Highlighted articles, expert insights, and top M&A content from FOCUS Investment Banking.
E-Commerce Global News Quick Takes
Cross-border e-commerce expected to reach nearly $5 trillion by 2026 ...
Is Collision Repair the Gold Rush 2.0?
The collision industry today can be described as a Gold Rush
FOCUS Enterprise-Focused Telecom Technology Quarterly: Fall 2022 Report
While its decline slowed somewhat this period, the FOCUS Enterprise-Focused Telecom Technology Index (EFTTI) continued its downward slide with a loss of 3.1% in the past three months.
Things to Consider When Divesting
Are You Really Good at Everything?
FOCUS Investment Banking Named a Top 50 Consumer Industry Investment Bank
Washington, DC, (September 30, 2022) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a leading national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, is pleased to be recognized as a Top 50 Consumer Investment Bank by Axial. FOCUS’s Consumer team works diligently with clients in the consumer products industry to achieve maximum valuation and create a seamless exit plan.
What We Love About Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology M&A has been very active. All of FOCUS' recent transactions have been with private-equity backed buyers.
FOCUS Enterprise-Focused Telecom Technology Quarterly: Summer 2022 Report
Public Markets Continuing its downward slide, the FOCUS Enterprise-Focused Telecom ...
The Endless Summer of M&A?
Over fifty years ago in the late 1960’s filmmaker Bruce Brown gave us his cult classic surfer documentary The Endless Summer. The film chronicles the journey of two young professional surfers who circumnavigate the globe chasing summer through both the northern and southern hemispheres in search of the elusive “perfect wave.”
As we enter the summer of 2019, the comparison to the M&A market today seems appropriate. Are we in the “endless summer” of super charged M&A activity and valuations? We have been experiencing an almost unseen level of M&A activity over the past four years and one can’t help but ask….when (not if) will it end?
Expanding the Climate for Middle Market M&A Success in 2019
As many FOCUS colleagues know, the firm celebrated its third consecutive record-breaking year in 2018, closing 28 deals across 10 industry segments. As we approach the first half of 2019, we continue to demonstrate our proven expertise, both across the wide range of sectors we cover, and in the depth of strategic services we deliver on behalf of our clients. Plus, first quarter 2019 results prove dealmakers see plenty of solid reasons for optimism for the remaining three quarters.
Growing to the Next Level—Rainmaker LISBON Summit 2019
The 30th M&A Worldwide Rainmaker LISBON Summit, held April 4-5 in Lisbon, Portugal included 278 people from 40 countries—breaking all previous attendance records for the prestigious event.
Like the MIAMI Summit hosted by FOCUS in November 2018—as well as previous Summits in Amsterdam, Barcelona, London, New Delhi, Warsaw, and Shanghai—the LISBON Summit united corporate deal makers from across the globe, stimulating discussion around ongoing transactions, as well as the latest trends in research, deal software, and process management.