Closing Bell
United States
With another week dominated by talk of bankruptcies and bailouts, it is easy to think that M&A activity has ground to a halt. A month ago Simon Collins, head of corporate finance...
2008-11-13United States
President-elect Obama may have won under a mantle of change, but as far as M&A activity there is not much he can do in the short term. In more normal times, some dealmakers might...
2008-11-06United States
Even though deal-makers and investors are still preoccupied by the volatility in equity markets, a scarcity of available debt and falling deal volume, there is still plenty of scope...
2008-10-31United States
As our sister publication Emerging Markets Monitor is forecasting oil at US$50/bbl in the near-term, and potentially even lower over the coming months, the conclusion is that the...
2008-10-24United States
Yes, in many respects this week showed more clearly than ever the uncertain state of the M&A market, and by October 14 we had witnessed the cancellation of US$14bn worth of deals,...
2008-10-24United States
If you listen carefully you can actually hear the wheels of corporate finance grinding to a halt. As nervous investors follow the fluctuating fortunes of the US bailout plan, credit...
2008-10-02United States
For those financial institutions still in possession of sound balance sheets, the terms of which they have acquired some of their rivals could almost be considered a fire sale. At...
2008-09-26United States
Considering the gloom surrounding the outlook for M&A activity that has prevailed of late, this week has seen some blockbusters! In China, Coca Cola's US$2.3bn bid for Huiyan...
2008-09-05
