Dealmaker is a periodic electronic newsletter produced by Grant Thornton Corporate Finance LLC, providing business owners and managers with merger and acquisition market insight..
In the Spring 2010 issue you will find the following articles:
Many business owners are familiar with the traditional, data-driven appraisal methodologies but what happens when you look at value through a different lens? Are there simpler ways to understand, and increase, the value of your business? Our spring 2010 issue discusses this question and also includes a quarterly M&A activity update covering the transaction environment in the United States and abroad, with an emphasis on what business leaders are expecting in the year ahead.
Experts generally agree that an integral part of a full economic recovery is the resumption of lending activity. Our Winter 2010 edition examines the current and projected state of the financing market and the implications for dealmakers. Other topics in this issue include our 2009 M&A year in review and a corporate finance insider’s viewpoint on some surprising factors that can affect the success of your acquisition process.
The Fall 2009 issue explores how internal controls can be used as a means of improving the value of dealmaking; the M&A update for Q3 2009 presents a more optimistic outlook than previous recent quarters; and an article on capital flows discusses the important shift from public to private markets and why this is occurring.
The Summer 2009 issue of Dealmaker explores some of the challenges and opportunities currently facing the automotive industry, particularly within the supply base. Other features in this issue include an overview of the credit and financing market and a middle-market M&A activity update for the first half of the year.
In this issue you will find: 1) a discussion of the challenges and benefits of private equity funding for family-owned businesses; 2) an analysis of M&A activity for the first 11 months of 2008, which showed an impressive shift to lower-middle-market transactions, where acceptable deal metrics remain abundant.
The summer 2008 issue includes findings from Grant Thornton Corporate Finance LLC’s annual and first-quarter analysis of mid-market valuation trends.Valuation levels for mid-market companies increased slightly during 2007, but have stabilized or fallen slightly during the first quarter of 2008.
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance LLC recently concluded its second annual mid-market valuation study. Read about the current mid-market valuation trends and the impact and relevance of revenue multiples and how these findings could impact your company.
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance LLC recently concluded its second annual mid-market valuation study. Read about the current mid-market valuation trends and the impact and relevance of revenue multiples and how these findings could impact your company.