Sentences with phrase «deal activity in»

Private equity took a breather from the retail sector in 2009 and 2010, but there has been a definite pick - up in deal activity in recent months, including the contested buyout of J.Crew by a Leonard Green / Texas Pacific partnership and several restaurant chain buyouts.

«I think probably more so than in any year pre-recession there is a combination of fairly robust deal activity in the first quarter of this year, combined with a tremendous amount of enthusiasm,» says Steve Yenser, executive vice president with Jones Lang LaSalle Retail.

In 2017, deal activity in the student housing sector fell 21 percent compared to the year prior, but it was still at an elevated level historically, according to Jim Costello, senior vice president with New York City - based research firm Real Capital Analytics (RCA).

Despite political and economic uncertainty in both the US and Europe, deal activity in the HealthTech sector remained relatively strong in the first quarter of 2017.

Trend data from Mergermarket shows activity in the sector has soared over the first half of this year, with technology companies involved in 11.4 % of global deal activity in H1 2015, compared with 6.9 % in full year 2014.

There is a decent amount of deal activity in the pipeline, and there is obviously a significant amount of ongoing dispute resolution and investigations work.

Year - over-year, deal activity in wearable startups rose 158 percent, while funding grew 80 percent.

Continued deal activity in the biotech sector bodes well.

Finally, the changing nature of total shareholder return (TSR) will likely impact deal activity in 2018.

We expect the four trends that drove deal activity in 2017 to continue, and we expect three other forces to impact the deal landscape in 2018.

Three weeks into 2018, deal activity in the biotech sector is already almost halfway to what it was in 2017, at least in terms of size.

The mega-merger comes amid a frenzy of deal activity in the UK supermarket sector.

Not exact matches

PARIS, April 25 - Boeing has found new homes for jets it hoped to deliver to Iran this year, further clouding the prospect of quick deliveries as U.S. Boeing agreed in December 2016 to sell 80 aircraft to IranAir under a deal between Tehran and major world powers to reopen trade in exchange for curbs on Iran's nuclear activities.

M&A activity — as revenue growth stays challenged — has been feverish, and the announcement of talks between Pfizer (PFE) and Allergan (AGN) is reminiscent of deals such as AOL / Time Warner in 2000 and RBS / ABN - AMRO in 2007, blockbusters in market leading sectors which were followed by major market tops.

«This will be our first ever structured hardware deal... and it really allows us in a consumer - friendly way to continue our step - by - step approach to move away from promotional activity and towards value for money,» said Mehr.

(New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments) NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters)- Oil prices rose on Monday, bouncing off early losses as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had proof that «Iran lied» about its nuclear weapons capability, and that he was sure U.S. President Donald Trump would do «the right thing» in reviewing the country's nuclear deal with western powers.

Last week, accessories and watch maker Fossil announced its acquisition of activity tracker brand Misfit, a $ 260 million deal that should bolster Fossil's credibility in the crowded wearables market.

If the U.K. government doesn't strike any sort of deal with the European Union regarding flying regulations, airlines will have to stop their activities in the country, Neil Sorahan, the chief financial officer of budget airline Ryanair told CNBC.

If the year's current run rate holds steady in the last quarter, global fintech investment dollars and deal activity could hit records.

If they make a purchase, become active in a certain group, buy holiday cards or listen to more music (whatever your business model is), make sure you're interacting with them in response to their activity to keep them engaged in your deals and offers.

M&A deal value in the U.S. last quarter slipped to its lowest total since 2013 while activity in Europe surged.

Whether that means capturing seasonal sales, closing one last deal, or offering holiday discounts to drive additional activity, this can be an exceptionally busy time in business.

Merger activity this year is down 14 percent from this time last year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence, which cited the lower dollar value of deals in the health care and materials sectors.

«U.S. growth of 0.6 million barrels a day in 2017 beat all expectations, even with a moderate price response to the output deal as the shale industry bounced back — profiting from cost cuts, stepped up drilling activity and efficiency measures enforced during the downturn,» the group said.

