the regulatory chatter is really just noise and explained why he expects the deal to go through on Benzinga's PreMarket Prep show.
Law 360 M&A
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's top lawyer on Friday called for regulators to "build a better mousetrap" for reviewing bank merger transactions, saying there's a greater chance that harmful mergers will get approved if the current review framework isn't updated.
Harvard Corporate Governance
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Posted by Jonathan Youngwood, Nicholas Goldin, and Stephen Blake, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 Editor's Note: Jonathan K. Youngwood , Nicholas Goldin , and Stephen Blake are Partners at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. This post is based on their Simpson Thacher memorandum and is part of the Delaware law series ; links to other posts in the series are available here.
Appraisers Blog
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
On October 13, 2022, the Appraisal Subcommittee discovered a data breach that occurred on the new ASC.gov website. The incident involved Social Security Numbers. They made an announcement on January 24, 2023 and have contacted all State Appraiser Regulatory Agencies concerning the data breach. They are also notifying all individuals whose Personal Identifiable Information had potential for exposure.
Benzinga
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Flowserve Corp (NYSE: FLS ) has agreed to acquire Velan Inc (OTC: VLNSF ) in a transaction valued at approximately $245 million (C$329 million). Founded in Montreal in 1950, Velan is a manufacturer of industrial valves with a strong presence in the nuclear, cryogenic and defense markets. Velan is a family-controlled business with a team of 1,650 people and manufacturing facilities in nine countries.
Machen McChesney
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS, on December 29, 2022, released information on the clean vehicle provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act. The new guidance provides greater clarity to consumers and businesses that, beginning January 1, 2023, are able to access tax benefits from the law’s clean vehicle provisions.
Harvard Corporate Governance
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Posted by James E. Langston, Kyle A. Harris, and Claire Schupmann, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Thursday, February 9, 2023 Editor's Note: James E. Langston and Kyle A. Harris are Partners and Claire Schupmann is an Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. This post is based on their Cleary memorandum. Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes The Long-Term Effects of Hedge Fund Activism (discussed on the Forum here ) by Lucian Bebchuk,
Mckinsey and Company
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
What’s the fate of globalization? New research breaks down changes in the global flows that bind us together—and what those changes mean for our collective future.
Benzinga
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO ) is reportedly looking to buy a stake in Credit Suisse Group Inc's (NYSE: CS ) revamped investment bank. Credit Suisse said last year that it would split off its investment bank into an independent capital market & advisory bank called CS First Boston. The troubled bank said it would raise outside capital to launch the new entity, which it hopes to list in a separate initial public offering eventually.
Global Finance
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
While the decline of regional banks in Japan can be traced as far back as the mid-1980s and 1990s, led mainly by a series of bankruptcies up until around 2003, the precipitous drop since the mid-1990s has been mainly due to mergers and acquisitions.
Harvard Corporate Governance
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, February 10, 2023 Editor's Note: This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of February 3-9, 2023 Investing in Influence: Investors, Portfolio Firms, and Political Giving Posted by Raymond Fisman (Boston University), on Friday, February 3, 2023 Tags: Corporate governance , Institutional Investors , PAC , Russell 2000 , S&P 500 , Shareholders Global Corporate Credit ESG Engag
Reynolds Holding
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Practitioners and academics alike debate best practices in corporate governance, but rarely do companies reveal how they determine what governance practices work best for them. In a new paper , we report the results of interviews on this topic with 29 chief audit executives (CAEs) from U.S. publicly traded companies. CAEs are in a unique position to evaluate corporate governance, most often reporting administratively to the CEO or CFO and functionally to the audit committee.
Benzinga
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Manchester United PLC (NYSE: MANU ) shares are rising in Tuesday's after-hours session following reports Qatari investors would make a bid for the football club within days. What To Know: According to a Daily Mail report , Manchester United was expected to receive a "massive offer" from Qatari investors as soon as this week. The report indicated sources said a group of "private, high-wealth individuals" in Qatar were interested in purchasing the football club, which they
Mckinsey and Company
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Tools that enable more agile and transparent financial management can help government leaders tie resources directly to mission outcomes, boosting the impact of taxpayer funds.
Harvard Corporate Governance
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Posted by Victor Goldfeld, Mark Stagliano, and Anna D’Ginto, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 Editor's Note: Victor Goldfeld and Mark Stagliano are Partners and Anna D’Ginto is an Associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. This post is based on a Wachtell memorandum by Mr. Goldfeld, Mr. Stagliano, Ms. D’Ginto, Adam O.
Appraisers Blog
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
The person who espouses this super valuable ‘advice’ does not have an appraiser’s license… Appraisers, if you think I’m serious about the message subject line, please reconsider! It’s time to actually call out an AMC who’s encouraging appraisers to ‘lower their fee’: Valuation Connect This outfit sent out a ‘newsletter’ to appraisers, part of which says this: “My advice would be to make adjustments based on the market.
Benzinga
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Newmont Corp (NYSE: NEM ) shares are trading lower Monday after the company proposed an all-stock acquisition of Newcrest Mining Ltd (Pink: NCMGY ). What Happened: Newmont said it submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of Newcrest via a scheme of arrangement. The proposal would result in a combination on the basis of.38 Newmont shares per.
Machen McChesney
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Accounting is a critical element when launching a successful business venture. Unfortunately, it’s also an area where startups tend to make mistakes. Here are some common (and avoidable) errors that entrepreneurs should watch out for.
Harvard Corporate Governance
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Posted by David N. Katz, and Laura A. McIntosh, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Monday, February 6, 2023 Editor's Note: David N. Katz is a Partner and Laura A. McIntosh is a Consulting Attorney at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. This post is based on their Wachtell memorandum. Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes The Illusory Promise of Stakeholder Governance (discussed on the Forum here ) and For Whom Corporate Leaders Bargain (discussed on the Foru
NYT M&A
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The acquisition is the famed music manager’s first major move at Hybe America — a division of the South Korean firm — since he became its sole chief executive last month.
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