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Generational Equity Wins 3 M&A Advisor Awards Including M&A Consulting/Advisor Service Firm of the Year

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generational equity logoGenerational Equity, a leading mergers and acquisitions advisor for privately-held and family-owned businesses, is pleased to announce that The M&A Advisor has recognized Generational Equity with three awards: M&A Consulting/Advisory Service Firm of the Year, Deal of the Decade, and Consumer & Retail Products (Under $50 Million) Transaction of the Year.

The awards were announced at The M&A Advisor’s annual celebration in New York on Monday, Dec. 12, and Tuesday, Dec. 13.

“The award winners represent the best of the M&A industry in 2011 and earned these honors by standing out in a group of very impressive finalists,” said Roger Aguinaldo, CEO and founder of The M&A Advisor. [Read more…]

Synergies Make the Deal – AutoTrader.com Acquires VinSolutions

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Recently it was announced in the M&A media that AutoTrader.com was acquiring VinSolutions. Many of you have probably heard of AutoTrader. Created in 1997, AutoTrader.com is the Internet’s “ultimate automotive marketplace and consumer information website.” AutoTrader.com aggregates in a single location millions of new cars, used cars and certified pre-owned cars from thousands of auto dealers and private sellers. It is a leading online resource to advertise and market vehicles to active car buyers. According to their website, they “provide the largest selection of vehicles and attract more than 14 million qualified buyers each month.”

VinSolutions is a developer of Internet-based Customer Relations Management (CRM) and Internet Lead Management (ILM) software. In addition to CRM, ILM and Inventory Control products, VinSolutions builds custom dealership Web sites, uploads inventory photos, offers their clients quality training and consulting services, as well as valuable customer support.

So why would AutoTrader.com acquire VinSolutions? [Read more…]

Global M&A Activity in Q1

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Recently Mergermarket released their latest update on quarterly global M&A activity. Mergermarket, part of The Mergermarket Group, is an independent M&A intelligence tool used by financial institutions to originate deals. It provides proprietary intelligence on potential deal flow, potential mandates, and valuations. I have been using their data for years and have always found it to be quite accurate and compelling.

As most analysts have been indicating, M&A activity as measured by volume of deals is on par with the first quarter of 2010 and is up dramatically when compared to the same quarter in 2009 (which was the bottom of the last M&A cycle). This is shown below – see the red line and red boxes.

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