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Mark Eardley of Langcliffe International was very interesting, not to mention well-behaved, on our webinar yesterday. We were discussing international acquirers of UK businesses. The full recording and deck is available in our library on the app but here are some of my key takeaways: 🇺🇸 US is by far and away the biggest source of international buyers of UK businesses (c23% of all deals in last 3 years), with the Nordics, Canada, Germany, France, Holland all contributing. In other words, (surprise surprise) North America and Western Europe are where it's at, especially in SME / Lower Mid Market 🌍 Mark's observation is that the % of UK acquisitions by US and Swedish buyers is down year-on-year (he's right btw, we checked our MarktoMarket data), whilst Germany and France is up 💶 Size thresholds lower for European trade buyers versus European PE buyers. But don't overlook the fact that some of the European trade acquirers of UK businesses are PE-backed platforms (so, kind of PE anyway) 🇪🇺 More straightforward to deal with PE than trade in Europe - stating the obvious perhaps but the former is set-up to ingest and manage dealflow; it can be difficult getting hold of the right people at the latter and processes are trickier to manage ⬆ Having said this, there is a growing list of very acquisitive industrial conglomerates in Northern Europe, particularly in the Nordics, that are very professional in their approach to M&A 🇸🇪 No more so than Sweden, where Lifco, Indutrade, etc. have slick acquisition machines and clear criteria 💷 EBITDA threshold for overseas interest is c£1 million 💻 MarktoMarket data shows plenty of interest (from trade) in businesses at this level Thank you Mark Eardley - great guest. To build a world class international buyer list for your client get in touch with us at MarktoMarket #corporatefinance #mergersandacquisitions

Interesting insights on the state of play with international acquirers of UK businesses.

Ich freue mich auf spannende Gespräche und Möglichkeiten zum Austausch. Bei Interesse zum persönlichen Gespräch über Potenziale sowie Möglichkeiten für gemeinsame Projekte gerne Nachricht an c.lefebvre@barthelme.de. #quality #sustainability #Nachhaltigkeit #Innovation #Industrie

🏆 Together with the Federation of European Securities Exchanges and the European Commission, we are excited to announce the shortlisted companies for the Rising Star and the International Star categories for this year's #EuropeanSmallandMidCapAwards! 🔸 Rising Star This category highlights newly listed companies with a market capitalisation of up to 200 million Euro. These promising businesses showcase excellent governance, impressive share price growth since the IPO, and strong potential for future success. • mmcité street furniture – Listed on Prague Stock Exchange • RES - Recupero Etico Sostenibile – Listed on Borsa Italiana, part of Euronext • Seresco – Listed on BME | Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, SIX 🔹 International Star This award honours companies that have demonstrated a remarkable international growth, significant profit increases, and substantial market shares in global markets. • Greening Global – Listed on BME | Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, SIX • Rusta – Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm • STIF – Listed on Euronext Paris The winners will be announced on 19 November 2024 at the European Small and Mid-cap Awards 2024 Ceremony, during the #SMEAssembly in Budapest. Stay tuned for this exciting event! ➡️ Learn more about the companies here: https://lnkd.in/er7TbvjQ

Aufgepasst! Am 7. und 8. März findet unter dem Motto "Z(AI)tenwende? Ein digitaler Wendepunkt für die Wirtschaft" branchenübergreifend für Top Digital Executives - d.h. insb. #CIO, #CTO, #CDO - der Digital Executive Summit 2024 von PwC Deutschland und Strategy& statt. Nutzen Sie die Gelegenheit, neue Erkenntnisse zu gewinnen, Ihr Netzwerk zu erweitern und wertvolle Erfahrungen mit Gleichgesinnten auszutauschen! Details und die Anmeldemöglichkeit finden Sie via Klick auf die Grafik unten 👇 #digitalexecutivesummit #pwc #artificialintelligence #ai #ki #cloud #digitalisierung

