Companies are Holding Off on M&A Amid Trump Policy Uncertainty
Second-quarter deal volumes in the U.S. have slumped to a four-year low, as the market awaits progress on the president’s agenda.
Second-quarter deal volumes in the U.S. have slumped to a four-year low, as the market awaits progress on the president’s agenda.
Quarterly deal values have already reached a decade high.
Companies that can expand capabilities in data mining and the Internet of Things were increasingly targeted by CEOs outside Silicon Valley.
When it comes to two of their oldest tech brands—OnStar and Watson—both General Motors CEO Mary Barra and IBM CEO Virginia Rometty face the challenge of optimizing platforms that haven’t been delivering the results they could.
Chief Executive speaks with CEO Stan Bergman to drill down on a dental supply company’s transformation strategy.
The time seems ripe for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the middle market.
While JP Morgan recently predicted that a strong 2014 would lead into a fresh round of M&A activity in 2015, it also noted last year’s level of failed transactions was the highest since 2008.v
At a time when corporate balance sheets are rock solid, interest rates remain enticingly low and the deal environment is booming, perhaps it’s not surprising to learn that some of the most ready buyers of private companies are in fact, private companies themselves.
As CEOs reassess their portfolios due to heightened competition, divestitures are playing a more important role in corporate strategy. In particular, there was an exceptional increase in high-profile announcements in the U.S. technology sector in 2014. The total value of first-half 2014 transactions jumped 62% over the value of transactions in the first six months of 2013. Mega-deals accounted for more than 35% of total first-half 2014 deal value, including five deals worth more than $43 billion each—a level of activity not witnessed since before the financial crisis.
From automakers to apparel brands to CPG giants, more and more big companies are courting startup companies in the hopes of getting the inside track on a new innovation in their field or simply a fast pipeline to new ideas in digital technology.
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