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Rachel Racz, Head of Listings for Texas, Southern U.S., and Latin America at Nasdaq [Composite illustration: DI Studio, Istockphoto, courtesy photo]
The Last Word: Nasdaq’s Rachel Racz on Being Public-Company Ready
by Quincy Preston | Nov 20, 2025
At a private dinner at the Petroleum Club ahead of the Venture Dallas Startup Awards—and just weeks before Nasdaq announced its new Nasdaq Texas exchange—Rachel Racz delivered a message that landed in a room full of high-growth founders.
![Jeb Hensarling [Photo: Grant Miller Photograhy/Venture Dallas]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251030VentureDallasConference-DSC_6240-360x203.jpg)
by Glenn Hunter |
Nov 6, 2025
TXSE’s launch will spur needed competition and smooth the way for companies to go public, the strategic advisor said at the 2025 Venture Dallas conference. And, over time, he says it will help make Texas America’s ‘center for capital markets’ and become a defining chapter in the state’s economic history, alongside Spindletop and the integrated circuit.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 30, 2025
Dallas‑based TXSE has earned SEC approval to operate as a national exchange, aiming to begin trading by 2026. “Real competition for corporate listings in the United States has finally arrived,” said founder and CEO James H. Lee—and it’s coming from Y’all Street.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 26, 2025
The Chicago-based firm said its Texas office Capital Markets team offers comprehensive institutional coverage across the state and the broader capital markets landscape, now bolstered by the additions of Russell Ingrum, Jared Chua, and Matt Murphy.
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Andrew Bon Salle has been appointed to Mr. Cooper Group's board of directors [Photo: Business Wire]
North Texas’ Mr. Cooper Group Adds New Board Member
by Lance Murray | Dec 20, 2024
Andrew Bon Salle brings more than 30 years of experience in capital markets, risk management, securitization, and mortgage policy leadership within the home lending sector.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 27, 2024
Jim Sharp will be based in Frisco, where he'll oversee the digital infrastructure provider's financial strategy and capital markets activities and drive long-term growth objectives.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 21, 2023
Alternative investments and capital markets specialist Marc Rucinski has joined Civitas Capital Group as head of capital markets.
Civitas Capital is a Dallas-based alternative investment manager offering niche opportunities in U.S....
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by Sandra Engelland |
Apr 4, 2022
DFW has become the epicenter of growth in North America, Danny Baker says. “We’re in the middle of a population boom that has led to DFW outperforming other markets in terms of job creation and growth as well as the demand for all types of CRE,” says Baker, who helms CBRE’s DFW multifamily capital markets team....
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Capital Market Trends: Real Estate as Liquidity, Reimagined Offices, and Demand for Industrial Product
by Quincy Preston | Nov 9, 2020
As businesses look for alternative forms of financing, many with owned real estate are exploring sale-leasebacks, synthetic leases, vacant building sales, and selling excess land. Cushman & Wakefield's Maureen Kelly Cooper says.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 15, 2020
If it plugs in, younger investors love it, says the Dallas-based custody and clearing company, which also noted other key investing trends. Apex helps companies like Stash, SoFi, Firstrade, and Ally Invest deliver stock trading on easy-to-use mobile apps: It also provides solutions to traditional advisory/wealth management and institutional firms.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 19, 2019
With the acquisition, JLL will focus on a substantial multiyear investment plan, driving a digital DNA across the entire organization, and capitalizing on the proptech aspects exemplified by JLL Spark.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
