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Avoiding The M&A Failure Trap: Q&A With NYU’s Baruch Lev And SUNY Buffalo’s Feng Gu

Global Finance

Together, they recently published The M&A Failure Trap: Why So Many Mergers and Acquisitions Fail, and How the Few Succeed (Wiley). What is it about the current M&A environment that prompted you? Lev: Three years ago, Feng and I, as keen observers of M&A, saw several troubling things.

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M&A slump drives 49% decline in sale leasebacks

CFO Dive

This year’s slow mergers and acquisitions market is having a knock-on effect on certain commercial real estate deals.

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European Banks Pursue Mergers To Gain Competitive Edge

Global Finance

Lenders across Europe are ramping up M&A efforts to scale operations, strengthen balance sheets, and navigate an evolving financial landscape. The European banking sector is experiencing a wave of consolidation as institutions seek to bolster their market position, expand their asset base, and improve returns. trillion.

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Understanding the M&A Process Before Making a Deal 

CFO Talks

Understanding the M&A Process Before Making a Deal Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are some of the biggest decisions a business can make. A successful deal can lead to business growth, cost savings, and stronger market control. Why Do Companies Buy Other Businesses?

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Integration Lessons from 2024: Overcoming M&A Challenges to Drive Success

E78 Partners

Every year seems to bring a unique blend of challenges for the M&A market, and 2024 was no different. The E78 PMI (Post-merger integration) practice specializes in helping clients overcome the intricate people, process, and technology challenges that accompany mergers and acquisitions.

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World’s Best Investment Banks 2025: M&A

Global Finance

Persistent inflation and volatile interest rates defined much of the M&A landscape in 2024, dampening buy-side confidence even as activity gained momentum. Since the beginning of this year, global M&A activity has totaled $418.9 billion (about $7 billion) acquisition of British financial services company Hargreaves Lansdown.

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FTC, Lawmakers Turn Sour On M&A; Could Innovation Suffer?

PYMNTS

M&A DOA? If allowed to proceed, the acquisition would deprive American merchants and consumers of this innovative alternative to Visa and increase entry barriers for future innovators.”. And in a nod to attempts on a grand scale to reign in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep.