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    Should investors invest in Spinoffs like Ferrari plus others coming up? Maria Bartiromo speaks The Edge Group

    Fox Business Anchor, Maria Bartiromo: Talks to The Edge Consulting Head of Research, Jonathan Morgan on the factors driving the recent spinoff trend and about the investing basics on “Mornings With Maria” and Jack Otter, Editor of BARRONS.com.

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    The Edge on CNBC: Predicted Break-Ups, Will Yum Brands’ China Spinoff Prove Worthy?

    By CNBC Anchors, Louisa Bojesen & Nancy Hulgrave:

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    “Turbo Thiam” New Credit Suisse CEO Tries to Increase Profits. Restructuring Experts The Edge Say Thiam’s Severely Risking Investors Money

    Editor, Jorgos Brouzos, Editor of Tages-Anzeiger: Credit Suisse’s Thiam is confident that the Bank will meet the new requirements with the latest capital increase. 1.35 billion francs were subscribed by investors. Thiam’s new strategy envisages that the new funds raised, the announced austerity measures and the future profits sufficient to bring the core capital ratio to about 3.5 percent. Some experts consider these assumptions too optimistic.

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    Lacerated Global Banks & Deutsche Bank to Announce Future Splits and Spinoffs finds research by The Edge Group

    New York & London, Yahoo Finance!: The Edge forecasted 12 major banks that are at tipping point to break-up and now it looks like the first such deal could be around the corner, that being in the name of Deutsche Bank. Breaking the news in the New York Post earlier this year, The Edge Group – secretly known for their early predictions and intelligence on corporate break-ups and M&A around the world –said that we will see diversified banks spin-off their value trapped retail banking divisions in.

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    Asking financial market pros: When will the Federal Reserve raise interest rates? Jim Osman, CEO of The Edge gives his view…

    By Doug Whiteman, Senior Writer, Bankrate.com: The nation’s central bankers say they want to raise interest rates soon, but they keep waiting and waiting. No rate hike came out of the most recent monetary policy meeting; Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen said the time wasn’t right because of “heightened uncertainties abroad.”

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    The Edge Reveals Value of a Wall Street Rainmaker’s Secret to Trillions Worth of M&A Deals / PJT and Blackstone Spinoff

    By Sonali Basak, Senior Reporter, Bloomberg: PJT Spinoff goes public after merging with Blackstone unit, Schwarzman is the single biggest investor in Taubman’s firm. Taubman has pulled off a long list of deals from Pfizer Inc.’s $64 billion takeover of Wyeth to Verizon Communications Inc.’s $130 billion buyout of Vodafone Group Plc’s wireless stake. The 54-year-old dealmaker is combining his own startup, PJT Partners Inc. (PJT – Get Report), with the mergers and restructuring businesses of.

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    Why Investors Need to Be Cautious When Companies Split, Says The Edge

    By Janet Morrissey, Senior Writer, TheStreet: As companies fret over the current market selloff and uncertain economy, a growing number of them are turning to spinoffs to boost shareholder value. Aluminum maker Alcoa (AA – Get Report) became the latest to announce plans to split into two separate companies on Monday. But experts caution the spinoff arena is getting crowded so investors need to scrutinize each plan carefully for debt levels, pricing, sector market performance and other factors.

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    The Edge Group’s 15yr Study of Global Spinoffs with Deloitte

    In a market first, the worldwide study details in depth 800 companies by: geography, sector, market cap, timing and performance…

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    “BUMPITRAGE” Are These Activists Dealmakers or Dealbreakers, Activist Monthly speaks to CEO of The Edge Group

    By Activist Insight Monthly, September 2015:

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    The Edge. 10 Companies You Should Invest in Before 2016: NRF, EGRX, SPW, PCP, ENSG, GILD, RDS, SBGI, ZBRA, SEV

    By Lou Carlozo, Go Banking Rates: No Magic 8 Ball, no matter how hard you shake it, can tell you which stocks are going to explode. Even if Google itself is worth a zillion dollars, the best any search engine can do is provide lots of opinions — some solid, some squishy — about which stock constitutes the next big ka-ching. That said, figures rarely lie, and those who study markets for a living have every incentive to get it right.

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