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25 Jan

Bloomberg Tax: Robert Rostan in Size of MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Bet Set Off SEC Accounting Alarm

January 5, 2024
By Training The Street

Size of MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Bet Set Off SEC Accounting Alarm Scale of Bitcoin holdings made SEC zero in on company Non-GAAP measures can’t strip out key financial drivers A growing number of companies invest in Bitcoin but none to the extent of MicroStrategy Inc., which in 2021 announced that buying and...

11 Jan

TTS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Training The Street Expands Global Reach with Acquisition of AMT Training

May 11, 2023
By Training The Street

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA (Jan. 11, 2022) – Training The Street (TTS), the world's leading provider of educational resources for financial professionals, today announced it has acquired London-based AMT Training, significantly expanding the company’s global reach and enhancing digital capabilities in training delivery. The companies will continue to operate under their current...

13 Dec

CFO Dive

Wayne Stallings in CFO Dive: SPACs could face more restatements because of equity classification

May 11, 2023
By Training The Street

In a high-profile case, the sponsor of WeWork, BowX, is restating its past year’s financials to correct for classifying a portion of its shareholder equity as permanent, rather than as temporary. Published Dec. 10, 2021 A fresh wave of restatements by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) could be coming after the Securities and...

30 Nov

Business Insider

Business Insider: Scott Rostan in Junior Wall Street Investment Bankers are Struggling Because …..

May 11, 2023
By Training The Street

A lack of robust training during the pandemic has 'slowed' down Wall Street's junior investment bankers, and some young analysts are asking whether this job is even for them Reed Alexander, November 29, 2021 Two classes of first-year investment banking analysts have joined Wall Street since the pandemic upended the workplace. Full-time analysts...

30 Nov

Bloomberg

Bloomberg: Wayne Stallings in SPACs Churn Out Restatements, Again, to Correct Accounting

May 11, 2023
By Training The Street

Nov. 23, 2021, 1:45 AM; Updated: Nov. 23, 2021, 7:26 AM 160-plus SPACs announce accounting errors Regulatory scrutiny means more are likely Scores of the blank-check companies that set the IPO market ablaze in 2020 are once again stumbling over accounting errors. More than 160 SPACs have issued warnings in the last week...

10 Nov

TTS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Graham Partners Kicks Off Internship Program, TTS to Provide Training

May 11, 2023
By Training The Street

By John George – Senior Reporter, Philadelphia Business Journal November 10, 2021 Graham Partners launched a new program Tuesday for professional soccer players and coaches who volunteer with The SWAG soccer program. The Newtown Square-based private equity firm has created a six-week internship for 10 SWAG volunteers. The SWAG program, launched in 2018, is a free inner-city...

21 Jun

TTS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Falfurrias Capital Partners Invests in Training The Street

March 12, 2024
By Training The Street

Increased access to capital will support expanded technology capabilities, client service talent and presence in international markets NEWS PROVIDED BY Falfurrias Capital Partners Jun 21, 2021, 10:00 ET CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Falfurrias Capital Partners (FCP), a Charlotte-based private equity firm focused on growth-oriented, middle-market businesses, today announced it has invested...

02 Jun

Poets and Quants

Poets & Quants: Scott Rostan in Survey: MBAs Bullish About Post-Pandemic Job Prospects

May 11, 2023
By Training The Street

Survey: MBAs Bullish About Post-Pandemic Job Prospects BY: MARC ETHIER ON JUNE 01, 2021 Confident in their prospects in a rapidly expanding economy, MBA students are optimistic about their employment prospects, according to the 13th annual MBA employment survey conducted by a company that provides training courses for Wall Street banks and...

30 Apr

Tearsheet.co

Tearsheet.co: Scott Rostan in What is a SPAC?

May 11, 2023
By Training The Street

RIVKA ABRAMSON | APRIL 30, 2021 A SPAC, or Special Purpose Acquisition Company, is an entity with no commercial activities, built with the specific purpose of acquiring a company. SPACs are also sometimes called blank check companies. SPACs have seen some serious growth this year. By March 19, SPACs raised $87.9 billion — more than all...

21 Apr

Bloomberg

Bloomberg: Scott Rostan in K.C. Southern Morphs From Railroad Also-Ran to $30 Billion Prize

May 11, 2023
By Training The Street

K.C. Southern Morphs From Railroad Also-Ran to $30 Billion Prize By Thomas Black April 21, 2021 In less than a year, Kansas City Southern has transformed from an industry wallflower to the belle of the ball, getting courted by Canada’s two biggest railroads. The U.S. carrier has been a source of takeover speculation for decades....