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Private equity aims to maximize value at each step of the investment lifecycle.
During this event our speakers present their views based on real-life cases. We present a market study (pre-deal), followed by the findings from a CDD to wrap up with best practices for value creation (post deal).
Context is critical to optimizing investment performance
Be on top of market opportunities:
Prepare for your transaction:
Drive your Transaction to Success:
The number of transactions has been increasing in post-COVID times. According to a study from Vlerick, there were more M&A transactions, and the deal size increased.
The reasons for this increase are multiple. Market demand was high, money was cheap, and companies are looking for market expansion and increased control over their supply chain. The war for talent might also have an impact.
It is unclear what the future will bring. Interest rates are rising, and inflation is weighing on consumers’ confidence.
Most past deals were transformational acquisitions or mergers. Buyers pay a premium over standalone value because they anticipate benefits, such as efficiencies of scale. (Source: Datasite).
The main question is: how to avoid your next transaction is not delivering on its anticipated return?
NX Elicit helps investors to understand, test, and substantiate the underlying strategic rationale and value creation thesis underpinning the transaction.
We are of the opinion that commercial insights are vital for all parties involved in investments. It presents outside-in information next to an analysis of internal data, but foremost it provides investors with strategic avenues of growth.
These insights are based on both outside-in (external) and inside-out (internal) analysis of data and provide investors with strategic avenues of growth.
The success of your transactions is significantly impacted by the quality of your advisors and their experience with such merger and acquisition events. NX Elicit has a vast experience in the transaction process for many industries and transaction sizes.
Influential CFO’s have proven to facilitate smooth closing and integration of transactions. Our NX Financial Planning & Analysis and Corporate Performance Management services directly target such CFO’s and their teams.
The standard explanation for failed M&A deals points to integration as the problem. It turns out that this is more of a problem for companies acquiring complementary businesses that they know pretty well. That’s because integrating the new business isn’t entirely the story. Your customers need to have a reason to like the unique combination, which may require change and integration. (Source: HBR )
NX Elicit challenges your hypothesis by both delivering an outside-in and inside-out view. We are convinced that independent views and opinions have a strong impact on the success of the transaction.