Merger, acquisition, and investment activity involving banks and their holding companies continues to attract significant attention from U.S. federal banking regulators and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). On September 17, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatio...
Merger waves – periods of high merger and acquisition (M&A) activity that cluster by industry over time – are an empirical regularity studied in corporate finance.Footnote1They are periods of industry transformation (i.e., disruption) in the literal sense that high deal volumes restructure indust...
This paper presents an empirical investigation of the various social and business barriers to bank merger and acquisition in Kuwait. The investigation cont
This is consistent with the current merger authorisation test provided for in the CCA, with both the ACCC (and then the Tribunal on appeal) having to be satisfied that public benefits outweigh any detriments to the competitive process arising from the acquisition. As a general proposition merger ...
Following a Merger & Acquisition, one of the largest integration efforts is with HR Systems. Here's how to tackle a successful HRIS integration.
A proposal from Microchip to acquire Atmel has been deemed a ‘superior proposal’ by Atmel’s board of directors(PDF). This is the first step in the acquisition of a merger between Microchip and Atmel, both leading semiconductor companies that have had a tremendous impact in the electronics ...
Both proposals are also more explicit in their skepticism of mergers involving larger banks, albeit with very different thresholds – the OCC considering an acquisition by a global systemically important bank to be “inconsistent with approval” and the FDIC setting a $100 billion threshold for...
s strengths with a variety of business integrated. Consequently, AOL Time Warner could be defined as a media conglomerate with a focus on online services and media content, but it also has a significant stake in cable and telecoms networks6as well as technology with its acquisition of Netscape...
Darryl Jenkins, an airline analyst who knows both Parker and Horton, credits Parker with straightening out AmericaWest, where he took on the CEO role in September 2001, and for successfully leading its acquisition of, and merger with, US Airways in 2005. "Parker was good at changing operations...
Disney expects the regulatory review of the acquisition to take as long as 18 months. “The acquisition of this stellar collection of businesses from 21st Century Fox reflects the increasing consumer demand for a rich diversity of entertainment experiences that are more compelling, accessible and conv...