PREDICTION
FROM A SOLID SOURCE: M&A SURGE TO CONTINUE IN 2007. According
to the Association for Corporate Growth, the main drivers
of M&A deals—private equity firms—will continue
to be big players in 2007.
Below, in an abstract of
the article, “ACG/Thomson
Financial Dealmakers Survey: M&A Surge to Continue in
2007,” it is noted that in the US, private equity accounted
for half of the top 10 transactions and a quarter of the
overall values. These dealmakers also predict that most of
the 2007 mergers will happen in the technology, health care,
and manufacturing sectors.
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Active
FOCUS Deals
With over 25 years of experience across many
verticals, FOCUS currently has nearly 60 active transaction
engagements in its four offices in Atlanta, Chicago, San
Francisco, and Washington, DC in the following specific business
sectors:
- Asset Management
- BioScience
- Building Materials
- Business Process Outsourcing (multiple
assignments)
- Business Services
- Call Center Software and Services
- Construction (Infrastructure)
- Consulting
- Distribution
- Electrical Transmission Equipment
- Financial Services
- Food Processing
- Food Service Management
- Government Contracting (multiple assignments)
- Healthcare Business Services
- Home Automation
- Information Management
- IT Outsourcing (multiple assignments)
- IT Services (multiple assignments)
- Library Services
- Manufacturing
- Maritime Shipping
- Market Research
- Media
- Medical Devices (multiple assignments)
- Medical Diagnostics
- Medical Staffing
- Security
- Software (multiple assignments)
- Sports Apparel
- Transaction Management Services
- Truck/Transport Capital Equipment
- Asset Management
Our transaction process provides us with up-to-the-minute
market knowledge in these sectors. Are any of them of corporate
development interest to you? Give us a call or drop us a
note.
Inquiries should be addressed via e-mail to info@focusbankers.com,
by telephone to 202-470-1973 or by fax to 202-785-9413.
Alliance
HealthCard Has Acquired Benefits Marketing Solutions
FOCUS acted as financial advisor to Alliance
Healthcard, a licensed discount medical provider organization
(DMPO) that provides individuals with discounted pharmacy,
medical, dental, hospital, vision, and various other healthcare
benefits through a network of over 500,000 provider locations
throughout the United States. After the purchase of Benefits
Marketing Solutions (BMS), one of the largest benefits discount
card companies in the industry, Alliance will have in excess
of 2,000,000 members and revenues of approximately $18,000,000.
For more information, go to http://www.focusbankers.com/tombstones/deal_Alliance.asp.
ACG/Thomson
Financial Dealmakers Survey: M&A Surge to Continue in
2007
New Year's Day may have
come and gone, but dealmakers would be wise to restock
their champagne cellars right away. The high levels of
merger-and-acquisition activity that characterized 2006
will likely continue to grow, through the first half of
2007, according to the Association for Corporate Growth.
And the main drivers of the deals—private
equity firms—will continue to be big players, the member
association predicts.
Nearly half of the 1,230
private equity professionals, investment bankers, corporate
development professionals, lawyers, and accountants who
responded to an ACG and Thomson Financial survey in December
2006 said they expect merger activity will increase in
the first six months of 2007. Forty-one expect M&A
activity to stay level, while only 9 percent say the pace
will slow down.
At a combined total value
of $1.6 trillion, 2006 M&A action in the United States came close to topping
the $1.7 trillion record for values of U.S. transactions
set in 2000. And globally, worldwide M&A value in 2006—worth
$3.8 trillion—beat the 2000 numbers and was 38 percent
higher than the 2005 total, according to Thomson Financial.
Overall, it was "a banner year" for mid-market
and mega deals, says Elliott Williams, president of Mirus
Capital Advisors and the Boston chapter of ACG.
To read the complete article, click here: http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/8514186.
Paul
Richey Joins FOCUS as Managing Director
FOCUS Enterprises, Inc., a national middle
market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition,
and corporate finance services, announces that Paul Richey
has joined FOCUS as a Managing Director domiciled in Los
Angeles. Mr. Richey is a seasoned executive with more than
40 years of corporate finance and development experience.
“We are delighted with Paul’s
decision to join our firm as he brings years of experience
in many different industries to FOCUS. In addition, as
Managing Director of the Los Angeles market, Paul will
play a key role in the growth of the western region,” said
David Roberts, Managing Partner, Western Region.
About Paul Richey
Prior to joining FOCUS, Mr. Richey served
as President at Janas Associates, a boutique corporate finance
firm in Pasadena, CA where he led engagements for privately
held companies in the middle market. Prior to Janas, Mr.
Richey was President of a commercial mortgage company lending
to the hospitality industry, and served as a Managing Director
of a boutique Wall Street investment bank specializing in
bond, structured finance, and real estate finance. ...Read
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Just
Released: New FOCUS Sector Intelligence Report on Technology
Economic expansion
continues to be the central driver for the software industry.
This new research-based Sector Intelligence Report notes
that security software, CRM, and business intelligence
currently are focal points for executives making IT and
software spending decisions.
Available exclusively
from FOCUS, the new Report concludes that recent and current
conditions of severe price competition in the software
marketplace, corporate streamlining of suppliers and overcapitalization
continue to push software merger and acquisition transactions.
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