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The Deal podcast network brings The Deal’s award winning coverage in M&A, activist investing, private equity and restructuring to your airwaves. With a suite of offerings, including Activist Investing Today (hosted by Senior Editor Ronald Orol), Drinks With The Deal (hosted by Senior Writer David Marcus and Senior Reporter Bill Meagher), Behind The Buyouts (hosted by Senior Reporters Steve Gelsi, Nikitha Sattiraju and Senior Writer Chris Nolter) and Fresh Start (hosted by Senior Reporter Stephanie Gleason), The Deal’s podcast network is your go-to source for timely financial news and perspective.
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Jun 4, 2020 • 27min
Drinks With The Deal: Author Sarah Frier
Sarah Frier, the author of the new book 'No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram' and a technology reporter for Bloomberg, talks about how the app’s co-founder Kevin Systrom was able to succeed for so long after Facebook purchased his startup and what he might do next. She also discussed the elements of good design in the smartphone era and how regulators should approach tech M&A.
May 29, 2020 • 19min
Activist Investing Today: AVI’s Bauernfreund on Japan Insurgencies
Joe Bauernfreund, manager of a $1 billion sometimes activist U.K. fund Asset Value Investors, discussed why he may start submitting shareholder proposals at Fujitec’s annual meeting in 2021 if it doesn’t consider divesting stakes, buy back shares, set up board subcommittees or perform a strategic review.
May 28, 2020 • 25min
Behind the Buyouts: Steen Brings the Farmer's Voice to VC
Colin Steen, managing director at Syngenta Ventures, talks about investing opportunities in the agriculture and food sectors in the The Deal's inaugural edition of Behind the Buyouts, the new podcast that drills down into private equity and venture capital transactions.
May 14, 2020 • 29min
Drinks With The Deal: UPenn's David Skeel
David Skeel, a bankruptcy professor at the University of Pennsylvania, talks about his work with the Puerto Rico Oversight Board and the lessons of the great financial crisis for the bankruptcy system on the Drinks With The Deal podcast.
May 7, 2020 • 18min
Activist Investing Today: Goldstein Targets Fund Bylaws
Activist investor Phil Goldstein believes a recent Securities and Exchange Commission decision upholding a closed-end fund's right to ignore a shareholder proposal poses a broader threat to investor rights.
Apr 22, 2020 • 21min
Activist Investing Today: Jackson Eyes eBay M&A Amidst Covid-19
Eric Jackson, manager of technology-focused hedge fund EMJ Capital, says he thinks the company should use cash on hand — and proceeds from expected unit sales — to make its own acquisitions. Jackson explains on Activist Investing Today why eBay may be a "coronavirus play" and what activist investors in the business may be thinking about its new CEO.
Mar 30, 2020 • 28min
Activist Investing Today: Privet’s Rosenzweig on Synalloy, Covid-19
The activist investor Ben Rosenzweig talked about why Privet doesn’t want to buy Synalloy now even though he is seeking to take control of its board. He also discussed Privet’s partnership with an operating company for the campaign and his thesis that there could be “fantastic opportunities” that emerge when the volatility subsides.
Mar 23, 2020 • 20min
Activist Investing Today: Coast's Rasteh on FirstGroup, Covid-19
The founder of the New York-based activist fund explains why he hires CEO experts and other advisers to assist with the fund's campaigns. He also explains why he will stick with his investment and campaign at transport and school bus company FirstGroup — one of the fund's largest positions — even as its share price gets battered.
Mar 13, 2020 • 25min
Activist Investing Today: V&E's Elbaum on Covid-19 vs. 2008
Many hedge funds first-time activists, family offices and private equity funds who have been contemplating activism are going to walk away from their campaigns, while established activist investors such as Carl Icahn are building stakes and pressing forward with insurgencies, according the co-head of Vinson & Elkins' shareholder activism practice. Elbaum looked back at the 2008 crisis to offer a view of how activist investors might act during the unfolding coronavirus outbreak.
Mar 6, 2020 • 29min
Drinks With The Deal: Steven Lipin of Gladstone Place Partners
Steven Lipin, founder of communications firm Gladstone Place Partners, talks with The Deal’s David Marcus about the Anixter and Disney/Fox deals, the lessons of WeWork, how he’s gone about building his firm since its 2017 launch, his love of natural wine and his favorite places to eat in New York.
