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A most interesting comment was posted on this blog on 19 November in response to our own thoughts regarding the possible break-up of Merrill Lynch, Citibank and Northern Rock (see More about breaking up Merrill Lynch, Citi and Northern [...]
We’ve been writing on this blog about the importance of doing deals smarter. This is even more critical today than ever as the market becomes more difficult.
Funding a deal with leverage is now more difficult. The days of lending at 10x EBITDA are now over. It is more likely that you will see figures at [...]
An acquisition or merger is difficult to get right, and the other alternatives should be vigorously considered before a deal is contemplated. Those alternatives include organic growth, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, partial ownership of the target, joint shareholdings, or even ‘doing nothing.’
But when acquisition or merger is necessary, it must be entered into carefully [...]
On 7 August, Management-Issues had an article based on the final chapter of our book (Intelligent M&A: Navigating the Mergers and Acquisitions Minefield). That chapter, entitled ‘How to Survive a Merger’ provides a number of strategies and tips on how to increase your chances of being retained in a company that has just merged, acquired, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Christmas may be over four months away, but if ABN AMRO is acquired by Barclays or the RBS consortium, it looks as if the current members of the ABN AMRO board will be able to place better Christmas presents under the tree this year.
As reported in The Times on 2 August 2007 (see the full article online here [...]
I expect that not many of the readers of this weblog were up at 5:30am on 30 July watching World Business Report on the BBC (or it’s rebroadcasts in the UK later that morning and globally on BBC World). So you did miss my discussion on the ABN AMRO takeover battle.
Later that morning, ABN AMRO’s board was [...]
It was difficult to miss the headlines last week about fee income for M&A deals. The Financial Times reported that the advisory fees paid to investment bankers was $10.7 billion for the first six months of the year. This is 20% higher than last year’s first six months. Not surprising, either, given the deal volumes [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )I’ve received a lot of e-mail traffic on the topic of scenario planning and the M&A process — and some postings on this blog — with much of the discussion focussed on the agreement that use of this technique (originally from the military) would yield better results for M&A practitioners. Please see the earlier posting on [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )This past week has seen many articles about the continue growth of the M&A market (see, for example, the Financial Times for a discussion of European M&A, or other articles on the Asian market). It is difficult to walk down the street in the City of London or Canary Wharf and not overhear people talking about M&A [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )As we have written in our forthcoming book, there is an urgent need to improve the M&A process through the use of business intelligence techniques. Just to be clear at the outset as to what we mean by the term ‘business intelligence’, we show here part of the introduction to that book:
In the realm of [...]
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