Amalgamation 101: The Ins and Outs In the simplest terms, an amalgamation in business is the combination of two companies into one larger single company. In this sense, it has much in common with mergers and acquisitions, though the terms are not necessarily interchangeable in all cases. The basic differences are these: Acquisition: …
DetailsWhy There has been a Startup Acquisition Boom Companies have always acquired other companies. Whether the purpose is to eliminate a competitor, strengthen a position in a market, bolster two companies’ core competencies, or give a boost to stock price, there has long been a history of mergers and acquisitions. But it seems that…
DetailsBenefits of a Virtual Data Room for Working from Home If 2020 has taught us nothing else, it is that we need to be able to work in a fluid state, flexible and maneuverable. More than a third of the United States has been forced to work from home, with similar numbers all across…
DetailsVirtual Data Rooms: An Informational Guide What Are They, How Do You Use Them, and Why Are They Taking the Industry By Storm What is a Virtual Data Room? Let’s back up: What was a physical data room? Let’s start with a basic question: How do businesses share information? First, there was physical communication, where…
DetailsMergers and Acquisitions: What You Need to Know What are Mergers and Acquisitions? Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is the general term for the transaction wherein a company or assets of a company are consolidated into another company or business entity through various types of financial transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, tender offers, purchase of assets,…
DetailsCapital Calls What are capital calls? A capital call (also known as a drawdown or a capital commitment) is a legal right of an investment firm or an insurance firm to demand a portion of the money promised to it by an investor. When an investor buys into a private equity fund, the firm…
DetailsSecurity Vs Compliance When people think about security and compliance they often think that they’re the same thing: if you’re being compliant aren’t you also being secure (and vice versa)? The truth is that compliance doesn’t always equal security, and security doesn’t always equal compliance. Information technology has reached highs previously thought to be impossible—the…
DetailsBolt-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…
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