M&A Update 2016



Valuable M&A Content
An enormous amount of content is published on M&A.
This column will help you keep up with the best M&A articles on the web. Enjoy!


  1. Middle Market M&A - First Half 2016 Wrap-Up
  2. By: Todd Ganos, Forbes

    Studies find that a good percentage of middle market companies seek expansion into non-US markets.  And, as the saying goes, you can either build or buy.

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  3. 2016 M&A Trends: Timing The Market
  4. By: Joanne Baginski, EKS&H

    Continued low interest rates, pressure to grow in a slow organic-growth economy, investor confidence in opportunities through acquisition, and a trend toward consolidation in many industries resulted in record years for transactions in 2014 and 2015.  But with more than half of 2016 over, how is this year shaping up?

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  5. 2016 US M&A to buck trend of dealmaking slump after historic year

    By: EY (Ernst & Young)

    Although the values and volumes of US mergers and acquisitions are unlikely to surpass 2015's figures, the deal drivers that fueled last year's record-high US M&A values remain in place heading into the second half of 2016.

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  6. 16 Middle-Market Trends to Watch in 2016
  7. By: Keith Button, Allison Collins, Demitri Diakantonis, Mary Kathleen Flynn, and Danielle Fugazy

    Cloud computing, robots, capital gains tax, operating partners and the other trends you need to know about for the New Year.

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