Technology innovators especially attractive as M&A targets Oil & gas activity rose during the first quarter in Texas, Louisiana and southern New Mexico, according to energy executives responding to the quarterly Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Energy Survey — news that bodes well for M&A activity in the oilfield services sector. Service companies that made...
President Trump’s commitment to domestic energy production, combined with a promise to reduce financial regulations, should expand the opportunities for North American merger and acquisition deals in the oilfield services and manufacturing subsector. Trump energized the industry during his first days in office by signing several executive orders that could significantly boost the revival of...
By Neal England Managing Director and HCM Practice Leader With the U.S. economy at full employment, staffing firms will be challenged again this year to find candidates with the skillsets demanded by today’s businesses while they face internal challenges on how best to compete in an industry undergoing consolidation and change. The U.S. economy continued...
By Brad Buttermore Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer Business optimism has risen to its highest level since 2004, as Main Street prepares for business-friendly policies under President Donald Trump that could be good for the PEO and staffing industries. The Index of Small Business Optimism reached 105.8 in December, an increase of 7.4 points...
Apache Corp.’s discovery of Alpine High — a new oil and gas field in West Texas — has raised interest in a region once written off as undevelopable and could boost merger and acquisition opportunities for U.S. oilfield service companies. In its third-quarter earnings conference call in early November, Houston-based Apache was bullish on the...
The Health Effectiveness Data and Information Set, or HEDIS as it’s commonly known, is an important and evolving set of data that informs health plans, consumers and employers, allowing them to compare the performance of health care plans. In a just-released white paper, Mark Lee, a health care strategic advisor at Capital Alliance Corp. (cadallas.com),...
By Neal England Practice Leader — Human Capital Management Several experts have chattered and opined over the possibility of a global recession on the horizon since the beginning of the year. While it hasn’t happened in 2016, we know our economy is cyclical and impacted by global events. We also know that we are late...
By Bryan Livingston Managing Partner and CEO Top business executives, feeling confident about the economy, say they are likely to do an M&A deal over the next year. This news comes from the Ernst & Young “Global Capital Confidence Barometer,” which focuses primarily on dealmaking. The survey — mainly of executives from publicly traded companies...
By Bryan Livingston Managing Partner and CEO If you operate in the middle-market, you’ve likely heard of Capital Alliance Corp.’s (cadallas.com) long-time association with M&A International (MAI) — recently reorganized and rebranded under the Oaklins banner. Established in 1985, Oaklins is a fully integrated and independent global M&A advisory firm that offers a unique suite...
Conditions in the oil & gas sector improved in the third quarter in Texas and parts of New Mexico and Louisiana, as industry executives surveyed by the Dallas Federal Reserve turned more bullish. While we realize that some evidence of a slump still exists — industry job growth remains in negative territory and oil prices...
