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Axial’s 2023 Independent Sponsor Report: Summary & Analysis

Axial

Greater deal origination requires a wide top of funnel, you always need to have multiple irons in the fire.” Sell-Side Intermediaries rank as #1 with 83% utilization, while Deal Networks and Proprietary Sourcing rank as #2 and #3 respectively with 77% and 75% of survey respondents utilizing them. What changed all of a sudden?

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BlackRock (BLK) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

We invest first, either to scale strategic growth initiatives or drive operational efficiency, and then return excess cash to our shareholders through a combination of dividends and share repurchases. billion to our shareholders through a combination of dividends and share repurchases. In 2023, we returned over 4.5

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