“Mergers fail more often than marriages.” So ran a headline on CNN’s website a few years back, accompanying a story referring to a 2004 study by Bain & Co., which found that 70% of mergers failed to increase...
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M&A deal value grows three-fold in August: Grant Thornton report
Overall deal activity in 2016 till date has remained steady, with strong growth in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) driving a six per cent rise in value over a year before; private equity (PE) investments sustained...
Merger news is like a falling knife for stocks; how to make money in M&A
NEW DELHI: There have been a number of merger and acquisition announcements in recent times, some of which have sent the stocks crashing. Be it the announcement of a merger between Reliance Communications and Aircel or...
Farmers must have choice post Bayer-Monsanto merger – EU’s Vestager
The European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said on Thursday that farmers must continue to have a choice when buying seeds and pesticides after the merger between Bayer and Monsanto. The German drug and crop...
Cyrus Mistry optimistic about acquisitions by Tata firms within India and outside
New Delhi: With overseas business making up 70% of Tata group’s revenue, chairman Cyrus Mistry remains optimistic about acquisitions—both within and outside India—as also growth through the organic route. Mistry wants...
Why China’s $1-trillion merger makeover could fail
To grasp the scale of the challenges facing Chinese leaders in revamping their sprawling and inefficient state-owned enterprises, consider this: The combined revenue of 100-plus government-owned firms, spanning from...
India one of most attractive merger and acquisitions destinations in Asia: Kroll-Mergermarket report
NEW DELHI: India is among the top Merger and Acquisition (M&A) markets in emerging Asia, largely driven by favourable economic and demographic conditions and an encouraging regulatory regime, says a report...
A $1 trln un-merger record that’s hard to beat
The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Two notable M&A achievements hang in the balance. Even with a couple of U.S. whoppers on the rocks, 2015 is set to retain the...
Japan’s M&A Market May Be at Risk of Overheating
Mergers and acquisitions are the latest markets in Japan seen at risk of overheating, with a jump in corporate lending helping drive the premium for M&A deals to a seven-year high. The Bank of Japan’s unprecedented...
Screwvala’s Unilazer may not venture out this year
MUMBAI: Media mogul and investor Ronnie Screwvala’s Unilazer Ventures has likely closed its purse strings for new investments in 2016. Unilazer will, however, continue with follow-on investments in companies where...
July sees M&A deals worth $4 bn
Merger and acquisition deals worth $4 billion were announced in July, thanks to a significant surge in domestic and inbound deal activity, taking the year-to-date deal tally to $19.87 billion. According to assurance...
Billionaire Wang Wins Investors’ Nod for $4.4 Billion Buyout
Billionaire Wang Jianlin won shareholders’ approval to buy out his property unit for HK$34.5 billion ($4.4 billion), clearing the way for the biggest-ever privatization deal in Hong Kong. The shares rose. The HK$52.80-a...
