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Peter Ognibene, Managing Director at Berkery Noyes, has written a white paper on M&A trends in the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) market. GRC M&A volume improved 17 percent from the beginning of 2011 through the end of 2012. This was mentioned in our previous blog post. 82 percent of GRC transactions in 2012 were… View Article

According to Berkery Noyes’ latest data, transaction volume in the Information Industry decreased two percent since Q4 2012. Deal flow in the latter part of 2012 was driven by several factors, including an expected rise in capital gains taxes in the beginning of 2013.  Transaction value decreased 62 percent, from $45.3 billion in Q4 2012… View Article

Berkery Noyes’ Online and Mobile Industry report showed an improvement in M&A activity throughout several market segments. Overall deal volume increased three percent relative to the prior quarter. However, transaction value decreased 50 percent, from $15.8 billion in Q4 2012 to $7.9 billion in Q1 2013. The SaaS/ASP segment experienced the largest quarterly rise in… View Article

Berkery Noyes has issued its Media and Marketing M&A report for Q1 2013. According to our latest research, transaction volume remained relatively constant over the past three months, rising two percent compared to Q4 2012. Deal value showed a decline of 68 percent, from $25.6 billion in Q4 2012 to $8.2 billion in Q1 2013…. View Article

Berkery Noyes has released its Software Industry M&A report for Q1 2013. Transaction volume declined seven percent on a quarter-to-quarter basis. Deal value in Q1 2013 decreased 53 percent over Q4 2012, from $15.8 billion to $7.4 billion. There was one software transaction above the $1 billion threshold, compared to three such deals in Q1… View Article