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Silver Lane Advises AFAM Capital in merger with Kovitz Investment Group

Silver Lane Advisors, a premier investment bank that specializes in the financial services industry, is pleased to have served as exclusive financial advisor to AFAM Capital in its merger with Kovitz Investment Group. Jeff Brand led Silver Lane's deal team. AFAM's roots trace back to 1977, when Al Frank launched "The Prudent Speculator"...

Will the M&A boom continue?

The global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market is enjoying a boom – of that there can be little doubt. In the first half of this year global M&A deals reached a record $2.5trn (£1.9trn) in value, according to Thompson Reuters, a rise of 65 per cent on a year earlier. Much of this has been underpinned by the generous use of debt but also a lot...

Ten years on from the financial crisis, have we learned enough?

Graham Bishop, Investment Director at Heartwood Investment Management, the asset management arm of Handelsbanken in the UK Fear and greed typically characterise the beginning and end of economic cycles (the natural fluctuations between periods of growth and recession). But although the basic fundamentals defining the health and stability of financial...

The 25th World Islamic Banking Conference

Held under the patronage of HRH Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and convened by leading financial intelligence platform Middle East Global Advisors in strategic partnership with the Central Bank of Bahrain, the World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) will take place on November 26th, 27th & 28th at...

Japan heading for biggest M&A spree in the U.S.

Japan is on track this year for its biggest acquisition spree in the US as advisers tell chief executives to pounce on deals while Chinese companies are hampered by trade war tensions. The advice of bankers and lawyers to accelerate US-targeted deals has intensified over recent months in line with both the surge in trade war rhetoric and the perception...

Silver Lane Advises AFAM Capital in merger with Kovitz Investment Group

Will the M&A boom continue?

Ten years on from the financial crisis, have we learned enough?

The 25th World Islamic Banking Conference

Japan heading for biggest M&A spree in the U.S.

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