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M&A Activity is Accelerating. What’s Driving it?
Expect big things in mergers and acquisitions through 2018. This is the word from Deloitte, which surveyed more than 1,000 executives to get their sense on these types of corporate activities. In fact, according to the report, nearly 70 percent of executives of...
Is the Virtual Data Room on the Brink of Extinction?
Is the virtual data room on its way out? For those following this market or considering these kinds of services, you’ve probably heard many firms are saying that the VDR’s best days are in the rearview mirror. They’re saying “Content Management Solutions” or “Material...
CASE STUDY: SmartRoom Helps Firm Achieve 25% Time Savings on Successful M&A Sell-Side Transaction
ABOUT The Restructuring Team at a leading professional service firm needed to manage due diligence for a client’s sell-side transaction. Their investment banking partner recommended SmartRoom as a virtual data room provider for hosting due diligence. The firm’s...
5 Things You Must Consider Before Beginning NPL Sales
The sale of non-performing loan (NPL) assets - mortgages, student loans, car payments or otherwise - can be a sizable undertaking for any financial institution. These transactions can be in the hundreds of billions of dollars if not more. With that comes documents and...
Going Public? You need a virtual data room for your IPO. Here’s Why.
With the stock market in near-record territory, experts predict interest in the equity markets will lead to a resurgence in IPOs after years of slow going. In a January 2018 Barron’s story, Fred Wilson, partner with the venture capital firm Union Square Ventures, said...
2018 Is The Year Technology Will Transform M&A As We Know It
It’s virtually impossible to identify a business today that in some way hasn’t been impacted by technology. Whether it’s an assembly line in Detroit or a retailer in Arkansas or a call center in Orlando, firms use technology to simplify and streamline processes. In...
5 Reasons for M&A Deal Failure – SmartRoom
Analysts estimate that 2018 is going to be a big year in the mergers and acquisitions market. As we’ve written about before, a Deloitte Consulting survey released in late 2017 showed that more than two-thirds of executives from U.S.-based corporations expect M&A...
3 M&A Tools to Streamline your Deal Flow
With the start of the new year come the resolutions, as we all look to become better people and improve our quality of life. One thing that people frequently resolve is to better manage their time. When it comes to the work side of time management, there are no...
Are Virtual Data Room Provider’s Free Drinks and Game Tickets Worth It?
Everyone loves to be "wined and dined" by a VDR salesperson, but does booze and boxes takes away from investment in data room security? In recent years, the integrity and security of M&A due diligence within virtual data rooms has decayed as a result of...
Industry Spotlight: US Consumer Retail Market
In 2017, Americans spent a record $6.6 billion on “Cyber Monday,” a day in which many retailers kick off the holiday shopping season online with countless sales and promotions. This spending is a 17 percent increase over last year, demonstrating that online shopping...
Virtual Data Rooms: What Hollywood Moguls can Learn From the Wolves of Wall Street.
The HBO hack earlier this year, in which Game of Thrones scripts and episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Ballers were released online before their air dates, caused chaos for the premium cable network. The hackers, as they are wont to do, were motivated by greed. The...
Top M&A Deal Leaks of 2017
The year isn't even over and there have already been some major M&A deal leaks of 2017. Mergers and acquisitions are highly sensitive transactions that demand the utmost in secrecy. Deal leaks regarding even potential negotiations can impact a sale price, cause...
