GLOBAL M&A MARKET REVIEW FINANCIAL RANKINGS 2014 Q4 2014 GLOBAL M&A FINANCIAL ADVISORY RANKINGS CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Global Market Commentary 3. Global M&A Activity by Region 5. Global M&A Activity by Industry 7. Global Announced Deals 10. Cross Border Announced Deals 11. Global Private Equity Announced Deals 12. North America Announced Deals 16. Latin America Announced Deals 18. EMEA Announced Deals 29. APAC Announced Deals 37. Disclaimer The Bloomberg M&A Advisory League Tables are the
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For the exclusive use of X. LIU CASE: A-165 DATE: 09/00 (REV’D. 05/07) SEARS: ACCOUNTING FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS Sarah Simons picked up the 1999 Annual Report for Sears‚ Roebuck and Co.‚ which had just been delivered to her office. As an analyst for a major brokerage‚ she was responsible for providing investment advice regarding companies in the retail industry‚ including Sears. She looked over the income statement‚ noting that net income grew by 39 percent over the previous year‚
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of America Merrill Lynch investment banking division of Bank of America.[2] It provides services in mergers and acquisitions‚ equity and debt capital markets‚ lending‚ trading‚ risk management‚ research‚ and liquidity and payments management.[1] It was formed through the combination of the corporate and investment banking activities of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch following the acquisition of the latter by the former in January 2009. In 2011 Bank of America Merrill Lynch achieved the
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of America pulls back from the deal and instead chooses to purchase Merrill Lynch. Barclays is prepared to accept the terms of the merger‚ but British banking regulators refuse to approve the deal. Paulson directs Fuld to declare bankruptcy before the market opens. Paulson sees that the entire stock market is in freefall due to Lehman’s counterparty risk inspite of the initial positive response to Lehman’s merger with Merrill Lynch . However‚ Paulson quickly learns that Lehman’s counterparty risk
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their acquisition of Merrill and Lynch. Some of their internal weakness include their Frequent Law suit and mortgage battles. For example Bank of America was sued for $10 billion by American International Group Inc. in August 2011. Also another one of their weakness is their heavily dependent on the U.S market. 90 percent of their revenue heavily depends on the US market. On top of that Bank of America has also lost some of it reputation with it acquisition of Merrill and Lynch. Some of its stockholder
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As part of a bid to prevent the insurer’s failure‚ the U.S. settled derivatives and loan contracts worth $32.7 billion withGoldman Sachs Group Inc.‚ Merrill Lynch & Co.‚ Societe Generale‚ Deutsche Bank AG and UBS AG. That’s about half the $66.7 billion that those companies‚ the five biggest beneficiaries of loans and capital infusions for AIG‚ said they spent on pay and benefits last year for employees‚ some of whom created or traded toxic subprime assets that proved deadly for lenders. The bonuses
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Enron: Questionable Accounting Leads to Collapse In the case of Enron‚ it comes down to pure greed and a lack of accountability. From the top‚ there was illegal activity with Ken Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling‚ and Andrew Fastow who raided the company as though it was their own personal bank. On top of that‚ the culture of the rest of the company was to make as much money as they could and employees were rewarded by the amount of profit they could make without questioning the ethical means to do so.
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Graig Wallerstein MKT 175 Case #1 Introduction: Bank of America is an organization that serves clients in more than 150 countries with operations based in 40 countries‚ providing services ranging from investment and corporate banking to investing and equity execution services. Bank of America plans to become the world’s finest financial services company. Currently the company is faced with a tough decision in regards to the Mobile Market. They have questions regarding
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Question 1: How did the Corporate Culture at Enron contribute to its bankruptcy? The corporate Culture at Enron could have contributed to its bankruptcy in many ways. Its corporate culture supported unethical behavior without question for as long as the behavior resulted in monetary gain for the company. It was describe as having a culture of arrogance that led people to believe that they could handle increasingly greater risk without encountering any danger. Its culture did little to promote
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Plot Summary for The Last Days of Lehman Brothers The heads of Wall Street’s biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Treasury Secretary‚ Hank Paulson‚ to discuss the plight of another - Lehman Brothers. After six months’ turmoil in the world’s financial markets‚ Lehman Brothers was on life support and the government was about to pull the plug. Lehman CEO‚ Dick Fuld‚ recently sidelined in a boardroom coup‚ spends the weekend desperately trying to resuscitate his beloved
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