M&A Views: Recent Episodes
Trevear Thomas
Is there any part of the business world that moves faster than mergers and acquisitions (M&A)? It’s hard to imagine—and that’s what makes it so exciting.
The M&A Views podcast series is a chance to hear Deloitte’s experienced M&A leaders answer questions on the latest M&A trends, from culture to technology and beyond. Listen in on conversations about topics likely to directly impact your work today.
In this podcast episode of M&A Views, we connect with Chris Madsen, principal in Deloitte's M&A Consulting practice, specializing in mergers and acquisitions across the health care and technology sectors. We discuss the challenges Deloitte is solving for clients by using Deloitte's proprietary technology solution, DigitalMIX.
This week, Deloitte’s LSHC and M&A leaders are offering a sneak peek at Deloitte’s event offerings concurrent to the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Learn about the exciting and insightful sessions and networking opportunities—and then register to attend them!
Digital transformation provides undeniable value to companies, but often it’s hard to pin down what success looks like in an M&A deal; even more difficult is determining what those specific enablers of success are. In this episode of the Transforming While Transacting podcast series, Dounia Senawi, a principal in our Deloitte Consulting practice, reveals her top three enablers of success and provides firsthand examples of their outcomes.
As companies prioritize transformation, one of the most important considerations for M&A dealmakers is how transformation can bring greater value to the transaction. This episode of the Transforming While Transacting podcast explores the right approach to transformation planning, execution, and integration, plus considerations for determining its value and tax implications.
Join host Rob Dietrich along with Deloitte M&A consulting leader for private equity Bhuvy Abrol and Deloitte US private equity leader, Adam Reilly for a new podcast on private equity dry powder.
Catch the new Transforming While Transacting podcast hosted by Raed Masoud in which we reimagine transformation in M&A.
This episode of the M&A Views podcast explores the heightened scrutiny of trade, social, and environmental risks alongside the momentum of a more stringent M&A regulatory agenda. Why is pressure increasing for dealmakers to think even more closely about the prospects of new M&A regulations, and what’s the driving force behind the recent regulatory stir?
We will explore the significant opportunities to drive value in financial process automation, and the disruptive technologies that make it possible.
What do today’s finance technologies offer executives overseeing an M&A deal? On this M&A Views episode, we’re talking about how finance automation and other leading-edge tools can help finance leaders reduce their teams’ burden when it comes to preparation that pays off on day one and beyond.
On this episode of M&A Views, we explore what’s driving a recent uptick in oil and gas M&A, how energy M&A activity is changing amid new sustainability initiatives, and the types of opportunities investors are eyeing in a shifting energy landscape.
Is your board ready for the return of shareholder activism? M&A Views looks at how directors can respond.
What do you need to know to get the deal done in today’s M&A market? How can a smart M&A transaction transform your company to make it more resilient?
On this episode, Deloitte Consulting Principals Ami Rich and Matt Usdin discuss ways culture is transforming the M&A environment and break down the key components of a successful cultural integration. They offer steps leaders can take to approach culture in a way that helps their transaction reach target outcomes as quickly as possible and also explore why cultural considerations are starting to leak into the due diligence phase of M&A deals.
In this episode, Eric Capron, principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP, and Justin Sullivan, senior manager with Deloitte Consulting LLP, explore how M&A activity can present opportunities to evaluate finance transformation initiatives. They also offer key considerations for investing in digital transformation ahead of a transaction and break down how to integrate new capabilities into a targeted M&A source.
In this episode, Paul Nigro and Mike Wilton, M&A IT Health Care Managing Directors with Deloitte Consulting LLP, break down what’s behind the recent transaction uptick and why deals involving healthcare IT outsourcing models are gaining traction. They also explore the surging optimism among private equity buyers and why more deals are fusing healthcare payers with providers.
Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have been in the news—and for good reason. They’re an increasingly popular alternative to the traditional IPO roadshow and a potentially lucrative outlet for pent-up cash reserves among private equity investors. In this episode, Mike Dziczkowski, Jeff Bergner, and David Oberst, M&A transaction service partners with Deloitte and Touche LLP, break down the history of SPACs.
In part two of this episode, Eric Capron, principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP and Justin Sullivan, senior manager with Deloitte Consulting LLP continue their conversation on M&A as a finance transformation catalyst and take a closer look at the benefits and challenges executives face when transforming their organization while closing a transaction, especially in the current environment.
In this episode, Eric Capron, principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP and Justin Sullivan, senior manager with Deloitte Consulting LLP discuss M&A deal activity trends and the role M&A can play in helping organizations transform their finance function.
