Recently the Financial Post quoted Ken Marlin regarding Facebook’s IPO. The article can be read here.
Jun 5, 2012
What went wrong with the Facebook IPO?
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Jun 4, 2012
Coalition Development Ltd has been sold to CRISIL
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Dear Clients and Friends, We are pleased to inform you that our client, UK-based Coalition Development Ltd.(www.coalition.com), a leading provider of business intelligence to global financial institutions, based in London, UK, has agreed to be acquired by CRISIL Ltd. (www.crisil.com), a global analytical company providing ratings, research, and risk and policy advisory services based in Mumbai, India. Coalition will be part of CRISIL’s Global Research and Analytics (GR&A) business. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. We are pleased to have been the exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Coalition on this transaction. This is the fifth announced transaction on…
May 15, 2012
How to Put a Price on Anything
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Dear Friends, Last week, a writer for “Inc.” asked what I thought about a recent article in which someone valued the White House at $75 – $80M. I told him that whoever came up with that figure clearly doesn’t understand what drives value. That discussion led to the brief article below on how to value anything (in a competitive market.) Click here to read the article. It was a fun exercise. We thought you might be interested. Kenneth Marlin www.MarlinLLC.com
May 4, 2012
Marlin & Associates: May Market Update
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Dear Clients & Friends, Below is a link to our May 2012 Market Update. As you will see, it provides our sense of M&A values, activity and trends for the dozen plus technology, information and healthcare sectors that we follow. Click here for our Market Update This month we saw multiple transactions announced with, again, many transactions well under $200M. One of these involved our client, Ideas International, which has agreed to be acquired by Gartner, a leading global source of information and research. Ideas International is a leading independent supplier of IT market research, based in Hornsby, Australia, and represents…
Apr 5, 2012
Marlin & Associates: April Market Update
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Dear Clients & Friends, Below is a link to our April 2012 Market Update. As you will see, it provides our sense of M&A values, activity and trends for the dozen plus technology, information and healthcare sectors that we follow. Click here for our Market Update This month we saw multiple transactions announced with, again, the majority of transactions well under $200M. One of these involved our client, IMS Research, which was acquired by IHS, a leading global source of information and analytics. IMS Research is a leading independent supplier of market research and a consultancy to the global electronics…