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M&A Weekly Digest – January 20th, 2012

January 20, 2012 By Lindsey Perkins Wade

Learn about why private equity investors remain loyal to funds, why basic financial statements are important to optimizing the value of your business, and which country is quite active when acquiring offshore companies.

Private Equity Investors – Why They Remain Loyal to Funds

“According to a recent survey by Coller Capital published in PE Hub, despite (or quite possibly because of) economic uncertainty, ‘a strong majority of limited partners plan to continue their steadfast commitments to private equity, with 83 percent saying they will maintain or increase their allocations to the asset class in the coming year.’”

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Optimizing Value – The Importance of Basic Financial Statements

“[I]f your financials are not professionally presented, buyers will not pay you an optimal value. In fact, many professional buyers will simply walk away from your deal due to the risk.

We understand that in these tough economic times, business owners are looking at every opportunity to cut costs. However, as the old saying goes, “Don’t be pennywise and pound foolish.” Trying to save money by reducing your accounting costs and managing your books on your own will, in the long run, end up costing you much, much more.”

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Cross-Border Deal Making – Where the Buyers Are Coming From

“Last month both The Wall Street Journal and The Economist published articles highlighting how active one country has become this year in outbound M&A. I bet many of you are assuming that the article discussed Chinese or Indian companies and their M&A activities. But that assumption is incorrect.

As it turns out, in 2011 Japan was one of the most active outbound M&A participants in the world. This can be clearly seen in the following chart from Dealogic, which tracks cross border deals by the location of the acquirers through November of last year.”

Click here for the full article with reasons why Japan is so active buying offshore acquisitions.

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Filed Under: M&A, M&A Weekly Digest Tagged With: cross-border deals, financial statements, private equity firms

About Lindsey Perkins Wade

Lindsey Perkins Wade is managing editor of The Private Business Owner.

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