Articles, tagged with "mergers and acquisitions", page 1
The importance of IT due diligence during the M&A process
The importance of IT due diligence during the M&A process
Most firms, when looking to take part in mergers and acquisitions activity will want to generate synergies. However, many deals fail to achieve the required level of synergy due to inadequate fo...
How effective multilingual translations aid cross-border due diligence
How effective multilingual translations aid cross-border due diligence
After several years of trepidation, businesses are finally beginning to start looking for growth through mergers and acquisitions. Companies sitting on vast cash reserves and are qu...
Taking Stock of Chemical Sector M&A Through Energy for 2012
When economic uncertainty looms and threatens to undercut all chemical sector M&A activity, primarily by undermining CEO confidence, it's always good to examine basic stalwarts and how they should behave in the near future. The energy sector is one such s...
Africa leads the way for growth in Telecoms M&A
Africa leads the way for growth in Telecoms M&A
by Caroline Clayfield
Telecoms is proving an increasingly active market in emerging economies, and healthy M&A activity is expected to follow.
There have been a number of notable telecoms and cable T...
5 Great Uses for Video Conferencing in the Workplace
Video conferencing as a tool is proving its worth across many sectors of society from the medical arena to education to personal and social communications, but perhaps the most significant driver in its development is its use and value within business. Wh...
Will Private Equity Firms become more active in the M&A market?
Will Private Equity Firms become more active in the M&A market?
by Caroline Clayfield
An increase in mergers and acquisitions activity among private equity buyers was cited as a reason for predictions that M&A deals will increase by 22 per cent next y...
Law Firm M&A Activity set to be strong in 2011
Law Firm M&A Activity set to be strong in 2011
by Caroline Clayfield
New figures show a significant rise in merger and acquisition activity among US law firms this year. So what are the trends emerging and why is there a sudden rush to merge?
Thos...
Asia Pacific Growing in Strength against Volatile US and Europe
Asia Pacific Growing in Strength against Volatile US and Europe
Although M&A activity globally is looking like it is recovering this year, the US and Europe struggled during the global economic crisis, while the Asian market looked much less ruffled.
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U.S. Laws Governing M&A
This past August, the Justice Department made a motion to block the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, who are the nation’s second- and fourth-largest cell phone carriers. Its motion stated that the $39 billion merger would result in higher prices and ...
Three Opportunities for M&A Due Diligence
The most important aspect of investigating and evaluating a potential merger & acquisition is due diligence. Due diligence explores the details behind the company to help you become fully informed about the target’s financials, business model, internal sy...
Positive Outlook for Aerospace and Defense M&As
Positive Outlook for Aerospace and Defense M&As
The latest figures show clearly that the US is driving the increase in mergers and acquisitions activity within the global aerospace and defense market – and analysts are preparing for a busy second half.
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Key factors that affect the success of an M&A
The cost of capital is low and your company made it through the recession. Now may seem like a good time to buy but you’re scared off by the high business mergers and acquisitions failure rate. Studies conducted in the late 1900s and early 2000s show that...
How to Become an Investment Banker in the UK
What Exactly does an Investment Banker do?
Investment banking can be a highly lucrative career, and you can become an investment banker to provide in-depth financial services to individuals, companies, governmental authorities, or other private instituti...
Middle-market Buyers Ready to Pay More for Quality Deals
Middle-market Buyers Ready to Pay More for Quality Deals
Although the volume of middle-market M&A deals fell in Q2 of 2011, the value of the deals that did go through increased, suggesting that firms with healthy cash flow will not meet a shortage of buy...
Mining Giants Look for Bargains as Commodity Stocks Fall
Larger, cash-rich mining firms seem increasingly eager to buy up smaller, vulnerable rivals – but can the M&A trend continue despite economic uncertainties?
Mining M&A activity doubled in value in the first half of 2011, according to research from Ern...