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Linked In As they look to recreate themselves, surprisingly few small financial practice owners consider mergers.   |
U.S. Banker
January 2002
Mark Bruno |
Successful Net Banker Gives Up the Reins It's very unusual when a CEO admits that he may no longer be the right man for the job, especially in banking. But D.R. Grimes, CEO of NetBank, says he will be stepping down after it completes its merger with Resource Bancshares Mortgage Group... |
CFO
February 15, 2006
Rob Garver |
Merge Right Numbers don't drive deals. People do. Companies routinely overlook human-capital issues during deal negotiations or during the early stages of integration. |
Registered Rep.
October 30, 2014
Philip Palaveev |
To Ensemble or Not To Ensemble Thousands of advisors are negotiating the combination of their practices with others in order to create scale, leverage each other's skills, gain resources, and tackle succession. |
Registered Rep.
April 17, 2003
Ross Tucker |
Goldman Acquiring Fee-Based Advisory Goldman Sachs announced plans to acquire The Ayco Company, one of the country's oldest fee-based advisory firms. The deal, which would add $6 billion to Goldman's $347 billion in assets under management, is notable for Goldman's interest in a business comprised of middle-rich clients. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Is There Free Money In These Stocks? Sometimes, a bargain price on a stock seems to offer investors free money. If you don't understand the risks involved, though, attractive stocks can burn you. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Bank of America and FleetBoston: Dud Deal? It was the third largest bank merger in history, promising to create a mega-bank that would span the country. But though bank executives promise economies of scale and cross-selling opportunities, investors have not been impressed. |
Bank Systems & Technology
September 29, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Mergers & Acquisitions An interview with five financial industry specialists on technology assets as drivers behind a merger or acquisition and how integrating systems post-merger often presents the biggest challenge to realizing the value of a deal. |
InternetNews
August 11, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Andrew Calls Off ADC Merger... For Now After watching its stock value slide, Andrew's $2 billion merger with ADC is off. |
Home Theater
December 18, 2008 |
It's Official: Panasonic Buys Sanyo The merger will give Panasonic a stronger presence in the battery business, including batteries for future electric cars. That two companies of such size are merging is also being viewed as a symptom of recent worldwide economic troubles. |
Salon.com
November 21, 2002
Farhad Manjoo |
The Homeland Security merger mess A Harvard analyst says government consolidation won't improve the fight against terrorism quickly, and maybe not at all. The reason: Most big corporate mergers fail. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2007
Anne Field |
Getting Hitched Here's why the merger may be the best way for a small financial advisory practice to achieve growth. |
InternetNews
August 5, 2005
Drew Robb |
Symantec-Veritas Deal Proves Timely Panned at first, the merger of security and storage giants turned out to be well-timed. The combined stock is now on the upswing. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Profit From Arbitrage Sometimes you don't have to hit a home run to make money in the markets. |
InternetNews
October 14, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Blackboard Buys Piece of CMGI Blackboard is buying WebCT in a $180 million merger of companies that provide software and services to the education market. |
CFO
Roy Harris |
A Lesson Before Buying University executive-education programs tackle one of the business world's toughest jobs: teaching M&A... |
InternetNews
April 6, 2009
Paul Shread |
Sun Walks Away From IBM Merger Talks IBM's acquisition of Sun could have apparently fallen apart, at least for now. |
CIO
April 1, 2004
Alice Dragoon |
Banks Fight Customer Fligtht Following mergers, banks used to sacrifice customer service in favor of speedy integration and cost-cutting. But no more. Here's how CIOs are helping banks implement a new postmerger mandate to focus on customer service. |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 14, 2004
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Managing M&As Technology is playing an increasingly important role in the revived M&A market in financial services. |
CFO
September 1, 2005
Russ Banham |
It's Not You, It's Your Technology Once an afterthought in M&A, a target's IT systems may be a potential deal-breaker. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
M&A Activity: Back with a Whimper To some market watchers, a flurry of transactions signals a comeback for the merger and acquisition market, which has been in a slump for the past few years. But Wharton faculty and other experts say the M&A frenzy of the 1990s is unlikely to be repeated this time. |
CFO
January 1, 2002
Stephen Barr |
Deals: They've Come Undone With buying activity sharply down, merger breakups made the biggest headlines last year. |
InternetNews
June 19, 2006
Erin Joyce |
Nokia/Siemens: The New Bully on the Block? The creation of Nokia Siemens Networks, a merger of wireless and wireline giants estimated to be worth $30 billion, is both a sign of a consolidating industry and a move toward a two-tiered market, analysts said. |
CIO
December 23, 2008
David F. Carr |
What IT Leaders Need to Know About Getting Mergers Done Right Whether it's a shotgun merger or a planned acquisition, chances are you're not ready for it. Here's how to change that. |
InternetNews
April 6, 2009
Paul Shread |
Sun Plunges as IBM Deal Falls Apart Sun and Cisco led tech stocks lower on Monday, but RIM shares stayed strong. |
Financial Advisor
February 2006
Alan Lavine |
Alive And Well The ongoing merger boom keeps feeding the risk arbitrageurs' bottom line. Financial advisors have a number of options if they want to invest clients' cash in mutual funds that could benefit from merger deals. |
