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Byline: Jack Walsworth Matt McGovern went on a dealership acquisition spree to start 2022. With the exception of April, McGovern bought one franchised dealership each month from January through June, [...]

Byline: Dustin Walsh LINEAGE LOGISTICS: Since 2015, Lineage Logistics has been led by industry veteran Greg Lehmkuhl, who served in leadership of Ann Arbor-based freight carrier Con-way Freight and Menlo [...]

Approximately 70-90% of global M8cA deals fall through. Business advisor, Claire Trachet--CEO and co-founder of Trachet--outlines the determining factors of a successful M&A in the critical moment of scale or [...]

Byline: Alec Mattinson er years of tinkering with the model, the world's biggest consumer goods companies have nally hit upon a formula to drive previously elusive organic growth. AHaving been [...]

The numbers are in and they confirm, or at least support, what's become the established modus operandi for many United States-based law firms in the 2010s: We can do more [...]

There were approximately 526 food industry mergers and acquisitions in 2018, down 11% from 2017's record year, according to preliminary results from The Food Institute. Manufacturers, investment firms and retailers [...]

ANNEX TABLES List of annex tables available on the UNCTAD site, www.unctad.org/wir, and on the CD-ROM 1. FDI inflows, by region and economy, 1990-2012 2. FDI outflows, by region and [...]

Worldwide mergers and acquisitions (M&A) rose 24 percent to $4.5 trillion in 2007 from the previous year and cross-border M&As accounted for a record 47 percent of the total in 2007. M&As of private equity firms still accounted for 19.5 percent of the overall annual volume despite being affected by the credit market crisis. A table of the top M&As worldwide in December 2007 is presented.

An analysis of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2007 showed that the slowdown over the last few months of 2007 was confined to the private equity sector. Corporate M&A did not slow down in this period and was able to significantly outdo its performance in 2006. The turbulence in the credit markets is seen as the cause of the slowdown in the second half of 2007.

STRONG FINANCES, abundant capital, available financing, restructuring and the need for growth continue to fuel the urge to merge. The global chemical mergers and acquisitions market is chugging along at [...]

The investigation is made to find whether a previous alliance between an acquirer and a target affects post-acquisition performance, which indicates that it correlates positively with acquisition performance. This suggests that the target specific information and experience is an advantage-producing resource, benefiting selections, valuation and integration of acquisitions.

The mergers and acquisitions market is showing signs of life. According to New York-based research firm Mergerstat, there were 8,137 transactions in 2003, compared to 7,338 in 2002, reversing a [...]

Bank merger activity, after peaking in 1998, decelerated during the next four years. The pace quickened again in 2003 and that trend seems to be continuing into 2004. In this [...]

M&A deal data Target Bidder AES Laboratoire Groupe (FR) - ABN-AMRO Holding NV (NE) - Manufacture bacteria/ testing Investment holding company instruments Sales ($): Net profits ($): Sales ($): n/a [...]

M&A deal data Benelux Target Bidder Benelux Immo Loi (BE) 87.3% - Cofinimmo SA (BE) - Real estate Real estate agency agency Sales ($): n/a Net Profits ($): Sales ($): [...]

THIS SECTOR ANALYSIS INCLUDES ACQUISITIONS AND BUYOUTS ANNOUNCED BETWEEN 26 JANUARY AND 26 FEBRUARY. PUBLIC OFFERS COMPLETED BETWEEN THESE DATES ARE INCLUDED, WHEREAS NEW AND PENDING OFFERS ARE EXCLUDED. THE [...]

The French industry ministry said at the end of last year that Electricite de France (EdF) and Gaz de France (GdF) would be converted into limited companies subject to 'ordinary [...]

The past year has seen the food retail sector in the UK consolidate on two fronts. First, the one-stop-shop environment has obviously been affected by Morrisons' bid for Safeway; and [...]

Acquisitions Monthly this month publishes its annual equity, debt and mezzanine league tables for Europe and the UK, and supplements with tables for Germany, France and Italy. Equity tables have [...]

A mere glance at the figures in Europe suggests that 2003 was little better than 2002. Indeed, in some respects it was worse because of the poor quality of many [...]

M&A deal data Benelux Target Bidder Duke Energy Europe Northwest BV Norway (NO) - Manufacturer, (NE) - Gas utility wholesale fertiliser, metals Sales ($): n/a Net Profits ($): Sales ($): [...]

As we head towards the end of the year, there is positive news on the technology acquisition front. After three years of declining activity and reduced valuations, we have now [...]

A burst of U.S. upstream merger and acquisition activity in the first quarter of 2003 fizzled in the second quarter. But total first-half activity was already nearly that of all [...]