Brian DeChesare

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In some ways, prep for VC interviews is easier because you don’t have to learn or memorize many technical topics, but in some ways, it’s harder since you have to do lots of firm-specific research. A: As with hedge fund stock pitches , you need to research markets and companies and develop 2-3 solid ideas here.

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Cooley M&A

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The group covered a wide range of topics during the 90-minute session, including three key themes highlighted below. Names such as Bill Ackman, TPG and Chamath Palihapitiya have entered the space with some new serial SPACers. What’s Driving the Interest in SPACs.

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ThomsonReuters

AUGUST 2, 2021

The investors receive units in return for their investment, with each unit consisting of a share of common stock and a warrant to purchase more stock at a later date. This SPAC boom has undoubtedly caught the attention of the SEC, with Staff in the Division of Corporation Finance issuing CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No.

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ThomsonReuters

JUNE 15, 2021

Attorneys caution the rush to go public via a SPAC vehicle, termed “De-SPACing,” comes with substantial risk. “It The biggest thing in a De-SPACing transaction, depending on which SPAC the company merged with, is “having to get auditor attestation of your financials in your first year,” Bonnie Roe, Attorney, Cohen & Gresser LLP, said. “The

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Cooley M&A

JULY 20, 2023

The facts Following a period of poor performance and speculation of activist interest, Limelight Network entered into a stock-for-stock combination with the owners of Edgecast to create Edgio. Limelight issued stock amounting to a 35% ownership stake of Edgio to College Parent (Edgecast’s parent).

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Reynolds Holding

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The SEC will continue to focus on investor education and outreach that addresses diverse and underserved communities as well as on emerging and popular investment topics. Government Securities, NMS Stocks and Other Securities; and. Supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workforce. Further Definition of Dealers.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 14, 2021

It took the Great Depression for the New York Stock Exchange to wake up to the need for improved and standardized disclosure requirements, and for the government to create a regulatory body, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). million restricted stock units, subject to service and vesting requirements.

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Brian DeChesare

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It’s a bit like if you deposited money into a Vanguard account to buy stocks, and then Vanguard took your money, bought penny stocks without your authorization, lost everything, and said, “Oops, sorry.”. It sounds like an insane conspiracy theory, but it happened at FTX. 2) Institutional Interest in Crypto is Dead or Will Die Soon.

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 18, 2024

It means reviewing any future enforcement actions that may follow in this space. 17] Let me finish by touching on a topic that comes up often in these conversations: individual liability. First, educate yourselves about emerging and heightened AI risk areas as they relate to your businesses. 23, 2023), available at [link]. [8]

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Equilest

OCTOBER 1, 2022

These events bring together hundreds or thousands of professionals from across the country for discussions and networking opportunities about specific topics related to your field of expertise. Participate in conferences hosted by organizations like NASW or APA. 4: Increase Your Visibility In The Marketplace.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Investors, used to a decade of better-than-expected earnings and rising stock prices at these companies, have been blindsided by unexpected bad news in earnings reports, and have knocked down the market capitalization of these companies by hundreds of billions of dollars in the last few weeks.

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Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In the year since, I have heard from many on the topic, and while there are some who agreed with me on the internal inconsistencies in its arguments, there were quite a few who disagreed with me.

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2021

One of the big news stories of last week was Jack Dorsey stepping down as CEO of Twitter, and the market's response to that news was to push up Twitter's stock price by almost 10%. 2150, was close to my value, the stock price collapsed in the days after to less than ? 1400 and has languished at about ? 1700 since.

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Reynolds Holding

JULY 26, 2023

Today’s rule, by contrast, reads like a test run for future overly prescriptive, overly costly disclosure rules covering a never-ending list of hot topics. ENDNOTES [1] Release at 5 (citing CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. At least one commenter suggested a two-year compliance period, but we are requiring same-year compliance. [45]

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IVSC

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

When an opportunity came up to be the sixth employee at C-BASS, a fledgling hedge fund in the mortgage space, I leapt at chance to build something new at a smaller shop and spent 10 years with the firm developing my financial skills, including getting an MBA in finance, which helped me to go from being an analyst to a portfolio manager.

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Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 22, 2024

3] As a result, issuers faced uncertainty in determining whether a sale of securities did not involve “any public offering” and in applying case law on the topic, including the Supreme Court’s decision in SEC v. This speech is the third in my initial trilogy of thoughts regarding topics in the CorpFin space. Ralston Purina Co.

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Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This increase is driven primarily by SPAC-related actions in the technology and industrial sectors that have offset a potential decline in actions in the consumer space. Aspects of the decision in Goldstein suggest this is a topic that the court may be interested in exploring more in the future. We will continue to monitor this space.

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 11, 2022

Archegos used total return swaps based on large concentrated positions in underlying stocks, and prime brokers had significant exposure to that family office. In April, we charged Archegos Capital Management and affiliated individuals with committing fraud and manipulating stock prices using total return swaps. [2]. Other Topics.

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 18, 2023

This topic is so essential for the safety and resiliency of our capital markets. [1] It is also possible that AI could be abused by criminals in schemes to manipulate stock prices or to defraud investors. Good morning. Thank you, Bob [Zukis].

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The growth of private markets through exempt offerings, the ascension of the once-mythical “unicorns,” and what these things portend for the future of our public markets have been hotly debated topics for some time now. [1] securities laws were passed in response to the 1929 stock market crash that preceded the Great Depression.

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FE International

MARCH 14, 2018

In recent years, we have noticed an increase in the number of online entrepreneurs entering the app space. Given the growing accessibility of the software space and ever-diminishing barriers to entry, the rise in entrepreneurs with little to no experience in the industry who have begun building apps has taken off in recent years.

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Reynolds Holding

MARCH 27, 2023

The Supreme Court Takes On Slack Pirani The case arises out of the New York Stock Exchange’s (“NYSE”) rule, introduced in 2018, that allows companies to go public through a direct listing. We will report on further developments in this space in our next Update. The stock allegedly fell 13% on this news. 4th 616 (5th Cir.

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Technology M&A was not immune from the broader downturn in the technology space, however, and global tech M&A volume declined by approximately 36% year-over-year (from over $1.1 Recessionary fears, lower stock valuations and concerns about a highly politicized regulatory environment combined to tamp down merger activity in the sector.

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Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 26, 2023

The SEC’s broad foray into governance represents an expansion of historically more limited SEC rules in the governance space, mostly focused on audit committee and auditor independence and more general disclosure of board structures and oversight. 2] See our December 2021 alert memo on this topic for more information, available here. [3]

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Reynolds Holding

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

In terms of potential eligibility, shares may have been purchased/sold on either the NZX or ASX stock exchanges. Investigations of this topic by German prosecutors (and also the SEC ) are ongoing. Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space, and related services. Treasury Wine Estates. Country: Netherlands.

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In this article, we examine the key ESG topics impacting businesses in the second half of 2022, which included the green energy transition, the performance of ESG funds, the role of ESG matters in disputes and the ongoing development of the ESG legislative and regulatory landscape in the U.K., and Europe.

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