November 2018: Knowledge Economy M&A and Equity Market Update

https://equiteqedge.com/2018/12/06/november-2018-knowledge-economy-ma-and-equity-market-update/
By Ramone Param, Director, Equiteq Major deals profiled include Accenture’s acquisition of Intrigo, BDO’s acquisition of Moore Stephens LLP and Tata Consultancy Services’ acquisition of BridgePoint. Equiteq advised OEE Consulting on its sale to Webhelp’s gobeyond. The Equiteq Knowledge Economy Share Price Index experienced some volatility over the month along with broader market indices. Accenture’s acquisition of Intrigo Systems […]

The Knowledge Economy Global Buyers Report 2018/19

https://equiteqedge.com/2018/11/15/the-knowledge-economy-global-buyers-report-2018-19/
Strong demand for M&A in 2019 is driven by industry convergence with a desire among buyers to deepen industry and digital expertise By Ramone Param, Director, Equiteq Buyers expect to complete 5 acquisitions over the next 2 to 3 years Private equity expect to acquire 75% more businesses than strategic buyers The optimum turnover size for […]

October 2018: Knowledge Economy M&A and Equity Market Update

https://equiteqedge.com/2018/11/12/october-2018-knowledge-economy-ma-and-equity-market-update/
By Ramone Param, Director, Equiteq Major deals profiled include Cognizant’s acquisition of Softvision, NTT Data’s acquisition of Sierra Systems and Accenture’s acquisition of TargetST8. Equiteq advised Copperman on its sale to Decision Inc. and Essential Design on its sale to PA Consulting. The Equiteq Knowledge Economy Share Price Index fell over the month, along with other broader market indices. […]

Q3 2018 Knowledge Economy Global M&A Update

https://equiteqedge.com/2018/10/31/q3-2018-knowledge-economy-global-ma-update/
Global deal values and valuation multiples continue to rise led by media agencies and IT services M&A By Ramone Param, Director, Equiteq The number of completed deals rose 12% Median deal sizes nearly doubled vs. Q3 2017 Activity remains focused on media agencies and IT services Strong rises in M&A in North America and APAC Equiteq […]

Privacy in the digital and physical world

https://equiteqedge.com/2018/10/26/privacy-in-the-digital-and-physical-world/
By Greg Fincke, Managing Director, Equiteq It’s been widely reported that Yahoo and AOL, both owned by Verizon’s business unit Oath, are reading users’ emails to more effectively target advertising. The WSJ moves beyond the headline issue of privacy and into the privacy trade-off users make with their free email providers. There is an interesting connection […]

September 2018: Knowledge Economy M&A and Equity Market Update

https://equiteqedge.com/2018/10/05/september-2018-knowledge-economy-ma-and-equity-market-update/
By Ramone Param, Director, Equiteq Major deals profiled include Cognizant’s acquisition of ATG, AlixPartners’ acquisition of Zolfo Cooper’s US operations and SAIC’s acquisition of Engility. Equiteq advised System Partners on its sale to DXC Technology and Mexia on joining Deloitte. The Equiteq Knowledge Economy Share Price Index fell modestly over the month. Cognizant acquires ATG, expanding its capabilities in […]

Equiteq & Quote-to-Cash experts Simplus release Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) Industry Guide at Dreamforce 18

https://equiteqedge.com/2018/10/02/equiteq-quote-to-cash-experts-simplus-release-configure-price-quote-cpq-industry-guide-at-dreamforce-18/
By Nicodemo Esposito, Managing Director and Ramone Param, Director, Equiteq We have just returned from an exhilarating week in San Francisco for Dreamforce 18, the largest technology event in the world and this year attracting over 170,000 people from Salesforce’s client, investor, research and partner network. The most pertinent discussions revolved around the latest artificial […]

Digital strategy: Razors wanted

https://equiteqedge.com/2018/09/17/digital-strategy-razors-wanted/
By Greg Fincke, Managing Director, Equiteq I recently listened to Sunil Gupta’s HBR IdeaCast on digital strategy – a topic relevant to many, if not all, of our clients. After providing examples of failed approaches to digital strategy he rightfully points out that in order to be successful, strategies need to incorporate four components: Business strategy […]

August 2018: Knowledge Economy M&A and Equity Market Update

https://equiteqedge.com/2018/09/10/august-2018-knowledge-economy-ma-and-equity-market-update/
By Ramone Param, Director, Equiteq Major deals profiled include Wunderman’s acquisition of Gorilla Group, Omnicom’s acquisition of Credera and Accenture’s acquisitions of Mindtribe & Pillar. Equiteq advised DBM Consultants on its merger with Illuminera. The Equiteq Knowledge Economy Share Price Index rose over the month led by share price rises in various listed management consulting and IT services. Wunderman […]

July 2018: Knowledge Economy M&A and Equity Market Update

https://equiteqedge.com/2018/08/10/july-2018-knowledge-economy-ma-and-equity-market-update/
By Ramone Param, Director, Equiteq Major deals profiled include IPG’s acquisition of Acxiom Marketing Solutions, S4 Capital’s acquisition of MediaMonks and Accenture’s acquisition of Kogentix. The Equiteq Knowledge Economy Share Price Index was broadly flat over the month. IPG’s acquisition of Acxiom Marketing Solutions gives it access to anonymized customer data to enhance its targeted marketing solutions Target: Acxiom […]