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Squire Patton Boggs adds leveraged finance Partner

Private Equity Wire

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Chris Hastings as a Partner in its financial services practice group in London. Hastings, who joins from Eversheds Sutherland, is a finance lawyer focused on leveraged and acquisition financing.

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Breaking Down the Proposed Capital One-Discover Financial Services Deal

The Motley Fool

In this podcast, Motley Fool host Ricky Mulvey and analyst Jim Gillies discuss: How a merged Capital One and Discover Financial Services would compare to the big banks. Discover Financial Services is an advertising partner of The Ascent, a Motley Fool company. The investor reaction to the proposed merger.

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Should You Buy SoFi Stock While It's Below $7?

The Motley Fool

Growth + profits = a great business SoFi is an all-digital financial services app that offers lending, banking, and other services. The financial services segment is the fastest-growing right now, and it's expected to increase 75% year over year in 2024. Or should you avoid it?

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Apex Group leverage blockchain to open up access to global private market funds

Private Equity Wire

We are focused on disrupting traditional practices in order to drive positive change throughout the financial services sector and this is an example of optimising technology for industry advancement.” Peter Hughes, Chief Executive Officer of Apex Group, said: “This is a game-changer for Apex Group, and the industry as a whole.

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2 Ultra-High-Yield Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist in May

The Motley Fool

BDCs tend to use leverage to help boost their payouts. While this leverage can help juice returns, it could also exacerbate losses during an economic downturn. is below the BDC average of 1.06, showing its more conservative use of leverage. Investing in middle-market companies isn't without risk.

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SoFi Raised Its Earnings Forecast for 2024. Here's Why Its Growth Is So Strong.

The Motley Fool

SOFI Revenue (Quarterly) data by YCharts The two segments that are helping power that growth are technology and financial services, where the company forecasts 20% and 75% growth, respectively. In the first quarter, SoFi's financial services segment raked in $150 million, or 86% more revenue than it did in the same period last year.

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Where Will PayPal Stock Be in 1 Year?

The Motley Fool

Meanwhile, its personal accounts that used to offer peer-to-peer payments now offer a full suite of financial services. One of them was the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to leverage PayPal's huge data trove and create more value for clients and expand its opportunities. So far, it's going well.