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Banks have spent nearly two years downsizing through workforce reductions and other cost-cutting measures. Now many are turning to technology to further drive efficiency and to help maintain service levels. That in turn is attracting a variety of investors to financial services technology, or fintech, firms with the tools to...
Posted on October 30, 2009 8:00 AM
The technology M&A marketplace is set for a rebound, driven by a convergence of higher stock prices and a willingness among buyers to "loosen the purse strings" after months of cash conservation. So says Jeff Bistrong, managing director with the middle-market-focused investment bank Harris Williams & Co. In this edition...
Posted on October 28, 2009 12:37 PM
While M&A in most industries is so last season, the fashion world remains a hot spot for deal activity. At least that's the experience of the investment bank Net Worth Solutions Inc., whose fashion and retail clients post sales in the $50 million to $250 million range. "Our deal volume...
Posted on May 21, 2009 8:45 AM
M&A activity slowed considerably over the past three months, and most analysts we've talked with, including Booz & Co.'s Gerald Adolph and Cravath, Swaine & Moore's Jim Woolery, expect more slowing through the end of the year. But our colleague Alain Sherter over at Tech Confidential reports Tuesday on one...
Posted on November 4, 2008 10:39 AM
Events over the last couple weeks have caused stress in dealmaking and have taken their toll on middle-market dealflow. In this edition of Inside The Deal, Gregg Smith, senior managing director of investment banking services at CIT Group Inc., speaks to The Deal's Nathaniel Baker about how the economy has...
Posted on October 6, 2008 3:01 PM
Middleby Corp. has been cooking up some acquisitions as it expands both nationally and internationally. The commercial food service equipment maker, which specializes in making hot ovens for restaurants such as Papa John's, has been making a string of acquisitions this year. Middleby announced that the company had acquired TurboChef...
Posted on August 12, 2008 1:14 PM
One year ago, 93% of middle-market M&A executives surveyed by the Association for Corporate Growth and Thomson Reuters rated the deal environment as good or excellent. Today, the number is 43%. In addition, 45% of the more than 500 i-bankers, PE professionals, corporate development executives, lawyers, accountants and consultants surveyed...
Posted on July 22, 2008 11:39 AM
Middle-market PE firms would benefit mightily from having a lobbying outfit in Washington. So argued Dan Primack of Thomson Venture Economics at this panel session, and it was a message that seemed to resonate with the audience. The Private Equity Council, he noted, serves only the big PE firms,...
Posted on April 10, 2008 3:06 PM
Dealmakers at middle-market companies are generally optimistic about the current and future deal climate, according to the results of a recent survey. CFO Research Services and CIT Group Inc. surveyed 529 senior-level finance decision makers at...
Posted on February 26, 2008 5:13 PM
Many investment bankers who focus on transactions under $500 million say that the performance of smaller companies has remained strong and that mergers are going forward, with financing only rarely being a deal breaker. On the other hand, some financial sponsors suspect that if tight financing conditions prevail amid...
Posted on January 7, 2008 12:01 PM
Middle-market merger and acquisition activity surged in 2006 as more and more companies made acquisitions an integral part of their growth strategy. Dollar volume in U.S. M&A activity topped $1.2 trillion in the year that just ended, a record. And according to a recent analysis by Deloitte & Touche...
Posted on February 16, 2007 1:47 AM
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