CFO Thought Leader

OCTOBER 29, 2024

At the time, Gronen was vice president of finance, responsible for assessing acquisitions and analyzing their outcomes. The merger cut $10 million in expenses, turning the combined business into a more profitable operation that was ultimately sold to a public company. Automation shortens this process to just a minute or two.

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E78 Partners

JULY 3, 2023

Over the past decade, the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape has evolved significantly, driven by changing economic conditions, technological advancements, and evolving strategic objectives of companies. In terms of rapid growth, M&A can provide immediate access to new markets, technologies, and customer bases.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

The big deal is now complete: Fiserv announced this morning (July 29) that it has completed its acquisition of First Data Corporation. The two massive firms first inked the deal earlier this year, which will see Fiserv purchase First Data for $22 billion in an all-stock transaction. He also noted that outside the U.S.,

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E78 Partners

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In mergers and acquisitions (M&A), integration playbooks offer a structured, cost-effective way to manage the people, processes, and technology requirements. We will explore the types of transactions where leveraging a playbook is beneficial and the essential elements needed for smooth and successful integration. (And

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E78 Partners

MARCH 21, 2025

These companies are typically acquired through leveraged buyouts, growth investments, or other private equity strategies to enhance their value over time. Exit Strategy: Once a portfolio company reaches its target value, the private equity firm exits the investment through a sale, merger, or IPO, distributing returns to LPs and GPs.

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

M&A deal momentum is set to continue in 2022 after registering unparalleled growth in deal values and volumes in 2021, said PwC recently when releasing its Global M&A Industry Trends: 2022 Outlook. trillion, 14% higher than the start of the year – providing plenty of fuel for M&A activity in 2022. Report highlights.

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E78 Partners

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In mergers and acquisitions (M&A), integration playbooks offer a structured, cost-effective way to manage the people, processes, and technology requirements. We will explore the types of transactions where leveraging a playbook is beneficial and the essential elements needed for smooth and successful integration. (And

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 18, 2022

When it comes to global M&A trends in 2023, WTW said that deals will be smaller while pace will be slower. As we move into 2023, economic uncertainty will continue to define and challenge M&A activity, but there will also be opportunities, said Massimo Borghello, Head of Human Capital M&A Consulting, Asia Pacific at WTW. . “In

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Future CFO

JANUARY 17, 2023

Global M&A has a positive start in 2023 as global dealmakers achieved a second consecutive quarter of market outperformance in the last three months of 2022, said WTW recently. Global M&A highlights. In Asia Pacific, deal volumes have been more stable with a marginal increase in M&A activity during the last 12 months.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 31, 2023

When it comes to the latest M&A trend, business leaders expect to see a rebound into 2024, according to EY. In addition, 59% of respondents look to M&A, while 47% look to divest and 63% look to enter strategic alliances or joint ventures, survey results indicated.

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Future CFO

MAY 30, 2023

Cross-border M&A is an important way that Asia Pacific’s top 50 consumer product companies (CP 50) adopt to expedite growth, said Bain recently. Cross-border M&A thus becomes the fastest way for Asia Pacific CPs to build business overseas, Dizon noted. International M&A activity is still heating up among CPs.

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Future CFO

AUGUST 11, 2022

Asia Pacific M&A activity remains robust in 2022 despite major geopolitical and financial headwinds, said EY recently when releasing results of an analysis. Elevated deal volumes and values and an increased focus within the APAC region suggests that APAC companies are leveraging M&A as a vehicle to transform their businesses.

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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 27, 2025

All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here. ~~~ Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio News. This is Masters in business with Barry Ritholtz on Bloomberg Radio Barry Ritholtz : This week on the podcast. What a fascinating guest. Mike Freno is chairman and CEO of Barings. They run over $431 billion in global assets.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Ensuring there is a capabilities fit between buyer and target is key to delivering a high-performing deal, said PwC recently when releasing results of a study of 800 corporate acquisitions completed between 2010 and 2018. The 50 largest of the 800 deals involved publicly-listed buyers in 16 industries, according to PwC. Survey highlights.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

billion acquisition of GitHub , the coding website. Marking its largest acquisition since it acquired LinkedIn in 2016 for $26 billion, Microsoft is acquiring GitHub to increase its cloud computing business so it can better take on rival Amazon with its Amazon Web Services.

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CFO Leadership

DECEMBER 15, 2022

From a rise in M&A activity to prioritizing sustainability initiatives, here’s what’s top of mind for TripActions executives as we head into 2023. After nearly three years of pandemic disruptions, industry experts from TripActions are optimistic that 2023 will be the long-awaited light at the end of the tunnel for business travel.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 1, 2023

 This week, we speak with Ken Kencel, who is president and chief executive officer of Churchill Asset Management, a private credit firm with $46 billion in assets under management that was the top US private equity lender in the 2022 PitchBook league tables and was named 2022 Lender Firm of the Year by The M&A Advisor.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The year 2021 saw the highest total M&A deal value on record, reaching more than US$5 trillion, said Bain & Company recently. . Amid this exuberance, strategic M&A—including both corporate and add-on deals—is on track to reach its highest value in six years, the firm pointed out.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The merger will combine HelloFresh's global work to deliver fresh ingredients to customers' doorsteps with Factor's previous success in creating ready-to-eat meals. The merger will combine HelloFresh's global work to deliver fresh ingredients to customers' doorsteps with Factor's previous success in creating ready-to-eat meals.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 23, 2022

While RIA M&A activity has been red hot during the past couple of years, a survey suggests that advisors are expecting lower valuations in 2023. Why advisors crafting their marketing message might first want to consider whether their target client needs a ‘life raft’ or a ‘sailboat’. He can be reached at [email protected].

