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Reuters reports that stagnant stock prices have slowed companies’ bids to look at public markets for new capital.  At the same time, this has sparked mergers and acquisitions from firms that are moving in to take advantage of the cheap valuations.

More companies, as well, are engaging in a dual-track IPO and M&A process. As Richard Truesdell, the co-head of the global capital markets group at the law firm David Polk & Wardwell LLP explains, “If the IPO market is choppy, that gives a leg up to M&A and more of those (deals) may end up converting to M&A opportunities.”

Certainly, this information, and the extensive analysis in this article, are of key interest to investors like Corey Ribotsky and to the general public.

In recent news with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, where Corey Ribotsky and the NIR Group are donors, World Cup soccer hero Landon Donovan launched a TEN day challenge.  The purpose of the challenge was to help cure cancer through donations.  All people had to do was text “GOAL” to 90999 to donate ten dollars to help children through the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

As Donovan explained, “I’ve always been focused on “The Goal”. That’s why I’ve joined The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to BrighTEN the Future with a TEN day challenge to help raise money to conquer childhood cancer.”

His TEN day challenge ran from August 16-26, 2010.

In this guest post by Jan Dehn of Ashmore Investment Management, the author takes an interesting look at Sub-Saharan Africa and its dependence on western donor money for financing government deficits.  As he writes, “The consensus has been that African countries should not source non-concessional finance. But changing financial conditions among donor countries now call this consensus into question. This presents both a challenge and an opportunity.”

This is certainly an interesting new field for financial managers like Corey Ribotsky and so many others to explore.

As the author states in his conclusion, “Western donors have a role to play. They should channel their considerable experience of markets into improving Africa’s legal and regulatory market infrastructure, strengthen public debt management, and encourage the emergence of the local pension industry. Above all they should encourage and not obstruct the emergence of external markets for African debt.”

Certainly a must-read from the Intelligent Investor about the proposed cap on 12(b)1 fees.  As the article explains, “The SEC proposal—called, naturally, Rule 12(b)2—tries to tackle these problems by making commissions negotiable and by capping the distribution fees a fund can charge an investor over time. The new rule would likely take effect in 2011, after the agency considers comments from the public. ”

This will likely have an influence on fund investors and managers like Corey Ribotsky of the NIR Group and so many like him – it’s certainly worthwhile to explore these issues and to keep up on the latest news as it evolves.

This article offers a fascinating look at why one investor is taking a bullish stance.  Certainly, financial investors today, whether they are managing members of large companies like Corey Ribotsky, or just starting out in the market, can take note of such opinions.

As the author explains through very useful charts, graphs and other visuals, “At the top of my list of bullish arguments is that cash yields zero and, perhaps more importantly, it will continue to yield zero for long, long time.

At the risk of over simplification, consider the following question: What better time to buy risky assets than when asset reflation is paramount to recovery and the central bank is intent upon encouraging risky behavior?”

An analysis of market multiples and what they do – and don’t – indicate for the S&P 500.

The article is worth a glance – the author’s conclusion includes the following interesting opinion: “It seems at this point that my original prediction of 950 in the SPX is looking good, and that an overshoot to 900 is possible. I think we are in a long term 900-1200 band that lower growth demands, and that we are trending towards the bottom end of that range.”

Here is a fascinating look at gold mining and why this may be the up-and-coming investment opportunity.  The author concludes by stating, “In conclusion, whether we have deflation, inflation, or pick your favorite ‘flation, we ought to remember history’s record that in a credit contraction, the real price of gold increases relative to all commodities and assets. This increase in the real price of gold results in margin and profit expansion for gold miners as the spread expands between the price of gold and the cost to mine gold. Gold mining will be one of the few, if not only, sectors to enjoy this type of tailwind in the years ahead.

The last cycle’s mega fortunes were made mostly in real estate, computer technology and finance. Tomorrow’s mega fortunes will be made mostly in gold mining. Of course, the road from here to there will continue to be volatile and laden with pitfalls, but the trend remains our friend.”

On April 21, 2010, Ermenegildo Zegna marked their 100^th anniversary, and the opening of their 14^th retail store in the United States.  The cocktail reception, hosted by David Blumenfeld, chairman of the Children’s Medical Fund, benefited the Children’s Medical Fund of New York.  20% of the proceeds from the evening were earmarked for the Fund.

The cocktail reception included food from Chris Robbins of Robbins Wolfe Eventeurs.  In attendance were Corey Ribotsky, president of the CMF; Robert Ackerman, CEO and President of Ermenegildo Zegna; and Mauro Visentini, Robert Aldrich, and Jennifer Mead, all of Zegna.

Pictured here are Corey S. Ribotsky, Howard Tanney, David Blumenfeld and Todd Menowitz.

One of the best ways to get to know a company is to know more about the company’s members.

“NIR recruits and cultivates respected industry leaders” said Corey S. Ribotsky, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of N.I.R. Group. “This strategic addition to our veteran staff supports the continued growth of NIR amid the expanding PIPEs market

Founder and Managing Member of the N.I.R. Group, Corey Ribotsky, was featured a few years back in the July 2008 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine. The article focused on the use of PIPES (private investment in public equities). Ribotsky stressed that due diligence is essential in considering such deals.

As Ribotsky said in the article, “The company has to know who they’re getting into bed with. You want someone who’s going to be a financial partner as opposed to someone who’s just looking for a trading play.”

Corey Ribotsky has over a decade of experience structuring transactions for his investors. He is often sought after as an expert on direct investments in public companies for industry conferences and symposia.