Archive for: July 21, 2015

There are many reasons companies engage in M&A activity. Achieving revenue or cost synergies usually tops the list. But more and more we are seeing companies use M&A to transform their business all together. In the case of Aetna’s $37 billion acquisition of Humana, the financial reasons are obvious. The combination creates a company with revenues of $115 billion and over $3.0 billion of cash flow; with a goal of generating $1.2 billion of synergies by 2018. Together the companies will create the second largest managed care company by revenue and bringing together Humana’s growing Medicare Advantage business with Aetna’s…

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