Finance
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Experts name the one very real nightmare scenario for crypto startups
We asked four crypto experts about the worst-case scenario for crypto startups. They listed everything from a huge attack on the blockchain...
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Sololearn used this 22-page pitch deck to raise $24 million. Now it’s rolling out coding courses specifically for finance.
Sololearn is an instructional coding app offering interactive lessons and peer-to-peer instruction. It just raised a $24 million Series B round from...
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Credit Suisse just hired a program trading sales exec from Wells Fargo who is known on the Street as ‘the Whopper’
Credit Suisse has hired a new head of program trading sales. Chris “the Whopper” Johnson is joining from Wells Fargo, where he...
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PE investors bet on Hollywood — Lazard hikes pay — Diverse talent bidding wars
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The co-heads of Goldman Sachs’ powerhouse M&A business just gave 4 big reasons why they think a huge surge in dealmaking isn’t ending anytime soon
The dealmaking market will stay hot through the rest of the year, per Goldman’s M&A co-heads. Expect more big buyouts and plenty...
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695What is the Securities and Exchange Commission?
The SEC is a government agency that protects investors and ensures fair and efficient capital markets. The SEC ensures investment brokers, stock...
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Lazard is boosting first-year investment-banking analyst base salary to $100,000, as Wall Street’s pay raise frenzy continues
Lazard is raising junior investment banker compensation. First-year analysts will make $100,000 in base salary going forward. Second- and third-year analysts will...
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General Atlantic’s wager on Duolingo is paying off after its big IPO. Now, the private equity firm’s key tech dealmaker wants to ‘press its advantage’ in the booming edtech sector.
Duolingo’s IPO snared $521 million last week. The stock has soared, valuing it near $5 billion. Covid-19 was a tailwind for edtech...
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Morgan Stanley has promoted a credit star in a booming business that’s poised to set records on Wall Street in 2021
Morgan Stanley has promoted Rachel Russell, a long-time star in the firm’s credit division. Russell will run the bank’s booming CLO new...
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Capital on Tap, a UK SMB card issuer, gets $100 million credit facility to fund US expansion
UK-based issuer Capital on Tap is ramping up in the US after making its plunge in March. Insider Intelligence publishes hundreds of...