Posted on November 6, 2008 at 5:43 PM
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We could see fewer transformative acquisitions if President-elect Barack Obama moves forward with the economic agenda he touted on the campaign trail, Jeffery Bistrong, a managing director with the middle-market M&A advisory firm Harris Williams & Co., tells The Deal's Suzanne Stevens in this episode of Inside The Deal.
Bistrong states that by closing tax loopholes, increasing taxes on the corporate and income side, and implementing more stringent antitrust regulation and protectionist measures could keep buyers from pursuing high-dollar targets. Instead, he expects corporate acquirers to focus on smaller, digestible, middle-market-sized deals. Bistrong also predicts that the tax policies, particularly in terms of capital gains, of an Obama administration will have a marginally negative affect on private equity dealflow.

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