Search results for the "M&A Transactions" category
May 17, 2012 - by Debbie Stephenson
Though many parts of the capital markets are slow, a new report by Grant Thornton International suggests that the pipeline for pending mergers in Canada is pretty full.
The Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR), which polled 12,000 businesses in 40 countries, found that the overall proportion of businesses seeking to grow through M&A has risen significantly from 26 percent in 2010 to 34 percent in 2012.
Canada stands out as one of the most likely mature economies to grow this way over the next three years, with 42 percent of companies planning to expand by buying or merging with another company. Other likely regions include North America (37percent) and the BRIC economies (35 percent). This compares to only 28 percent in mainland Europe, 25 percent in Asia Pacific and just 16 percent in the troubled economies of Greece, Ireland and Spain.
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May 15, 2012 - by Debbie Stephenson
Recent technology developments and trends, most notably cloud computing and the emergence of mobile devices in the workforce, is raising the expectations from end users for new levels of service from enterprise IT. The ‘consumerization’ of IT has led to users demanding not only the sophisticated technologies that they enjoy on their own devices, but also the flexibility and on-demand convenience to which they have grown accustomed to with app stores. That’s why many big enterprises are now leveraging the popularity of app-stores within their business.
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May 9, 2012 - by Phil Adrien
There has been a lot of buzz around the new entrant into the cloud-based document sharing space with the recent announcement of Google Drive. But not all cloud-based document sharing is the same. Specialized document sharing solutions address a fundamentally different set of business problems than a generic document sharing solution does. So where do generic document sharing solutions end and specialized document sharing solutions begin?
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May 8, 2012 - by Debbie Stephenson
A new survey by Clifford Chance has found that there is increasing appetite for cross-border deals, as businesses seek growth outside their home markets. The multi-regional report surveyed nearly 400 companies, each with revenues of more than $1 billion. Respondents were asked to rank their top strategic drivers and perceived risks to cross-border M&A.
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May 3, 2012 - by Debbie Stephenson
April proved to be a big month for M&A activity in the Life Sciences industry as companies announced more than $29 billion in agreed upon transactions, the bulk of which occurred during the final week. This stood in stark contrast to the IPO market, which saw no completed Life Sciences offerings in U.S. markets during the month.
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May 1, 2012 - by Michael Poole
We often highlight articles from our customers that would be interesting and relevant to the Firmex community. Enjoy this in-depth report by Michael Poole of PCE Investment Banking, on the state of the M&A markets for Q1 2012.
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Apr 24, 2012 - by Mike Rosendahl
We often highlight articles from our customers that would be interesting and relevant to the Firmex community. Enjoy this in-depth report by Mike Rosendahl of PCE Companies, on M&A Trends in the Industrial Services Sector.
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Apr 17, 2012 - by Debbie Stephenson
Today we enjoyed an in-depth discussion on Trends in Technology M&A and Outlook for the Remainder of 2012 with Cyrus Lam, Managing Director of KPMG Corporate Finance LLC in New York. Cyrus not only took attendees through the current state of the M&A market, but also outlined the key drivers for technology M&A activity for the remainder of 2012. With the market flush with investable capital, he then provided some advice on how technology companies could make themselves more attractive to potential acquirers.
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Apr 10, 2012 - by Debbie Stephenson
A new report from KPMG International suggests that a global recovery in M&A activity in the food, beverage, consumer goods and retail sectors slowed in the second half of 2011. Findings suggest that macroeconomic forces, such as euro zone instability and challenges in arranging financing, were the main contributors.
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Mar 31, 2012 - by David Jasmund
We often highlight articles from our customers that would be interesting and relevant to the Firmex community. Enjoy this in-depth report by David Jasmund of PCE Companies, on Health Care M&A Trends and Drivers.
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