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According to Berkery Noyes’ Media and Marketing report for first half 2017, deal volume increased three percent on a half year basis. Total value fell 73 percent, from $176.03 billion to $47.22 billion. Of note, two of the industry’s top three largest transactions in 2016 occurred during the second half of the year and accounted… View Article

Berkery Noyes’ Software report for first half 2017 showed that M&A volume increased 12 percent on a half year basis. The number of acquisitions completed by strategic acquirers improved eight percent whereas private equity backed deal flow rose 25 percent. Aggregate transaction value declined 18 percent, from $93.02 billion to $76.63 billion. This followed a… View Article

Berkery Noyes’ Online and Mobile report for Q1 2017 indicated that deal volume increased seven percent in over the past three months. Total transaction value declined 49 percent, from $38.9 billion to $19.9 billion. Both aggregate volume and value throughout the past five quarters reached their peak in Q2 2016. The number of transactions in… View Article

According to Berkery Noyes’ Media and Marketing report for Q1 2017, industry deal volume underwent a two percent uptick over the past three months. Aggregate value fell from $145 billion to $15.8 billion. Of note, two of the industry’s top three highest value acquisitions last year occurred in Q4 2016. This included AT&T’s announced acquisition… View Article

Berkery Noyes’ Financial Technology report for full year 2016 showed that transaction volume remained about constant on a year-to-year basis. Aggregate value decreased 26 percent, from $65.29 billion to $48.41 billion. Relative to 2014, volume improved 15 percent and value gained 72 percent. M&A volume in the Capital Markets segment, after rising 43 percent in… View Article