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Is Matterport a Worthy Merger Arbitrage Play?

The Motley Fool

As a result, the proposed acquisition creates an opportunity known as merger arbitrage -- a short-term investing strategy where you buy stocks of companies trading below their acquisition prices. or more 0.02906 shares Matterport's Merger Arbitrage Opportunity As of this writing, Matterport trades for roughly $4.40

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iRobot Shows Just How Risky Investing in Mergers and Acquisitions Can Really Be

The Motley Fool

There's an investment tactic on Wall Street called merger arbitrage. On the surface, merger arbitrage seems like it would be easy, but iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) and Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) show it can be harder than it seems. There's no such thing as a free lunch The logic behind merger arbitrage is pretty simple.

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M&A and JV Activity in Private Credit: What the Trend Could Mean for Borrowers

Private Equity Professional

The State of the Game The private credit arms race has taken the industry landscape by storm, with Ken Moelis citing the shift as the greatest change in the history of transactional finance. [1] 2] While BlackRocks acquisition dominated the news cycle, other firms have already made it their prerogative to jump into the private credit pool.

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KKR and Ares Lead $1.85bn Financing for Legends’ Acquisition of ASM Global

Private Equity Insights

to finance its potential acquisition of venue and events management company ASM Global, according to people with knowledge of the matter. LevFin Insights first reported some details of the financing on Monday. Thoma Bravo is mulling a roughly $1bn debt deal to help pay for its planned acquisition of NextGen Healthcare Inc.,

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ZeroNorth Receives $20M Financing From CIBC Innovation Banking

FinSMEs

The company intends to use the funds to accelelrate its growth strategy through mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with the goal of enhancing access to data, acquiring innovative technologies, and expanding market share. […] The post ZeroNorth Receives $20M Financing From CIBC Innovation Banking appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Paceline Equity Partners Backs $175m Merger of GCOM Software and OnCore Consulting

Private Equity Insights

An affiliate of Paceline Equity Partners, LLC , a Dallas-based private equity manager, today announced that it has participated in a $175m financing facility to support GCOM Software LLC’s merger with OnCore Consulting, LLC. GCOM is a portfolio company of Sagewind Capital, LLC , a New York-based middle-market private equity firm.

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Campbell Lutyens adds senior hire to secondary advisory practice

Private Equity Wire

He began his career in investment banking at Citi/Salomon Smith Barney in New York and Singapore focusing on mergers and acquisitions and financings. Campbell Lutyens has been advising GPs and LPs on secondary transactions since 2000.