Publications

By Sarah Murray – Deloitte Contributors: Phil Pfrang, Scott Venus Executive summary Anyone witnessing the feverish deal-making that has swept through the global life sciences and health care industry recently might well conclude that mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A) activity has become the dominant force shaping the industry. According to Thomson Reuters, the global year-to-date value of deals in the life sciences sector alone … Read more

By Jens Kengelbach, Alexander Roos, Georg Keienburg – BCG (The Boston Consulting Group) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY If one had to choose a single word to describe the M&A market in 2013, it would be disappointing, and indeed many market participants have used this very term. But the exasperated dealmakers have had little time to cry in their beer—they’ve been too busy. The … Read more

By Deloitte Motivation Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures (M&A) are the most rapid way for companies to change their business portfolio and to improve their competitive position in the market. M&As fundamentally affect business units almost overnight by adjusting the scope and breadth of how they conduct their everyday business operations, including their products, services, management and … Read more

By Ernst & Young After a year of subdued performance in 2013, the Swiss M&A market recorded an exceptional first half year 2014. A particular highlight was that disclosed deal volume reached a new record in Q2 2014 with the highest volume since the Swiss M&A Quarterly was introduced in 2008. This was mainly attributable to … Read more

By KPMG KPMG in association with The Australian Financial Review hosted a roundtable event on planned M&A activity and IPO activity for FY2015. Content originally produced by the Australian Financial Review online edition on 1 July 2014. PANELLISTS INCLUDED: Geoff Joyce, Executive Director, Macquarie Group, Chris Hadley, Managing Director, Quadrant Private Equity, Phillip McCabe, General Manager Corporate Finance, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Crispin Murray, Head of Equities, BT Investment … Read more

Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies Annual Research Conference (SIMSARC13) By Sugandh Kansal, Arti Chandani Abstract The on-going dance of merger and acquisition happening every week is hard to miss. But it has been found that most mergers and acquisition fail because of poor handling of change management. Change is the only thing that will never change so … Read more