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Dealmaker

Dealmaker is a periodic electronic newsletter produced by Grant Thornton Corporate Finance LLC, providing business owners and managers with merger and acquisition market insight.

In the Winter 2010 issue you will find the following articles:        

  • FY 2009 credit market update: Moving from stabilization to recovery
  • M&A year in review — 2009
  • Some guiding principles for making your acquisition a success

 

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  •   Dealmaker – Winter 2010

    Experts generally agree that an integral part of a full economic recovery is the resumption of lending activity. Our Winter 2010 edition examines the current and projected state of the financing market and the implications for dealmakers. Other topics in this issue include our 2009 M&A year in review and a corporate finance insider’s viewpoint on some surprising factors that can affect the success of your acquisition process.

  •   Dealmaker - Fall 2009

    The Fall 2009 issue explores how internal controls can be used as a means of improving the value of dealmaking; the M&A update for Q3 2009 presents a more optimistic outlook than previous recent quarters; and an article on capital flows discusses the important shift from public to private markets and why this is occurring.

  •   Dealmaker - Summer 2009

    The Summer 2009 issue of Dealmaker explores some of the challenges and opportunities currently facing the automotive industry, particularly within the supply base. Other features in this issue include an overview of the credit and financing market and a middle-market M&A activity update for the first half of the year.

  •   Dealmaker -- Winter 2008/09

    In this issue you will find: 1) a discussion of the challenges and benefits of private equity funding for family-owned businesses; 2) an analysis of M&A activity for the first 11 months of 2008, which showed an impressive shift to lower-middle-market transactions, where acceptable deal metrics remain abundant.

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    The summer 2008 issue includes findings from Grant Thornton Corporate Finance LLC’s annual and first-quarter analysis of mid-market valuation trends.Valuation levels for mid-market companies increased slightly during 2007, but have stabilized or fallen slightly during the first quarter of 2008.

  •   Dealmaker - Spring 2007

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