China, the US presidential election and tech unicorns: Everything you need to know about M&A in 2016 December 23, 2015 M&A activity in 2015 has closed out strongly in value terms, with the blockbuster deals we’ve seen in the last few months propping up headline numbers. The outflow of capital from the US has also been a positive factor. However, the mega deals are masking a degree of uncertainty that has crept into the market [...]
How to use contacts and influence customer service workers: M&A adviser lets rip on Nationwide boss Graham Beale December 22, 2015 Working in finance comes with many perks. Even after the salaries, bonuses and outings with clients, there’s still fun to be found in terrorising the customer service workers of your colleagues and rivals’ banks. One M&A adviser has been using the opportunity to practise his boardroom bulldog tactics. Nicky Samengo-Turner, adviser with Hundon Hall, has [...]
Asian investors’ spending on UK tech M&A has jumped to almost £4.5bn this year December 14, 2015 The UK's tech companies have been flavour of the month, or even year, for Asian investors, with Asian-led M&A worth $6.78bn (£4.48bn) in 2015, up from $867m in 2014. The total invested through M&A since 2010 is $20.7bn. The amount invested through private placements has increased by an incredible 2,450 per cent, from $7m in 2013 [...]
Lots of cash, cheap debt and board confidence meant 2015 was a record-smashing year for M&A with $3.9 trillion of deals, including AB InBev’s takeover of SABMiller and the Pfizer Allergan merger December 9, 2015 It has been a record smashing year for mergers and acquisitions: 2015 has seen the highest ever deal values in the US and in Asia, the first time there has been more than $1 trillion of deals in three consecutive quarters, and broken the global M&A record. So far this year, $3.9 trillion (£2.57 trillion) [...]
M&A activity in the UK increased 90 per cent in 2015, to highest levels since 2007 thanks to Shell’s BG deal and AB InBev’s takeover of SABMiller December 9, 2015 UK M&A activity is at its highest level since 2007, up 90 per cent from last year to $516.5bn (£344.4bn), according to EY. The number of deals increased more modestly, from 2,822 to 2,932, showing that 2015 has indeed been the year of the megadeal. UK companies are seen as a particularly attractive acquisition opportunity [...]
What’s going to happen to the tech industry in 2016? Fewer IPOs, compressed unicorn valuation and slowing M&A activity December 8, 2015 The year 2015 was packed with fintech unicorns, blockchain hype and tech bubble fears – but what’s in store for the tech industry in 2016? M&A advisers Magister Advisors have peered into their crystal ball and offered their top predictions. The TL;DR version? Expect 2015’s “reality distortion field” to dissolve next year. Gulp. 1. Don’t hold your breath for [...]
Record M&A boom could lead to $2 trillion in cost savings after $4.9 trillion of deals in two years December 1, 2015 The global boom in M&A could result in nearly $2 trillion (£1.33 trillion) in savings for companies, according to data from Deloitte. Since January 2014, $4.9 trillion-worth of corporate deals have been announced, and if all the cost-savings promised are delivered, companies could add between $1.5 and $1.9 trillion to their value, making the annualised savings worth around three to [...]
These are the biggest mergers that have made 2015 a record-breaking year for global M&A, worth $4.2 trillion November 24, 2015 Yesterday's $160bn merger between Viagra-maker and Allergan, which makes Botox, helped the value of 2015 deals to grow to $4.2 trillion (£2.8 trillion) – an all-time record high. But Pfizer's merger is just one of many eye-watering deals that have made 2015 the year of the mega-deal. In fact, five deals from 2015 make it in to the top 20 deals [...]
Fever pitch: Pfizer and Allergan $160bn pharma mega-deal makes 2015 a record-smashing year for global M&A November 23, 2015 Global mergers and acquisitions have soared to an all-time high, pushed into the record books by the largest pharmaceuticals deal in history. The total value of worldwide M&A hit $4.2 trillion (£2.8 trillion), according to figures from Thomson Reuters, overtaking 2007’s previous record high. Pfizer’s $160bn merger with Ireland-based Allergan became the latest mega-deal to be confirmed [...]
What slowdown? JP Morgan says Asian companies like Tata and Nikkei will drive global M&A boom in the quest for long-term growth November 19, 2015 The good times look here to stay for the global M&A market, as 88 per cent of Asian companies say mergers and acquisitions are vital to their growth strategy, according to a market report from JP Morgan. Over the last 12 months, deal volumes in the Asia Pacific region have grown 61 per cent $1.05 [...]