MarketWatch: Rainy days and 'merger Mondays'; Commentary: Bond-buying frenzy fuels M&A activity while the economy burns, by Jon Markman, August 25, 2010The great yawn that met a new wave of merger and acquisition activity across three continents… more »
Head of capital markets at Churchill Financial Holdings about three factors driving uptick in midmarket dealmaking:
Three factors driving uptick in midmarket dealmaking from TheDeal TV on Vimeo.
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Jeff Bistrong, managing director with the middle-market-focused investment bank Harris Williams & Co, says that lending is getting better in the middle market. Bistrong talks specifically of a technology M&A being at a tipping point, with stock… more »
Paulson’s Gift, Pietro Veronesi, University of Chicago, NBER & CEPR and Luigi Zingales,
University of Chicago, NBER & CEPR, November 5, 2008
Paper Abstract:
"We calculate the costs and benefits of the largest ever U.S. Government interve… more »
Royal Bank of Scotland, Fortis and Banco Santander are set to to win the battle for Dutch bank ABN AMRO. This is the world's biggest bank merger.
Shareholders of all four banks will wonder how their shares might develop in the short, medium and long… more »
SachsenLB, owned by the state of Sachsen, its municipalities and Dresden City, is taken over by Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg, the state of Baden-Wuertemberg's bank. This was an emergency bailout drawn up in haste after Saxony's regional bank ran into fr… more »