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M&A

The Allure of European M&A

August 12, 2010 - Activity has been driven by strategic buyers in industries like tech, health care and business services.

'Open’ Season in Calif. Bank M&A

July 29, 2010 - The Golden State had its most open-bank deals this month since ­December, and buyers were smaller, by assets, than their targets

Slipping Back to Old Habits?

July 8, 2010 - Buyout firms are putting up less equity, which suggests that an increasing number of lenders are “chasing deals”

Sponsors Turn to Growth Equity

May 27, 2010 - Sellers eye partial realizations as an option until market conditions improve and a full exit at a palatable price is possible

A New Flavor of M&A

May 13, 2010 - Some buyers are simply unfazed by the higher prices in publicly traded companies. Will boards opt to go private at a lower price?

High Yield Sees More Common Stock

May 6, 2010 - Issuers look to refinance existing debt or pay for acquisitions with convertible debt transactions.

Earnout Implications

May 6, 2010 - These clauses play an important role to bridge the gap between buyers and sellers, but there are tripwires that can sour a deal.

Turnaround Firm Grows in N.Y.

May 6, 2010 - Ex-Traxi pro helps MorrisAnderson with East Coast expansion.

Hunting Some Bigger Game

April 29, 2010 - Using the heft of its Canadian parent as a selling point, RBC Capital Markets is reaching out to large Wall Street customers.

NewOak Brings on CRE Pro

April 29, 2010 - NewOak Capital, a New York-based asset manager and advisory firm, hired Carlos Vigon to develop a new business that will buy and actively manage real estate properties for clients, mostly institutional investors.

Nomura Jumps into Tech M&A

April 22, 2010 - Sasson Darwish last week became Nomura Securities’ first major tech banker in North America, where the Japanese firm expects a pickup in mergers and acquisitions.

Advent Banks on Electronic Payments

April 22, 2010 - The Boston private-equity firm gambles on transaction processing companies after finding deals in banking too tricky.

Leveraged Loan Rebirth Continues

April 22, 2010 - A trio of term loans and plans for three collateralized loan obligations suggest that things are getting better in the debt markets.

A Decade Later, Chicago Corp. Reopens

April 15, 2010 - Executives at the new Chicago Corp. see a sweet spot in the M&A advisory market: middle-market firms in the Midwest.

LBO Debt Could Be Readily Absorbed

April 8, 2010 - IMS Health transactions could serve as a case study for future M&A-related junk bond offerings.