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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

Berkery Noyes’ most recent white paper covers regulatory compliance trends in the bank technology sector.  The piece highlights electronic record keeping and social media monitoring as two of the key areas undergoing a significant amount of change. There is currently strong demand for technology that assists the banking sector with mitigating risk and strengthening compliance…. View Article

Berkery Noyes’ quarterly education reports cover a wide range of industry segments. Since there is particular interest in education technology, we decided to highlight just the tech driven segments in this blog post.  M&A activity in education technology increased five percent between 2011 and 2012, rising from 109 to 114 transactions. This represented a 25… View Article

Berkery Noyes just issued a white paper entitled “Payments 2013: The Evolving M&A Landscape.” Payments M&A volume improved 45 percent on a year to-year basis. Five notable factors in particular are shaping the M&A landscape for payments companies: the proliferation of big data, ongoing adoption of electronic bill presentment & payment (EBPP) solutions, the growing… View Article