In this episode Marcus Holzer, partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) practice and Anthony Blanchard, managing director with Deloitte Corporate Finance LLC discuss the impact M&A activity can have on OEMs, suppliers and dealers as the industry comes out of the current economic distress.
In this episode, Deloitte subject matter specialists discuss the Deloitte Divestiture Operating Model Toolkit, a structured approach to building divestiture models that best address the unique challenges of each transaction.
How will emerging technologies and converging industries shape the future of the deal? Listen to our latest episode to hear more about the biggest trends impacting M&A activity.
What will the next generation of deal-making look like? Tune in to hear how artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are helping organizations take their due diligence to the next level.
What’s the M&A outlook for the oil and gas industry in 2019? Deloitte subject matter specialists discuss a number of different factors affecting each segment. Tune in for a dialogue about the trends to watch in this space.
Could a steep rise in M&A in Southeast Asia signal an uptick in deals around the globe? Tune in to part 2 of our episode on cross-border M&A to hear more about global deal activity and the biggest challenges companies could face when looking abroad.
Due diligence is always an important aspect of M&A. But when pursuing a deal abroad, doing your homework is even more critical. What else can you do to increase your odds of post-integration success in cross-border deals? Find out in our latest M&A podcast.
The outcome of M&A is always an unknown. With so many factors that can make or break a deal, how can the board play a more active role to help increase their organization’s odds of post-integration success? Tune in to the latest M&A Views podcast to learn more.
Brick-and-mortar stores versus e-commerce. It’s one of the biggest battles in retail. But could this have broader implications for the real estate industry? Tune in to learn more about technology’s impact on real estate M&A and other trends expected to drive industry deals in the second half of 2018.
2018 could see record levels of deal value in the investment management industry. Listen to the latest M&A podcast to hear more about the drivers behind this uptick in inorganic growth and the benefits realized by larger firms.
From new technology to increased capital, what are the major trends motivating companies to want to make more and bigger deals in the year to come? In this episode, Russell Thomson, Deloitte’s M&A Services national managing partner, breaks down the results from Deloitte’s 2018 M&A trends report, including increased optimism in the market, digital disruption as a primary deal driver, and how legislative uncertainty may come into play.
“I would say there remains a very strong and healthy appetite for M&A.”
The oil and gas industry saw a steady decline in deal activity over the course of 2017. Will this trend continue in the year ahead? In this episode, Andrew Slaughter, executive director of the Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions, and Ray Ballotta, Oil & Gas M&A industry leader, take a look at how oil prices and other factors could impact the level of deal activity in the industry.
“If we continue to see upward momentum in pricing, that is certainly a positive sign for M&A activity as we head into 2018.”
Deal volume in the consumer products sector is strong, but are newly-merged companies positioning themselves to succeed in the long run? In this episode, Deloitte's consumer products M&A leaders, Bryan Barnes, partner with Deloitte Touche LLP, and Shashi Yadavalli, principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP, review the four common types of M&A integration activity and discuss how companies focused on exceptional deal value are deliberate about driving business model coherence throughout their integration journey.
“Companies that drive toward a coherent business model in the long run generate nearly 50 percent higher shareholder value compared to the rest of the population.”
Learn more about the global banking industry and how FinTech could play a role in M&A activity.
Learn more about the trends causing fluctuations in M&A activity for the insurance industry.
Listen to our podcast to examine the current and future trends for life sciences and health care M&A.
Listen to our podcast and learn how data analytics can help you make more confident business decisions.
Listen to our podcast and learn about the key findings from the Deloitte M&A trends report, 2016 year-end edition.
How can you set up a joint venture for success? Listen to our podcast and learn strategies to help increase the probability of operating and exiting joint ventures successfully.
The deal corridor between the US and the UK is the most active M&A arena in the world. But how will Brexit come into play? Listen to the full episode.
How can you plan for the uncertainty of spin-offs? In this episode of our M&A Views podcast series, we explore the types of spin-off costs, what increases the complexity of a transaction, and how you can minimize the associated expenses.
Culture can make or break M&A success, so how can you use it to your advantage? Deloitte’s experienced M&A leaders discuss reasonable goals for timing and results, and the importance of looking at culture before day one. Tune in to the latest M&A Views podcast to explore this topic further.
Can you use culture to make your M&A transactions succeed at a higher rate? Yes—and in this podcast, we’ll talk about some specific ways M&A leaders are using culture to their advantage.
This five-minute podcast can help you jump-start your thinking on the role of culture in M&A—and, most important, what you can do about it.