Duties range from protocol advice and coaching sales teams in closing deals to more «covert» activities.

While handling the back side of a campaign might not be as thrilling as dealing with the fund - raising part, these activities play a vital function in getting a fledgling business off the ground.

I'm not in, or an apologist for, the industry; I'm just interested in a reasonable scientific debate on an activity that seems to have the potential to add a great deal of value (including in disadvantaged indigenous communities if the resources are on Native Title lands) and enhance Australian energy security.

What's important to note with the all - stock deal, which pools GoGoVan's business in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia with 58 Suyun's operations in China, is that it shows that not all outbound deal activity is drying up amid Beijing's efforts to restrict foreign investment.

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis discusses the morning activity in the commodities markets after oil surges on reports of an OPEC production deal.

Because equity investors — that tend to get what they ask for — increasingly are saying enough is enough, and a lot of releveraging activity was front loaded, and with an expected more benign rate hiking cycle there is less urgency to pull the trigger on deals, we continue to think that corporate balance sheets (ex-energy, ex-materials) will improve in 4Q and into 2016.

Trump called the agreement a «terrible deal» that was «insane» and «ridiculous» because it did not deal with ballistic missiles or Iran's activities in conflicts in places like Yemen or Syria.

Overall, deal activity was down — global financings dropped six percent to 1,886 total in the last quarter.

The deal is a further sign of accelerating mergers and acquisition activity in the global biotech sector and comes...

With $ 1 trillion of deals announced there, activity is almost half what it was in 2007.

LONDON / FRANKFURT / MILAN, May 2 (Reuters)- U.S. hedge fund Elliott is stepping up its activities in Europe, a Reuters review of data shows, as it sees more opportunities to unlock value for shareholders by pushing through management changes, company break - ups and merger deals.

LONDON / FRANKFURT / MILAN, May 2 - U.S. hedge fund Elliott is stepping up its activities in Europe, a Reuters review of data shows, as it sees more opportunities to unlock value for shareholders by pushing through management changes, company break - ups and merger deals.

«While the give - back related to the pull - forward in activity experienced late last year, as buyers rushed to close deals prior to the updated B20 rules, appears to have been largely complete in January, the softness in sales nonetheless persisted this month,» said TD economists Michael Dolega and Rishi Sondhi in a research note.

«If you look at it, medical health activity is the largest or second - largest component of the economy, depending on which country in the world you're dealing with,» Cook said.

If your description of the proposed activity proves to be inaccurate, or if the deal unfolds in a way that's different from what you expected, the IRS guarantee doesn't hold.

Globally, merger activity has been tepid since 2007 when there were $ 4.6 trillion in deals.

Most of those activities occur without anyone outside the financial community even noticing, except — once again — in cases of the very largest deals.

$ 523 billion The total value of U.S. PE deals in 2014 was up more than 34 percent from 2010, when investment activity was still recovering from the economic crisis, according to PitchBook.

«M&A dialogue remains robust despite concerns about the potential impact of changes in America's trade and national security policies on deal activity,» said Stephen Arcano, head of M&A at Skadden.

President Trump has long dealt in these debunked theories, an activity that hasn't stopped since the election.

According to a University of Iowa study on brain activity led by physiological psychologist Debra L. Johnson, introvert brains show more activity in areas dealing with learning and planning, while extrovert brains are more active in regions that control sensory processes, like watching and listening.

One area where the US actions did have an effect however was in deals from China, with companies from the country registering just 4 percent of the activity so far in 2018.

With almost $ 200 million raised in 38 deals, countries outside of the United States accounted for about 21 percent of the fundraising this quarter, the largest share since we started tracking funding activity in 2010.

Only two startup funding deals were recorded in the week gone by, in the leanest spell for early - stage investment activity for...

The week witnessed a slump in the startup deal activity with only seven firms raising capital, down from as many as 20 that had...

But when it came to billion - dollar M&A deals, the headline activity in 2017 seemed dull at best, compared to past years.