Solid Q1 Sets Stage for Sizzling 2018
Coming off a remarkable year when FOCUS closed an unprecedented ...
Why Tax Reform May Lift Middle Market M&A to New Heights in 2018!
It’s just possible the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ...
FOCUS on Success in 2018
In 2017, FOCUS delivered remarkable results as detailed in the ...
Mid-Year M&A 2017: Remarkably Resilient
Mostly, the news is excellent. Stock market indexes are reaching ...
AirVault and GE’s Predix: An Innovative New Route to Aircraft Records Management Supports NextGen Goals
FOCUS announces the sale of our client, Critical Technologies, Inc. - doing business as AirVault® - to GE Aviation. After a decade providing strategic advice to AirVault, the result is this compelling transaction with one of the world’s most well-known and highly regarded companies.
EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS! Looking Back and Leaping Forward
Looking back, it was a very good year. In 2016, ...
FOCUS Attends M&A Worldwide Convention in Delhi
In the December 2016 FOCUS Newsletter, I described the collaboration ...
An International Collaboration: FOCUS and Aeternus Succeed Together
FOCUS Investment Banking is part of M&A Worldwide (MAWW), an established international association of 37 M&A boutiques working together to facilitate cross-border activities such as mergers, acquisitions, corporate finance projects, and consulting. FOCUS has been a part of this network since 2005 and has completed 31 cross-border projects with its partners in this network. One of the partners with which FOCUS has worked closely is Aeternus Corporate Finance. Headquartered right outside of Amsterdam in Venlo, the Netherlands, Aeternus is an independent investment bank, like FOCUS, that provides M&A and corporate finance advisory services to mid-sized companies in the Netherlands and throughout Europe.
A Walk on the Buy-Side: How FOCUS Is Perfecting the Process
Worldwide, the art of dealmaking is evolving. There are substantial modifications in the way deals are being done today. Every detail from due diligence and integration to strategic planning and channels of communication is being refined and improved. Careful coordination is ever more critical. Risk management tools are being reshaped and perfected—plus, there’s a razor-sharp focus on ensuring the acquirer is achieving maximum value.
Full Speed Ahead for Middle Market M&A
A variety of new research reports conclude the fundamentals for healthy dealmaking remain firmly in place, and most believe the worst of the year is over. In fact, it appears U.S. M&A is normalizing and positive results for Q4 may be expected. Although the numbers for the first half of 2016 were the lowest since 2013, they actually are higher than any first half from 2008 through 2013. Why? Perhaps this is a signal the M&A boom of recent years remains alive and well, if a bit diminished.
