SOFTWARE INDUSTRY SEEING MORE INTEREST FROM PRIVATE EQUITY ACQUIRERS

Berkery Noyes has issued its Software Industry M&A Report for Full Year 2012.  According to the report, deal volume increased one percent from 1,513 transactions in 2011 to 1,529 transactions in 2012. At the same time, transaction value fell from $80.78 billion to $66.60 billion, a decline largely attributed to the lack of deals above… View Article

PRIVATE EQUITY TRANSACTION VOLUME IMPACTED POSITIVELY BY SECONDARY BUYOUT DEALS

Berkery Noyes has issued its Private Equity report for third quarter 2012, which covers merger and acquisition (M&A) trends involving financial sponsors in the Information Industry. Berkery Noyes’ research showed that the number of private equity acquisitions in the Information Industry decreased four percent during the last three months, while at the same time gaining… View Article

MEDIAN MULTIPLES ON THE RISE, DESPITE TEMPORARY DOWNTICK IN TRANSACTION VOLUME

Berkery Noyes has unveiled its Information Industry report for third quarter 2012, which covers mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the Media and Marketing, Software, and Online and Mobile Industries.  The Information Industry underwent a 10 percent decline in transaction volume during the last three months, while transaction value increased 14 percent. At the same time,… View Article

EDUCATION INDUSTRY TRANSACTION VOLUME STAYS CONSTANT

Berkery Noyes has issued its third quarter 2012 report for the Education Industry. Transaction volume increased two percent during the last three months. However, deal value in the industry, due to the absence of any transactions totaling over $100 million in third quarter 2012, declined 39 percent compared to the previous quarter. Several of the largest transactions… View Article

M&A IN THE FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY HOLDS STEADY, WITH A GREATER NUMBER OF SMALL AND MID-SIZED DEALS

Berkery Noyes has released its third quarter 2012 report for the Financial Technology and Information Industry. Total volume remained constant over the last three months. However, total transaction value fell 55 percent during the last three months, from $7.7 billion to $3.5 billion. The Banking segment had the largest quarterly increase in transaction volume within… View Article