By Staff writer
With the recent news that Samsung is buying automotive electronics-maker Harman, one of the biggest questions has to be how it will keep brand strength especially with it still reeling from the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco during and after the acquisition.
By Staff writer
Christina Wojcik, vice president of legal services at Seal Software, breaks down the steps to consider throughout M&A deals.
By Staff writer
After a record breaking year for M&A in 2015, Reuters figures have shown that merger activity over the first three quarters of 2016 has slowed significantly.
Expanding by way of acquisition has long been a popular route for growing a business. However, M&A is not without its risks and, from Time Warner and AOL to eBay and Skype, history shows that maximising the “on paper” upsides when bringing two businesses together is not always straightforward.
Since the turn of the decade, Servest has made eight acquisitions – six of which it deemed to be major. As such, we asked its CFO, Phil Morris, to discuss the valuation process and the factors that play a vital role in mergers and acquisitions (M&As).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has recently released its statistical report on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving UK companies in the first quarter of 2016. Here are its findings.
Over the last couple of months, the news has been filled with multi-billion deals. Brian Gentile, senior vice president at TIBCO, highlights the opportunities made available by data analytics during a merger and acquisition.
Top of the list for Gavin Tyler when it comes to the next government is an administration that trusts the business community. He shares more of his thoughts with us ahead of the May general election
With shares on the FTSE 100 hiting a new peak, among the more prominent names on the list was luxury fashion house Burberry – a company which has seen its stock price jump 2.5 per cent following a nine per cent growth in same-store sales.
By Simon Brooke
Global M&A activity in 2014 reached a record $3.5 trillion, up nearly a half on the previous year, according to the eighth Annual Brunswick Group M&A Survey, with this year expected to show deal values only slightly lower. But what about SMEs conducting deals at the smaller end of the market