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 27, 2022

John is the founder and CEO of John Stokes Financial, a hybrid advisory firm based in Irvine, California that oversees more than $400 million in assets under management*, for 1,800 client households.

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Future CFO

JULY 22, 2021

Global deal values was in excess of US$1 trillion per quarter over the past 12 months as the first six months of 2021 saw record levels of dealmaking both in terms of deal volumes and values, said PwC recently when releasing its Global M&A Industry Trends: 2021 mid-year outlook. The pursuit of strategic advantage is powering deals.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

market and targeting SME clients through its acquisition of Commonwealth FX. Having acquired Commonwealth, the ability to leverage their licensing structure and sales team to roll out Moneycorp’s transparent, fast, efficient service provision we believe will give us a big advantage for customer acquisition.”.

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Future CFO

JULY 9, 2023

The first quarter of 2023 saw global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity continue to shrink as rising interest rates, high inflation and recession fears dampened deal-making. Despite dwindling deal numbers, lucrative M&A opportunities continue to be available for those with the appetite and eye for lower valuations.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Reval offers treasury management solutions that have now become the target of an acquisition. “The acquisition of Reval substantially increases our footprint in treasury cloud services and enriches our product portfolio with leading functionality in risk and hedge accounting,” said ION CEO and Founder Andrea Pignataro.

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 4, 2025

Melissa Smith : So I definitely thought that I was gonna work in the public sector when, when I’m recruiting at JP Morgan I always, you know, get the question sort of how did, how did you get into investment banking? Previously she was co-head of the bank’s Innovation Economy Group. It’s a pleasure to be here.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

And this week, the theme wasn’t just working hard – it was working together, as the major news mostly came from the world of mergers and acquisitions. The assets gained in the acquisition help banks control or suspend tokenized bank account numbers, limit token use to specific channels and even set spending limits.

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VCFO

MAY 5, 2022

Below is a summary of the discussion points from all professionals on the ‘ M&A: Preparing for Sale ‘ panel. This article is in collaboration with panelists from the May 2022 Houston TEI Presidents’ Forum Focused Breakfast. Moderator – Michael Landers, Partner, ABIP Advisors | mlanders@abipcpa.com.

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E78 Partners

MAY 23, 2023

Very often, PE backed companies have found the best approach is to leverage an Interim CFO who can address time-sensitive key initiatives that the company can’t afford to wait on while also laying a strong foundation for a future permanent hire. Several factors contribute to this high turnover rate.

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Finvisage

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Firms usually engage in inorganic growth to tap new markets but in TMS industry we witnessed merger and acquisitions in similar market. GTreasury remains dedicated to leveraging the latest and most significant technologies as well as integrating client feedback when appropriate.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They’re one of the older private equity firms around, been been in business since 1994. They run over $27 billion in, in assets. Then I think you’re gonna find this to be a fascinating conversation. 00:01:24 [Michael Fisch] Thank you Barry. It’s a pleasure to be here. You get a Stanford MBA. What was the original career plan?

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The report titled, Controller’s Guidebook: Burnout in Accounting - Understanding the Problem , Leveraging Solutions, revealed that m% of accountants had at least one month in the past year where the Close disrupted their personal life. This state of work has set an expectation of speed with executives and the business.

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CFO Leadership

DECEMBER 15, 2022

From a rise in M&A activity to prioritizing sustainability initiatives, here’s what’s top of mind for TripActions executives as we head into 2023. After nearly three years of pandemic disruptions, industry experts from TripActions are optimistic that 2023 will be the long-awaited light at the end of the tunnel for business travel.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

M&A to rebound into 2024 as dealmaking sentiment shifts Nearly all (99%) of CEOs expect to actively pursue a strategic transaction in the next 12 months (up from 84% in January 2023), with 56% looking to M&A (vs.31% Asia Pacific business leaders eye AI and dealmaking as fears of a severe recession fade. 44% in January 2023).

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2018

This acquisition will expand our presence in the high-growth South Florida marketplace while leveraging FCB’s market-leading reputation, culture and successful organic growth platform.”. Following completion of the merger, former FCB shareholders will own approximately 30 percent of the combined company. per FCB share, or $2.9

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2018

-based startups dominated, with investors focusing on cybersecurity solutions and on startups that aim to streamline back-office functions. PYMNTS breaks down the latest deals below. Cybersecurity. The company said it will use the funding to focus on growth. Texas’ SpyCloud delivers protection against account takeover for its corporate clients.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Walgreens Boots Alliance could be going private in what would be the largest leveraged purchase of a company ever, according to a report by Bloomberg. The previous largest leveraged buyout was the 2007 sale of TXU Corp. but in 2017 the merger was jettisoned over regulatory concerns that it could potentially hurt competition in the U.S.

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