Last month, Warren Buffett’s bid for Oncor, a utility company based in Texas, fell through. This marks the second public failure for the Oracle of Omaha in clinching a large deal this year, the first being when the Unilever takeover by Kraft/Heinz didn’t close, despite Berkshire’s backing of $15 billion.
This infographic from Valitas Capital Partners provides a snapshot view of M&A activity in the Canadian market for the week ended August 18, 2017. Thirty-six Canadian M&A transactions closed this past week. Year to date, M&A closed deal count is 2.7% higher than the comparable period in 2016. The Canadian dollar appreciated by 0.64 cents, ending […]
TOUCHPOINT sat down with Bill Vlaad to talk about the reality of breaking into a career in buy-side M&A and what it takes to get there.
It’s looking like a fiery year for global cross-border deal-making. Acquirers have proposed or announced a staggering 5,041 cross-border deals already this year at a value of $1.17 trillion according to data from Bloomberg Law. That number is already higher than the full year totals between 2008 and 2013 and more than 50 per cent […]
The Saga of Toshiba The story of the rise and now very dramatic fall of Toshiba is a soap opera. The Japanese company is an enormous conglomerate, an industrial titan with its fingers in everything from computers to home appliances to involvement in nuclear plants. Unfortunately, Toshiba’s foray into nuclear power plants, via their subsidiary […]
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The energy sector is officially back when it comes to dealmaking. What will the rest of the year hold for the industry? Four leading experts weigh in.
North America’s energy sector is witnessing increased interest from private equity firms in a new report prepared by Firmex and Mergermarket.
When Yahoo came clean on its back-to-back data breaches last year, Verizon had some soul-searching to do: Would it toss its hands up and walk away from the $4.83 billion deal, blow half a year studying the financial impact of the breach (and push the deal’s closure by a couple quarters) or just push through […]
Touchpoint by Firmex highlights the human dimension of corporate transactions, dealmaking, and the relationships behind them.
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