Takeaways from the Ory Conference 2024. Last week I had the privilege of attending the grand and well organized ORY APAC-US Conference 2024 hosted by Ortoli Rosenstadt Ye Pte. Ltd. in Capella Singapore. Capella is one of the most luxurious hotels in Singapore and better known for hosting the Kim, Trump summit back in 2018. The conference aims to foster growth in the APAC region by encouraging social interaction and the exchange of ideas related to the U.S. capital markets. Having been in the capital markets for more than a decade, such conference on listing overseas is a clear sign on how the tides in the capital markets have shifted. When I was first involved in the capital markets, Singapore was the top destination for capital markets in terms of the number of listing as well as the proceeds raised in the region and listing in an overseas exchange is not as commonplace as it is now. In our recently released “Southeast Asia Mid-Year IPO Snapshot 2024” Singapore had 1 listing on the Catalist board for 1H2024 which is a drop from 3 in 1H2023. In the SEA region, Singapore had the lowest number of listing and proceeds raised for 1H 2024. To be fair, the whole SEA region have seen a drop in IPO activity and performance between 1H2023 and 1H2024. On the backdrop of such performance in the regional capital markets it is no surprise that this trend of companies considering listing overseas will continue. Making the decision to list your company be it in your local exchange or overseas exchange is a big decision and it will take a lot of deliberate planning and preparation. More so if the owner or investee company chooses to list in an overseas exchange because the company may not have much of a business presence in the overseas listing destination which may make sustaining investor interest a bit more challenging. After attending the conference, the word “Preparation” was the key buzzword I took away. What exactly needs to be prepared? From the sharing of many speakers the key thing I took away are as follows: 🏢 Act like a listed company even before listing ensure that your internal control, management reporting is ready to handle the rigours of post listing compliance even before listing 🗞 Start at least 6 months before your planned IPO kick off to tell your story to various parties and sharpen the story as you go along. Think about where your company is now and what you want your company to be in the future. If you do not tell your story no one will 🤝 Investor relations is an important ongoing item for issuers and it should always remain top of mind even post listing What are you doing to prepare yourself or your investee company to ensure the best outcome during an exit? Special shoutout goes to Daniel Leung, FCCA 梁俊然 for inviting me to this conference. Thanks for thinking and looking out for me and yes, we will catch up soon this couple of weeks. #iporeadiness, #IPO, #PE, #VC

Spannender Beitrag meiner Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn Kollegen zum Thema, wie Unternehmen zu Hidden Champions werden - und welche Rahmenbedingungen dafür gegeben sein sollten. Mehr Forschungsergebnisse hierzu finden Sie auch hier: https://lnkd.in/eeEgrY3h

Your help please, if you wouldn't mind? As a thank you, I am here to tell you that the Early Bird deadline for tickets for https://lnkd.in/eNeN4SEk is fast approaching (15th March). I will be in Amsterdam speaking on the subject of growing your insights business (along with the wonderful people at Keen as Mustard Marketing Ltd) and I need your help in refining the actual name of my session. Seems that with the link to the booking, I can't also add a poll so, the options are: 1. How to grow without needing to sell 2. Growth without sales 3. Grow without selling 4. Other (please specify in the comments - keep it nice!) Please leave your response in the comments below - the power of #crowdsourcing shall determine the democratic decision (unless of course there is a "Boaty McBoatface" type scandal) Iosetta Santini Lucy Davison Simon Dunn Karen Lynch Brigette Small Greenbook Richard Broadbent Norbert Sari Andy Bounds #insights #mrx #conference

Mit dem Start des ersten Quartals ist die Bewertungsphase für unsere financeAds Performance Awards angelaufen! 🏆 Wie Du eine der begehrten Auszeichnungen gewinnen kannst, erfährst Du in unserem Blogartikel: https://lnkd.in/dzYvvhZV #OMfinCon #financeAdsPerformanceAwards