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Listen in as PJ SOLOMON investment bankers and advisors share their latest thinking and insights across a broad range of sectors, with a focus on M&A, financing, and deal-making.

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    • Jun 20, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 23m AVG DURATION
    • 17 EPISODES


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    Winning Strategies for MedSpa Platforms

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 34:35 Transcription Available


    In the first episode of our Healthcare podcast series focusing on Med Spas, John Wheeler, CEO of Alpha Aesthetics Partners, joins Solomon Managing Director Brad Hildebrand to discuss the growth of the aesthetics industry along with top strategies for success in the sector.

    The Future of the Index Industry with Wilshire Indexes CEO Mark Makepeace

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 24:17 Transcription Available


    Mark Makepeace, CEO of Wilshire Indexes, and Jeff Jacobs, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Solomon Partners discuss how new technologies, data sources and collaborations are driving changes in the global index industry. The conversation explores the growth of passive funds, the dynamics impacting ESG investing and the enormous potential for evolving technologies like AI to fundamentally reshape the investment industry.

    EP 15: Iora Health's CEO on Payment Reform and Healthcare’s Omnichannel Opportunity

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 26:32 Transcription Available


    In our latest episode, Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle, co-founder & CEO of Iora Health, and Ryan Stewart discuss the transformation of the healthcare delivery model. As a result of payment reform and a world where face-to-face medical encounters have not been possible, Healthcare is rapidly shifting towards an omnichannel communications environment, where patients are engaging where they want to be met - virtually - over voice, video and text modalities as well as in-office, as appropriate.With an increasing shift towards value-based risk models, primarily in Medicare, Dr. Fernandopulle talks about the transformation of his business through collaboration with the nation’s leading Medicare Advantage plans and, most recently, through direct contracting with the federal government’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) which launched its Global and Professional Direct Contracting model on April 1st.  

    EP 14: Mental Health's Defining Moment

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 31:21 Transcription Available


    In this episode, Patrick J. Kennedy and Garen Staglin join PJ SOLOMON's Ryan Stewart to discuss advances in behavioral health.

    EP 13: Healthcare's Greatest "Test & Learn": A Talk with Humana CEO Bruce Broussard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 24:49 Transcription Available


    EP 12: Our Developing Optimism for Retail: A Look at the Holiday Season and Beyond

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 20:15 Transcription Available


    In this episode, Cathy Leonhardt, Co-Head of Global Consumer Retail, and Senior Advisor Steve Sadove discuss their outlook for retailers for the 2020 holiday shopping season and beyond.Despite the rocky start to the year and the dismal outlook brought on by COVID-19, many retailers are experiencing a better than expected holiday shopping season and the outlook for 2021 is supported by the strength of the consumer and pent up demand.Steve Sadove brings a unique perspective to the conversation given his extensive experience as a retail executive and investor. Chairman and CEO of Saks, Inc. from 2007 to 2013, he is a founding partner at JW Levin, a management and investment firm focused on consumer and retail companies. In addition, he is former Chair of the National Retail Federation, serves on the Boards of Colgate-Palmolive, Aramark, Movado and Park Hotels and Resorts, and is an advisor to Mastercard.

    Trends & Outlook for Specialty Pharmacy: A Chat with CVS Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 18:48 Transcription Available


    With the world waiting in anticipation for a vaccine to COVID-19, the role of specialty pharmacies has never been more essential. As the largest provider of specialty pharmacy in the United States, how does CVS Health think about providing the highest level of quality and service at the lowest cost possible to ensure optimum healthcare outcomes? To find out, Head of Pharmacy Investment Banking Syed Husain hosts the latest episode of PJ SOLOMON Presents. He is joined by his good friend and former colleague Prem Shah, Executive Vice President of CVS Specialty and PBM Product Innovation at CVS Health.

    EP 10: Our Playbook for Navigating Retail Sector Financing

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 21:50 Transcription Available


    PJ SOLOMON's Head of Financing Advisory Joe Stein speaks with David Shiffman and Jeff Derman of the firm's Consumer Retail Group about the keys to financing retailers amidst challenges facing the sector including a global pandemic.

    EP 09: In Conversation: Clean Energy’s Pole Vault Moment

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 23:48 Transcription Available


    PJ SOLOMON Chairman Peter J. Solomon and Managing Director James McGinnis discuss the factors that are leading the transition to clean energy in the US rapidly and forcefully ahead.

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    EP 08: Beauty and Personal Care: Reshaping Strategies in the Changing Marketplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 16:19 Transcription Available


    PJ SOLOMON Managing Director Irina Adler and Conor Begley, co-founder of Tribe Dynamics, discuss how beauty and personal care brands are reshaping their strategies in response to a rapidly evolving marketplace.

    EP 07: Global Ambition: The Future of US-China Cross-Border M&A

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 22:22 Transcription Available


    PJ SOLOMON's Head of M&A Execution and Cross-Border, Jeff Jacobs, speaks with Peter Adams of Vermilion Partners, the Chinese affiliate firm in the Natixis M&A network. They discuss the outlook for US-China cross-border M&A.

    EP 06: The Resiliency of Experiential Entertainment and its Post-COVID Return

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 21:12 Transcription Available


    PJ SOLOMON's Head of Media & Entertainment, Rich Brail, speaks with CEO Marc Cooper on the state of experiential entertainment and the outlook for its reemergence in the post-COVID world.

    EP 05: Retail’s Survival of the Fittest in Real Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 24:39 Transcription Available


    David Shiffman, Co-Head of Consumer Retail, speaks with PJ SOLOMON Senior Advisors and retailing luminaries Stephen Sadove and Matthew Rubel about the industry’s paradigm shift and what companies will need to navigate the new world order.

    EP 04: COVID-19: The Necessity of Supply Chain and Logistics Investment

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 14:12 Transcription Available


    Cathy Leonhardt, Co-Head of Consumer Retail, and Jason Russell, Head of Industrial Technology & Software, discuss the growing need and opportunity for investment in supply chain and logistics management in light of the new market environment created by COVID-19.

    EP 03: Executing on Digital Strategy in Uncertain Times

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 18:45 Transcription Available


    Cathy Leonhardt, Co-Head of Consumer Retail at PJ SOLOMON, and Zack Werner, CEO of The Maze Group, discuss digital marketing pitfalls and opportunities facing consumer and retail companies given the uncertain market environment brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

    EP 02: Perspectives on the Oil & Gas Sector During These Challenging Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 23:32 Transcription Available


    PJ SOLOMON's George Ward and Tero Jänne discuss what’s next for the Energy sector as it grapples with historically low oil prices and plunging demand amidst a global pandemic.

    EP 01: Navigating the Consumer Retail Sector Amidst COVID-19

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 27:35 Transcription Available


    PJ SOLOMON’s Co-Head of Consumer Retail, Cathy Leonhardt, and Derek Pitts, Head of Debt Advisory & Restructuring, discuss how they are advising Consumer and Retail clients amidst the spread of COVID-19. Derek advises clients to “be the co-authors of their own story” and Cathy questions whether consumer behavior will be forever changed.

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