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'Financial Services Deal Insights, January 2008' Provides Insight into Recent M&A Activity in the Financial Services Sector Throughout the World.


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 Deal Insights, January January: see month.  2008" to their offering.

M&A activity in the financial services sector requires all players to have understanding of deal dynamics. This analysis provides a comprehensive look at all M&A, public offerings, and venture finance activities in the for the month of January 2008

Scope

- Insight into recent M&A activity in the financial services sector throughout the world.

- Covers mergers and acquisitions, public offerings (both IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard.  and secondary offerings) and venture finance

- Includes a detailed appendix covering top legal advisors, financial advisors, top private equity firms, and top venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed
5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1]
 

Highlights of this title

Consolidation in the securities and commodity exchanges sector continued in January, while commercial banking witnessed increased M&A activity in emerging markets

The sub-prime crisis has driven M&A and private placement activity in the mortgage lending segment with significant participation from private equity and sovereign funds

The Financial Services sector recorded 179 M&A deals in January 2008, an increase of 1.1% on month-on-month basis

Key reasons to purchase this title

- Track major deals among your competitors and plan your acquisition strategy accordingly

- Understand which sectors in the financial services industry have proven the most attractive to investors, and identify the key deal makers

Contents:

OUR VIEW

CATALYST

SUMMARY

ANALYSIS

Consolidation in the securities and commodity exchanges sector continued in January, while commercial banking witnessed increased M&A activity in emerging markets 2

The sub-prime crisis has driven M&A act

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c88769

Source: Datamonitor Datamonitor is a provider of online database and analysis services. The company is based in the United Kingdom and also has offices in the United States, Japan, and other countries.[1] The Datamonitor team includes analysts and professional researchers.  
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