When Will M&A Activity Pick Up After a Sluggish 2022?
James Stevens, co-leader of the financial services industry group at Troutman Pepper, explains some of the trends in the relatively slow M&A market in 2022.
James Stevens, co-leader of the financial services industry group at Troutman Pepper, explains some of the trends in the relatively slow M&A market in 2022.
Will regional commercial banks stay committed to their investment banking divisions once the lucrative M&A advisory fees dry up in the next downturn?
After more than two decades building FSW Funding, Robyn Barrett sold the prominent factoring firm to Oxford Commercial Finance this past spring. Even with the sale, Barrett is still committed to growing the company and maintaining her people, all while taking on new opportunities.
The healthcare industry has been forced to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic directly, which has caused some drastic changes to how care is delivered as well as the M&A landscape for health services businesses. Vasanta B. Pundarika and Amanda Verner Thompson of Matrix Capital Markets Group examine trends from 2020 and Q1/21 while projecting how the market will evolve over the second half of the year.
Offering asset-based lending can be one of the best ways for regional banks to maintain a competitive edge as more and more join forces to fend off the encroachment of “super power banks.”
Hercules Capital purchased Gibraltar Business Capital to enter the ABL market. Cartoonist Jerry Gonzalez shares his take on this mythical matchup.
In 2017, Citizens Bank took an unusual step with its annual M&A Advisory Survey — it polled business decision-makers before and after the election to test the impact. Optimism was high in the post-election survey, and in 2018, it is higher still. Ralph Della Ratta, head of M&A Advisory at Citizens Capital Markets, explains why this is a good time to sell and encourages lenders to push customers towards eager buyers.
As every sector contends with tech-enabled disruption, Mark Solovy discusses the three strategies — buy, build or sell to private equity — that companies can use to acquire new technology at a reasonable cost.
Citizens Commercial Banking released its annual Middle Market M&A Outlook for 2017, based on a survey of 600 C-level executives. The forecast? 2017 could be a busy year for M&A transactions as both buyers and sellers feel it’s time to act. Head of Corporate Finance and Capital Markets at Citizens Commercial Banking, Bob Rubino broke down the results in detail for ABF Journal, including what’s fueling the M&A activity and how the national election results can affect the outlook.
ABF Journal illustrator Jerry Gonzalez gives his take on the significant growth Wells Fargo has achieved this year through a series of strategic acquisitions of GE Capital assets and businesses.