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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that an expectation of up to 200 basis points of interest rate cuts over the next year is the view of Sean Gallagher and not of Lazard itself. Small-cap stocks may be poised for a powerful catch-up rally in the next six to 12 months,...

Traditional finance and business media outlets are not prepared for disruption. That’s according to the anonymous ex-banker behind the Litquidity brand, referred to as “Lit,” and his head of growth and operations Mark Moran, a licensed attorney and an investment banker who joined...

Activist investors turned passive in the last month as the coronavirus threatened to claim corporate victims. Activist campaigns fell from 42 in January and February to just 16 in March — representing the slowest growth rate since 2013, according to Lazard. Investments in such campaigns have...

Lannett Company, Inc. (NYSE: LCI) announced Monday that it has engaged advisors to explore ways to address the company’s debt and capital structure. What Happened Lannett said in a press release it will be working with advisors to analyze ways to increase revenue, reduce costs and manage its...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) has been in the news recently, thanks to its stellar December quarter results. The third-quarter results revealed that it has a cash hoard, with $4.9 billion in non-GAAP free cash flow and $5.4 billion in operating cash flow. The rich cash flow position...

U.S. stocks rose ahead of next week's busy earnings schedule, but still finished lower for the week. On Tuesday, Yahoo! and Intel kick off earnings in the tech sector with eBay following on Wednesday. Investors will also see results from Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase in the...

Lazard (NYSE: LAZ) is a New York City-based boutique broker dealer that provides research, sales & trading and underwriting. According to the New York Times, the company should be considered part of Wall Street's “big boys' camp.” On Wednesday, Lazard reported its fourth quarter results. The...

Among the financial stocks that analysts at Credit Suisse expect to flourish in the coming year are private equity firms Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO) and Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), as well as investment broker giant Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) and asset manager State Street (NYSE: STT...

Analysts at Lazard believe software makers Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS), NetSuite (NYSE: N) and Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) are well positioned to benefit from strong government spending in the current quarter and possibly to the end of the year. That should help them exceed consensus revenue estimates...