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Archive for Category: Market Update

Dec 7, 2018

Brexit and Stupid Politicians: Our December Report on M&A Values in Information Technology

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Dear Clients and Friends, Our latest report on the values and trends in the dozen+ segments of the information technology industry that we follow, and sometimes lead, is here. Please click here for our December M&A Infotech update. On Tuesday (December 11th), the UK parliament will vote on a draft Brexit agreement with the EU – choosing between “Leave softly” or “Leave hard”. No matter which way they vote, the British population loses. It’s like the US in Vietnam. Too many politicians would rather let people suffer than risk losing an election. We have advised on transactions in 27 countries. The market…

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Nov 29, 2018

Russians, Chinese, Israelis, Midterms – Who Can You Trust? Our November Information Technology M&A

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Dear Clients and Friends: Our latest report on the values and trends in the dozen+ segments of the information technology industry that we follow, and sometimes lead, can be found here. The information technology industry has been a global one for many years, and to us, that’s a good thing. Good software engineers, code writers, mathematicians etc. are everywhere: US , Canada, UK, and Ireland; Russia, and Ukraine; Israel and Palestine, Turkey and China;  Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and a half dozen other countries. Recently, this globalism has come under attack. There are several good reasons including some very real…

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Oct 25, 2018

The Robots Are Coming. Our Fintech M&A Report for October 2018

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Dear Clients and Friends, Our latest Fintech m&a report can be found here. It highlights m&a trends and transactions in the seven segments of the Fintech world that we follow and sometimes lead. Please click here for our October Fintech M&A Update. Just over a year ago, we published a piece on the relationship between “AI” (Artificial Intelligence) and North Korean missiles. We noted the AI focus of investor Masayoshi Son (the founder of Softbank) and his new “Vision” Fund and pointed out that Mr. Son and Kim Jong-un are not alone in chasing the pot of gold at the…

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Oct 19, 2018

The Cloud Gets An Edge. Our October Report on M&A in the Enterprise Data and Analytics Industry

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Dear Clients and Friends, The report found here gives our sense of the current m&a trends and deals in the Enterprise Data and Analytics sector that we follow and sometimes lead. Please click here for our October Enterprise Data & Analytics Report. Data is only useful if it is actionable. In some cases it’s stale in a week; in others it takes days or seconds; and in the case of trading algorithms, military drones, and self-driving cars –it’s meaningful if it can be received, processed, analyzed, returned and acted upon within milliseconds. Local computing sometimes can solve the need for…

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Sep 26, 2018

Compliance: It’s Complicated. Our Fintech M&A Report for September 2018

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Dear Clients and Friends, Our latest Fintech m&a report can be found here. It highlights m&a trends and transactions in the seven segments of the Fintech world that we follow and sometimes lead. Please click here for our latest Fintech Market M&A Update. Compliance is a hot topic at many financial services companies. We’re not sure if it stems from the raft of new regulations or the well-publicized consequences of failure – including the US$500 million fine levied on Commonwealth Bank of Australia for failings that allowed drug gangs to launder money; the $900 million that ING Bank agreed to…

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