Transaction Services
In these challenging times evaluating potential transactions has never been more critical. The recent past is no longer a good indicator of the future. Virtually all business plans now contain a 'hockey stick' forecast, and often major change is required in the first three years to deliver the full value of synergies.
We help our clients evaluate and deliver successful transactions against this difficult backdrop. We continue to lead the market in doing this.
In its latest annual survey of the global energy industry - to assess appetite for renewable energy M&A - KPMG has found that biomass is a surprise new target for future deal activity. The research canvasses opinion on favoured technologies, government subsidies, financing and the factors which will determine the renewable energy deal market in the year ahead.
We all know M&A volumes and values are down, but what is the outlook for the different sectors? We look in detail at the situation for the Automotive, Chemicals, Metals, Pharmaceuticals and Retail industries.
With the seller/buyer 'standoff' in M&A showing signs of thawing by the end of 2009, 2010 looks set to be more active but the deals done will be quite different to those of the benign times according to John Kelly, Head of Transaction Services.
Life is tough for businesses with expansion plans. The high leverage, liquidity and low funding costs that fuelled growth may have stopped, but activist investors are still demanding increased shareholder value. Do joint ventures offer an opportunity for expansion in these tough times?
Increasing numbers of businesses are announcing disposal programmes. In this buyers market, it's important to do all you can to prevent your price being pushed downwards.
Great, the deal's finally gone through, but now what? Challenging conditions in many sectors, mean CEOs and CFOs are under increasing pressure to deliver more value out of deals.
KPMG's Global M&A Predictor forecasts .....
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