M&A Blog and News

August 28, 2014

Mergermarket Uncovers Some Interesting M&A Data

Mergermarket has released its Global Pharma, Medical & Biotech trend report for the first half (H1) of 2014. Take a look at the full report HERE.

July 29, 2014

Recent quotes from top consultancies:

“83% of Mergers Fail to Achieve Announced Expectations”
“50% of Mergers Fail to Earn the Cost of Capital”

“70% of Mergers Fail to Achieve Post Merger Revenue Synergies”

Yet,
These same large consultancies are involved in over 40% of mergers.

The truth today is:

July 29, 2014

How to Measure and Track M&A Progress and Impact
by Mitchell Lee Marks, PhD
San Francisco State University

JoiningForces.org

July 29, 2014

Serving the M&A Community - Seeking M&A Integration Consultants

Keep those resumes coming. 
M&A is very active right now and there are many positions to be filled.

July 29, 2014

Mergermarket has released its Global M&A trend report for the first half (H1) of 2014, including its league tables for financial advisors.

July 23, 2014

Apply an M&A CommunicationsTool Created for Distribution by Company Leaders

July 7, 2014

Two reports bring clarity to the upswing in activity the M&A community has been experiencing, and both are highly recommended reading if you haven’t already seen these.

June 27, 2014

THE ART OF M&A LEADERSHIP (Second of 2 parts)

5 Basic Protocols that Can Determine Success or Failure in M&A

Possibly the most critical element in the integration process is speed. The speed at which the integration of two companies is completed is the single most important predictor of success and is directly proportional to the amount of synergies (dollars) captured.