Does M&A add value to publicly-listed organisations? This is, as the saying goes, the million dollar question, and the subject of endless surveys, academic studies and consulting reports over the years. A majority of these reports grossly oversimplifies the many factors and externalities impacting deal success. Others lazily confuse...
22 May, 2018, London: BTD, a global M&A consultancy that provides continuity of thinking, advice and support across the entire M&A life cycle, today announced the hire of Denise Emmanuel as Director in the UK practice and the opening of a new office in Hong...
M&A remains by far the most popular way of businesses joining forces, despite the fact that more than half of M&As fail to reach their desired objectives. Indeed one Accenture report has noted that just 58% of all acquisitions added shareholder value 24 months past...
Why is that M&A success rates continue to hover around or below the 50% mark year on year? What distinguishes those companies with a track record of M&A success? It's a quest of mine to get to the very heart of M&A; understanding what makes some...
Another year, another excellent gathering of career professionals in acquisition and integration: The 8th TLG M&A and Integration Management Forum held in Amsterdam on 17-18 March was rated by participants as the best one yet. Over 50 participants from global corporate and mid-market organsiations gathered...
BTD is pleased to announce a new in-house training workshop specifically designed for M&A/Corporate Development executives and Business Unit leaders. This new 1-day in-house session brings together leaders from both sides of the traditional 'deal divide' within your organisation to review and discuss ways to help bridge the...
As economic conditions at last begin to strengthen around the globe, indicators confirm that M&A is resuming levels of activity not seen since 2007. As we've said many times before, while deals are becoming easier to complete, their ability to generate long-term value will remain...
Telenor Sweden has agreed to buy Tele2′s fibre and cable business for SEK775m (US$122m) to further its expansion into broadband and television services. The acquisition will give the Swedish subsidiary of the mobile phone company a portfolio of about 370,000 households with a connection to fibre...
The financial advisers involved in Verizon’s US$130bn acquisition of Vodafone’s 45% stake in their Verizon Wireless joint venture and Microsoft’s US$7.2bn offer to buy the devices and services business of Finland’s Nokia Oyj have secured positions at the top of the worldwide financial adviser rankings....
Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal and others reported on Xstrata Glencore's post-merger writedown of $7.7bn, equivalent to over 10% of the combined annual turnover for the group, and over 13 times the targeted annual synergies of $500 million. More so than any other...