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US PE dealmakers brace for volatility amid rising M&A activity in 2025, says Aon survey

Private Equity Wire

US private equity dealmakers are preparing for a year of heightened merger and acquisition (M&A) activity despite significant macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainties, according to the 2025 Deal and Business Risk Management Survey by professional service firm Aon.

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Looking to Move? Here's What to Look for in a Moving Company

The Motley Fool

Clear communication is really the bare minimum when you're hiring for any professional service. It can be a bit nerve wracking to put your earthly possessions in the hands of strangers, so definitely do your due diligence before you hire movers (lest you have a terrible moving experience like one of my colleagues had last year).

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Recap Recieves £300K Innovate UK Grant 

FinSMEs

Recap, a UK-based provider of a crypto tax calculation service, received a £300K Innovate UK Grant. The company intends to use the funds for the development of its privacy-focused collaborative crypto tax and client due diligence platform for accountants and professional services.

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Ending the Toll Roads to LP Fundraising

This is going to be BIG.

Look no further than the Madoff scandal to show that when you build your dealflow entirely based on trust, or willingness to pay tolls, as opposed to sophisticated investment due diligence and analysis, things can break down. Angel groups started dropping their application fees or making them minimal.

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Financial services has a data problem: How AI is fueling innovation

Insight Partners

Auquan automates tasks like due diligence and portfolio monitoring by aggregating data from management accounts and public filings, giving FIs real-time views of business risks. “We We use finance-specific RAG agents to automate complex diligence and monitoring workflows,” explains Founder and CEO Chandini Jain.

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C3.ai (AI) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

In just three months, DLA Piper applied C3 Generative AI to reduce the time it takes to create over 200-point due diligence analyses of limited partner agreements, and it reduced the effort by 80%. This is a -- this is a high-end professional services organization in the federal sector. year over year to 78.4

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How to Value a Consulting Business

Hedgestone

In general, a consulting business is a professional services firm that provides expertise and guidance to clients on a wide range of topics, such as management, strategy, operations, finance, and more. Before delving into the specifics of valuing a consulting business, it is important to define what we mean by a consulting business.