By Charles Knight, Iain Macmillan – Deloitte An M&A analytics solution that provides deeper, more meaningful insights from data to deliver real-time answers and analyses throughout the M&A lifecycle. The Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) lifecycle is awash in data. It starts long before the diligence phase and picks up steam when companies share, solicit, and parse information for go … Read more
By Ernst & Young Tech sector’s challenge: how to perform in a low-growth world What is driving tech M&A at such high, sustained levels? Technology executives in this 15th Capital Confidence Barometer say it is the need to innovate and grow — and acquire the talent to do both. That’s simple enough, except for the increasingly … Read more
By Douglas Tuttle – Deloitte With U.S. companies pursuing alliances, joint ventures, and/or partnerships in record numbers, most merger & acquisition (M&A) transactions are bound to involve dozens if not hundreds of strategic business-tobusiness relationships (which we’ll call “alliances” for short). Yet few merging companies devote as much time and effort to integrating alliances as they do to … Read more
By Doug Stotz, Arjun Saxena and Sanchit Tiwari – PricewaterhouseCoopers The U.S. banking industry has largely sat out the impressive surge in M&A activity of the last few years. Total deal volume hit a record US$2.3 trillion in 2015 — up 64 percent over 2014. But banks accounted for just 3 percent of the total value, despite the fact that they account … Read more
Mergers, acquisitions and alliances in the spotlight as companies seek innovation to redefine their strategy By Ernst & Young Key findings M&A outlook The need to respond to challenges while navigating a complex and fast-changing environment makes dealmaking an imperative, not an option. Executives are looking at more targets, and deals will tend to be smaller. … Read more
by PricewaterhouseCoopers
Global transportation and logistics M&A activity remained stable in 2016 with 50+ deals in each quarter, though Q3 2016 was slightly less active. With 50 deals, the quarter saw a decline of 11% in deal volume compared to both Q2 2016 and Q3 2015. It appears general uncertainties related to the US presidential elections, the long-term impact of Brexit, and China’s economic growth paired with reduced forecasts of international trade activity may have impacted recent M&A activity. […] Read more
By Darach Chapman, Jonathan Kletzel and Julian Smith– PricewaterhouseCoopers Executive summary Global transportation and logistics M&A activity remained stable in 2016 with 50+ deals in each quarter, though Q3 2016 was slightly less active. With 50 deals, the quarter saw a decline of 11% in deal volume compared to both Q2 2016 and Q3 2015. It appears general uncertainties related … Read more
by A.T. Kearney
A major acquisition is not only an opportunity to achieve synergies, but also a valuable “moment in time” to bring about true change. The best leaders get these transformational decisions right. Mergers create both excitement and anxiety for stakeholders, generating not only destabilizing uncertainty, but also malleability, which encourages openness to new ways of working. […] Read more
By Paul Elie, Bobby Bono and Barry Misthal – PricewaterhouseCoopers Executive summary The following is an analysis of Global Industrial Manufacturing deals with disclosed value greater than $50 million. Global Industrial Manufacturing M&A deal value for the first nine months of 2016 decreased 10% compared to the first nine months of 2015. This was driven by a 22% decrease in volume … Read more
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