Bolt-On and Tuck-In Acquisitions What is a Bolt-On Acquisition? A bolt-on acquisition refers to when a private equity firm attaches a smaller company to a larger “platform” company. This platform company will have a strong presence in the market with an intact and maneuverable management structure, economies of scale, infrastructure and all of the things…
DetailsDocument Retention and How It Can Help Your Business According to newly revised rules from the US government, document retention and a good document retention policy is essential. Document retention refers to the way that companies can retain, review and destroy documents possessed and created by the business. What is a Document Retention Policy? A…
DetailsWhat Are Audit Logs? An audit log (also known as an audit trail) is a chronological, secure record, or set of records, that provide evidence that activities or a sequence of activities have affected an operation, procedure, or event. In other words, when any change is made to a system’s behavior, that change is documented…
DetailsHow to Sign and Date PDFs Using Caplinked’s Virtual Data Room and Watermarking Tool Everyone has experienced the hassle of receiving a document only to have to print it out sign it and fax it back in. (Who has fax machines anymore?) This headache has been alleviated in recent years through a number of services,…
DetailsWhat is Accretive Acquisition? An accretive acquisition is an acquisition that increases the acquiring company’s earnings per share (EPS). These acquisitions benefit the company’s market price because the price paid by the acquiring firm is lower than the financial boost that the new acquisition is expected to provide to the acquiring company’s EPS. As a…
DetailsHow To Share a Secure PDF Much of Business is Done These Days Via PDFs—But Are Those PDFs Really Secure? A PDF, or Portable Document Format, is a file developed by Adobe in the 1990s to present documents in a way that preserved the fonts, layout, and graphics of the original document without being susceptible…
DetailsYour company is an important asset. Learning its true value is necessary as you prepare for a Merger and Acquisition process (M&A). Evaluating a business is science that demands the application of smart valuation methods. However, keep in mind that buyers and sellers alike use different business valuation methods to assess companies. So several buyers…
DetailsAs the world of fintech continues on a trajectory of evolution and disruption over recent years, the industry has become a hot topic in media and among companies using the technologies. A 2018 executive survey (http://newvantage.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Big-Data-Exe cutive-Survey-2018-Findings.pdf) found that nearly 80% of top executives feared that their firms were at risk of disruption and…
DetailsAnnouncing the CapLinked Mobile App Today, we’re excited to announce the release of our CapLinked Android application! The new mobile application enables workspace and team administrators to manage workspaces and groups on the go. With today’s announcement, the CapLinked mobile app is available on the Play Store. The mobile app has been one of the…
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