Following two consecutive years of high-volume global mergers and acquisition activity, 70 percent of U.S. dealmakers surveyed expect a decrease in North American activity this year due to economic conditions and wobbly stock markets, according to a the 9th Annual Brunswick M&A Survey. Globally, however, it’s a different story, with most dealmakers (66 percent) optimistic…
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3 Ways the PR and Ad M&A Field is Changing
The PR market is pretty frothy. In the last year, for example, Finn Partners has acquired PR agencies Horn Group, Seigenthaler and DVL. (Gould + Partners represented the seller in each of the deals; Gould+Partners currently has several potential PR transactions in the pipeline.) Meanwhile, the Stagwell Group, the investment group started by former WPP…
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