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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

Berkery Noyes has released its Software report for full year 2013. Deal volume experienced a two percent uptick, with a total of 1,598 transactions in 2013. Aggregate value rose 31 percent, from $67.23 billion to $88.22 billion. The median revenue multiple increased from 2.1x to 2.4x, while the median EBITDA multiple moved slightly from 11.3x… View Article

Berkery Noyes’ Private Equity report for third quarter 2013, which covers the Information Industry, revealed an 18 percent increase in financially sponsored transaction volume.  The number of deals between private equity firms rebounded sharply in third quarter 2013 as well. After falling 50 percent between first and second quarter 2013, secondary buyout volume improved almost… View Article

Berkery Noyes’ Information Industry report showed a six percent increase in transaction volume over the past three months, with a total of 930 deals in third quarter 2013. In terms of valuations, the industry’s median revenue multiple from 2012 through the first three quarters of 2013 experienced an uptick from 1.9x in to 2.1x, while… View Article

According to Berkery Noyes’ Education report for third quarter 2013, deal volume remained nearly constant from second to third quarter 2012. Transaction value fell 39 percent over the past three months, totaling $2.0 billion in third quarter 2013. Although aggregate value decreased, third quarter 2013 was responsible for the highest median deal value on a… View Article