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World’s Best SME Banks 2025: Regional Winners

Global Finance

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. To enhance convenience for SMEs, UBA has signed up to the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System.

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UK Startup Funding 2025: A Guide for Early-Stage Founders

Equidam

And what do you, as a founder at pre-seed or seed stage, need to understand about how the market operates today? A Two-Speed Market: The New Reality of Fundraising According to Beauhurst’s State of UK Investment report for Q1 2025, there’s been a significant drop in the number of deals being done overall. So, what’s changed?

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How buyers can successfully navigate integrating a carve-out

Mckinsey and Company

Examples include planning and negotiating for transition service agreements (TSAs), transferring data among the three parties, tracking and managing last-minute deal perimeter changes, and needing to approach a deal’s close in different ways in different markets. Run a joint day-one-readiness workshop. Prepare for the unexpected.

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Investment Banking Spring Weeks: The Full Guide

Brian DeChesare

Unfortunately, there’s a lot of “group think” here, driven by endless forum threads and student groups over-hyping and over-marketing the concept. Banks are also to blame because they now market spring weeks to students as young as 16. middle-market banks (Jefferies, Houlihan Lokey, etc.), They do not exist in the U.S.,

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23 Tax Deductions for Business Owners

Viking Mergers

These are best suited for self-employed people or business owners with up to a few employees. (A A Simple IRA is better for larger businesses with up to 100 employees.) Starting with the 2022 tax year, you can deduct up to $1,080,000 for depreciation under the Section 179 deduction.

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Professional Insights: Christine Sawchuk

IVSC

Market demand for professionals accredited in business valuation is currently at an all-time high. The CBV has been the leading valuation credential here in Canada for half a century and is quite well respected in our market and beyond. Market demand for CBVs, and those working toward a CBV, is at an all-time high.

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Beat your Bot: Building your moat against AI

Musings on Markets

It seems like a lifetime has passed since artificial intelligence (AI) became the market's biggest mover, but Open AI introduced the world to ChatGPT on November 30, 2022. While that is benign, if you are looking up answers to trivia, it can be malignant, when used to answer questions that we should be reasoning out answers to, on our own.

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