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According to Berkery Noyes’ latest research, private equity acquisitions in the Information Industry decreased twelve percent in 2013. However, when compared to 2011, volume underwent a four percent increase. Transaction value declined six percent on a year-to-year basis, from $43.71 billion in 2012 to $41.13 billion in 2013. Hellman & Friedman completed two of the… View Article

Berkery Noyes’s Education M&A report showed that transaction volume increased eight percent on a year-to-year basis. Aggregate value rose 27 percent, from $8.04 billion to $10.20 billion. The median revenue multiple remained constant at 1.5x, while the median EBITDA multiple declined from 13.5x to 11.0x. This marked a return to the industry’s 2011 EBITDA valuation…. View Article

Berkery Noyes has issued its Financial Technology and Information report for full year 2013. Transaction volume experienced a ten percent increase over the past year, with a total of 341 deals in 2013. This was the peak for volume during the three years covered in the report when examined on an annual basis. Aggregate deal… View Article

Berkery Noyes’ latest research showed that the Information Industry’s median revenue multiple increased from 1.8x in 2012 to 2.1x in 2013, while the median EBITDA multiple moved slightly from 9.9x to 10.3x. There was a two percent uptick in deal volume, with a total of 3,613 transactions in 2013. Deal value in the Information Industry… View Article

Berkery Noyes has issued its Media & Marketing report for full year 2013. The firm’s research showed that deal volume remained nearly constant on a year-to-year basis. However, this represented a six percent rise compared to 2011. Strategic acquirers accounted for 91 percent of the industry’s deal volume in 2013, an increase of five percent… View Article