Archive for June, 2010
Due Diligence Requirements in M&A Deals
In QFinance, a very extensive on-line financial markets resource, I’ve written an article entitled ‘Due Diligence Requirements in Financial Transactions‘. Due diligence is a critical business intelligence process, and in our book on the use of business intelligence in doing M&A deals better (Intelligent M&A, Navigating the Mergers and Acquisitions Minefield), the chapter on due [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Equity Market Reactions to the announcement of an M&A Deal
Of principal concern to a dealmaker — whether the board of the acquiring company or the CEO recommending the deal — is whether the share price of the company will rise on the announcement of the acquisition of a target company … and by how much. Of course the target company’s share price will rise; [...]
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The Wall Street Journal on why CEO’s do M&A deals quickly after being appointed
Posted on Friday, 18 June 2010. Filed under: Business Intelligence, Commentary, Mergers |
There’s been a lot of press reaction to our recent report on what happens when a new CEO takes over: ‘Here’s the deal: move fast as a new CEO’. The report was written by Cass Business School and the M&A Research Centre (MARC) (which I head). See also my blog entry ‘What comes next? Change your [...]
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