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Quarterly Sector Insights

First Analysis corporate finance team provides its perspectives on a number of industry trends and reviews select recent market activity in our sectors of expertise. Reports may include the following:

• Industry Developments & Updates
• Industry Stock Market Performance
• Public Market Trading Multiples
• Recent Industry Merger & Acquisition Activity
• Recent Industry Private & Public Capital Raising Activities

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Education Primer: An Industry Update June 2012 (PDF).

This issue examines select capital markets and legislative issues impacting the education industry:

• Industry Perspectives: Exit Indigestion for Private Equity Firms
• Update on Regulatory and Legislative Issues
• Fist Analysis Post-Secondary Enrollment Index

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Health Care IT Insights June 2012 (PDF).

This issue focuses on recent legislation and the development and implementation of EHR:

• Industry Focus: ICD-10 Compliance Date Slips, but Demand for Solutions Persists
• U.S. EHR Adoption Update
• EHR Incentive Program Update

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HR Insight: An Industry Update September 2012 (PDF).

This issue discusses how recent acquisitions have reshaped the HR technology landscape

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Payment Processing Insight March 2012 (PDF).

This issue reviews trends in eCommerce, including new technologies and consumer spending:

• U.S. Retail and eCommerce Update
• Consumer Confidence
• Industry Focus: Durbin Amendment Fallout
• First Analysis Payment Card Index Update

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Specialty Chemicals & Materials Insight Q1 2012 (PDF).

This issue analyzes the impact clean technologies have on specialty chemicals and materials:

• Convergence of Renewables / Specialty Chemicals and Materials / Clean-Tech
• Renewable Chemicals
• Clean-Tech Growth: Enabled by Specialty Chemicals and Materials

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