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KPMG has released a study on emerging-market acquisitions by U.S. and global companies.More or less expected is the falloff in the number of such deals, from 122 completed in the second half of 2008 to 88 in the first half of 2009. But look where acquirers have been buying in...
Posted on October 5, 2009 3:49 PM
In which developed countries are the companies most attuned to emerging markets? In the U.S. and the U.K., according to KPMG International's Emerging Markets International Acquisition Tracker study, released Monday.U.S. and U.K. entities made the most deals and also were targeted most in cross-border M&A activity with emerging and high-growth...
Posted on March 2, 2009 4:20 PM
The credit markets squeeze again. After promising news in early November, it turns out Canadian telecom giant BCE Inc.'s $35 billion privatization deal may have hit a roadblock. BCE said it received a preliminary view from KPMG that, based on current market conditions, showed the amount of debt involved in...
Posted on November 26, 2008 9:46 AM
KPMG has been monitoring the number of emerging market companies buying firms in developed countries for the past five years. In its latest count, Indian companies were the most active emerging market acquirers, followed by companies based in Russia and South Korea. According to KPMG's Emerging Markets International Acquisition Tracker,...
Posted on August 19, 2008 8:30 AM
Delivering on the predicted synergies of an acquisition is never easy. But it can be even more challenging in a difficult economy. That's what makes this new report from KPMG LLP particularly timely. In "Doing Deals in Tough Times," the transaction services firm separated 160 U.S. and European companies into...
Posted on July 14, 2008 8:05 AM
KPMG International is reporting that multinational corporations continue to expand their investments in emerging economies in a quest for access to new customers and favorable operating conditions. In a survey of 300 investment strategists at the largest MNCs, private equity and sovereign wealth funds in 15 major economies, most said...
Posted on June 23, 2008 4:34 PM
The folks at KPMG International think so. Using data compiled by Thomson Financial, KPMG predicts 2008 will be a boom year for creation of JVs, following three years of incremental growth. The reason, according to...
Posted on March 20, 2008 9:09 AM
If you're a corporate dealmaker pursuing growth strategies in China or India, there's a wealth of resources out there. But whether they're surveys or reports from consultants, presentations at conferences around the world or reports from news organizations, the trick is finding and making sense of them. That's the purpose...
Posted on March 13, 2008 7:38 AM
First came the very largest companies. Now middle-market dealmakers are stepping up their movement into emerging markets.
Posted on March 12, 2008 2:35 PM
India's latest budget, presented in New Delhi on Feb. 29 by Finance Minister Palaniappam Chidambaram, has already drawn plenty of commentary on what it means for various constituencies, and for the prospects of the ruling Congress party in the next election.Here at Corporate Dealmaker, we're particularly interested in the question of...
Posted on March 3, 2008 8:17 AM
Stephen Gaines, a managing director and head of KPMG Corporate Finance LLC, sat down with Corporate Dealmaker to discuss the role of covenant-lite debt in a recession and why distressed companies might not offer as many investment opportunities as some expect. Commenting on the easy debt terms that leveraged companies...
Posted on February 22, 2008 2:26 PM
It's 2004. Do you know where your M&A banker is? It's not such an easy question to answer these days. Investment banking executives, long known for business units that boom and bust along with markets, have outdone themselves in recent years. M&A specialists were among the hardest hit in the...
Posted on February 15, 2004 5:04 PM
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