By Bryan Livingston Managing Partner and CEO Oaklins Member Firm Capital Alliance Corp. built momentum for 2022 with several notable M&A transactions on behalf of clients in 2021. In our view, the middle market where we specialize will continue to offer compelling acquisition and sell-side opportunities, strong valuations and healthy deal volume as this year...
Leaders of midsized companies are so busy with day-to-day operations that determining their company’s value and pinpointing where value is being created or, conversely, where it might be declining, aren’t top of mind. In his new book, “QuickValue: Discover Your Value and Empower Your Business in Three Easy Steps,” Reed Phillips, CEO and managing partner...
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many companies to retool and reassess their businesses, and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) became a way to act on both. The pandemic has increased the volume of M&A deals to unprecedented levels and changed how and why deals are getting done. To better understand these fast-changing dynamics, Oaklins sponsored research by...
By Marshall Murphy Managing Director and HRM Practice Leader The nation’s tight labor market is boosting staffing industry business, as the pandemic labor pullback begins to dissipate. Temporary staffing industry companies reported a median 27% year-over-year increase in their U.S. temporary staffing revenue in October, according to Staffing Industry Analysts, with the red-hot travel nursing...
An analysis by Capital Alliance Corp. shows the impact of Biden’s tax proposal on middle market mergers and acquisitions. Read the details here.
We are saddened to share news of the recent passing of Ed Dawson, who steered the success of Capital Alliance for almost 40 years. He was an astute investment banker, valued colleague and friend. Read more about Ed’s remarkable life below. Edward Joseph Dawson – A Loving Legacy Our hearts are broken as we say...
By Neal Patel Managing Director, Capital Alliance, and Energy Infrastructure Specialist, Oaklins Three unprecedented events coincided to dramatically impact both supply and demand in energy markets worldwide. Middle-market oil and gas companies are feeling the pain. Yet we believe energy markets will rebound, depending on the answers to several key questions. This just-published Spot On...
By Bryan Livingston Managing Partner and CEO The boom-bust cycle of the oil patch is nothing new, but the speed of collapse this spring, which turned Permian Basin cities into ghost towns nearly overnight, was something to behold. Energy prices were already falling when OPEC flooded the market in early March after OPEC+ negotiations failed....
By Neal England Managing Director and HRM Practice Leader As the United States moved rapidly into a work-from-home model due to the coronavirus pandemic, cyber criminals wasted no time in exploiting online security weaknesses and vulnerabilities. The sharp rise in cybercrimes — hacked Zoom meetings, crippling ransomware attacks and a massive increase in phishing attacks...
By Russell Tolander Managing Director Nano-capitalization public companies, those with a valuation of less than $50 million, have fewer active buyers interested in them in today’s public markets, due to existing trends such as investors’ favoritism toward large companies, technology startups and disruptive or innovative business models (think Uber, Lyft, Amazon). That can leave small...
