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Investment banks prepare for 2025 crunch

Financial Times M&A

Boutiques counting on M&A rebound to support elevated valuations and star hires

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Comment on The New Con: Hybrids, Waivers & AMCs Threaten Public Trust by ohiobeasttwoonesix

Appraisers Blog

In reply to ohiobeasttwoonesix. Purchase share jumps in GSEs’ appraisal waivers By Bonnie Sinnock January 03, 2025, 2:49 p.m. EST 1 Min Read The share of homebuyer mortgages with appraisal waivers sold to the government-sponsored enterprises rose to a high for the year as 2024 came to a close, and further acceleration is likely.

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Business structure and entity choice: Keys to a complex decision

LaPorte

(authored by RSM US LLP) Choosing the right business structure and entity is crucial for private company owners, with implications for cash flow, taxes and strategic foresight. The post Business structure and entity choice: Keys to a complex decision first appeared on LaPorte.

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Diversified Energy Buys Appalachian Gas Assets For $45M

Law 360 M&A

Diversified Energy Company PLC said on Monday it has acquired natural gas assets in Virginia, West Virginia and Alabama for $45 million from Summit Natural Resources, another operator based in the U.S.

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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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Pulse on Pay

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Margaret Hylas and Leah Sine, Semler Brossy Consulting Group LLC, on Sunday, January 5, 2025 Editor's Note: Margaret Hylas is a Senior Consultant and Leah Sine is a Senior Associate Consultant at Semler Brossy Consulting Group LLC. This post is based on their Semler Brossy memorandum. Key Takeaways The median CEO pay in the S&P 500 has increased by 4% annually from 2012 through 2023, even with a pronounced increase 11% in 2023.

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Comment on The New Con: Hybrids, Waivers & AMCs Threaten Public Trust by Joseph

Appraisers Blog

I believe that appraisal waivers will be the standard until the next mortgage meltdown; look at it this way, the 2 unregulated mortgage giants make the mortgage rules, if they don’t write a mortgage they don’t make any money, the real estate agent sets the price of the home, if it doesn’t close they don’t make any money, no one makes money if the lowly appraiser “kills” the deal with a realistic value…bingo…AIW to the rescue, now the 2 parties who

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A New Theory of Purposeful Enterprise

Reynolds Holding

In a new paper, we present a novel theory of purposeful enterprise to explain why nonprofit enterprises survive and thrive. We define nonprofit enterprises as nonprofits that generate revenue primarily through operations rather than donations. [1] Patagonia, Novo Nordisk, IKEA, Carlsberg, Anthropic, OpenAI (for now), and most hospitals and universities fall into this category.