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Archive for Author: Ken Marlin

May 10, 2016

Is it time to sell?

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We’re feeling pretty good about 2016. The m&a market in the dozen+ information technology sectors that we follow and sometimes lead is strong. We’re busy. Demand is high for companies that check all the boxes: unique products that address very large markets, defensible market leadership, high recurring top-line growth, substantial profit leverage, strong management, etc. High demand often translates to high values. We recently advised on a sale at more than 30x EBITDA.

Apr 18, 2016

Fintech: It’s Changing Everything – M&A April Fintech Market Update

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It’s a busy time for fintech dealmakers. Not only are people investing in disruptive fintech companies in the US and the UK, but entrepreneurs with new approaches in China, Germany, Sweden, Singapore, India and a dozen other countries are also seeing massive action. We’ve always taken a global approach to advising clients and this week we were pleased that the M&A Advisor named us as the Boutique Investment Bank of the Year at their 8th Annual International M&A Awards fete.

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Apr 12, 2016

Young Guns vs. Megavendors – April 2016 M&A Market Update

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The press was filled this month with mega-deals such as Deutsche Börse coming together with the London Stock Exchange in a $30 billion merger; Markit and IHS merging in a $10 billion deal; and Nasdaq acquiring the ISE Options Exchange. But for us, it’s some of the smaller deals this past month that seem both interesting and particularly relevant in light of some of our recent blog pieces.

Fintech Disruption

Mar 14, 2016

Seismic Shifts in the Exchange Landscape

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It’s an interesting time to be in the business of facilitating m&a in the fintech space. Last week, my partner Jason Panzer wrote a blog post on the ongoing effort by fintech companies to help financial services firms lower costs and improve quality by taking humans out of structured and unstructured processes. One fully intended consequence of this movement has been downward pressure on transaction prices. That’s good for the users – not always so good for the service providers. It’s disruptive.

Disruption leads to paradigm shifts

Mar 13, 2016

Disruption is here to stay. Get used to it.

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For several years now, the dozen plus information technology sectors that we support have been strong for some, while quite disruptive for others. In Fintech, the press has focused on the digital revolution in customer behavior and the wave of virtualization currently sweeping financial services. It has to make the traditional providers nervous. In Enterprise Data, the buzz has been around the rise of big data analytics and how they are changing the way we understand the world. In Healthcare IT the talk has been about the increasing use of technology, information, and tools that may fundamentally change the doctor-patient relationship. These are disruptive times. Get used to it.

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