The Funny Game Of Fake M&A
Fake M&A – it takes so many forms! The Chinese forex regulator is cracking down on one type – the pretend overseas M&A deals invented to move assets and capital out of China....
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Asia Watch: M&A Doom and Gloom … and, er, Boom
Goldman Sachs, the investment bank, plans a downsizing of nearly a third of its investment banking talent in Asia to get rid of approx 100 of its 300 staff, according to Reuters. GS plans...
Top 100 Law Firms Worried About M&A Slowdown
There have been several articles in leading law magazines and journals over the last few days warning about a slowdown in M&A activity impacting on revenues at those law firms which are reliant on...
Ant Financial Now Worth More Than Goldman Sachs. Ant …who?
This giant Ant is Jack Ma’s Finance Business and it may be worth more than Goldman Sachs according to an article by Bloomberg. Ant Financial owns Alipay, an AliBaba spinoff that became China’s most...
Who is the top UK M&A advisor?
It depends on who you ask. And there is no shortage of opinions around now that it is M&A Awards season. Vitesse Media have already announced their “High Potential” 2016 winners as have the...
Exclusive: Sharp rise in entrepreneurs & investors applying for UK visas
From discussions with a Home Office source, we understand that applications for entrepreneur visas have risen sharply post-Brexit, and are expected to rise further. Background: There are various categories of visas the UK extends...
M&A Activity Riding High In India
While there was a 30% drop in private equity deals (with drops in both in volume and in value), overall M&A activity in India has surged 38% in August 2016 from $2.6 billion in...
Equifax/BizEquity Team up for New Business Valuation Tool
Equifax/BizEquity Team up for New Business Valuation ToolWorld’s leading data management company Equifax Inc. EFX has always strived to enhance its capabilities to serve its customers better. The company has recently entered a strategic...
Attend A Free Seminar on How To Sell Your Business – A Roundup of Events Around The UK
The summer holidays are over and the action has begun. Business owners returning to work are spoilt for choice when it comes to the number of seminars, courses, meetings, road shows, masterclasses, workshops and...
Big M&A Appetite in Recruitment Industry
Benchmark International a US based business broker, posts that, “…record levels of profit generated in the global recruitment sector in the last few years has worked as a catalyst for high levels of M&A...
To Plan B or not to Plan B?
Aquaa Partners conducted a survey of 1,345 CEOs of UK and EU tech companies to get their take on uncertainty in the markets and how well prepared they are for a market crash or...
A detailed sector-by-sector look at top M&A deals in 2016
This year is shaping up to be a big one for acquisitions, if not for the money (many are for undisclosed amounts) but for sheer volume. 2016 may well end up eclipsing 2015’s total....
How To Make Money From Failed M&A Transactions
A termination or break-up fee is what the vendor pays the buyer if they decide to pull out of the transaction. Investopedia defines it as “a common fee used in takeover agreements if the...
How to Find Local Merger and Acquisition Stories
Deals don’t just happen in the stratified environment of Silicon Valley or Wall Street. There are mergers and acquisitions happening everyday, everywhere. Knowing what’s happening locally is valuable – it tells you who’s buying...
Why startups should stop selling out before IPO
It used to be that every startup’s dream was to go public one day. But the tide has turned in recent years, said Jeff Jordan, a partner at esteemed venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz,...
American M&A Activity Still Dominated By Few Hubs
Last week, we looked at M&A activity at a global scale. Now we’re focusing on the US. Mergers and acquisitions are a hot topic. Getting acquired is the most frequent kind of successful exit...
