European M&A Overview. donedeal compiled and summarised an overview of trends and observations on the European equity market, valuations and investment multiples based on a number of recent reports about the 2014 M&A activity and the outlook for 2015.
LINK TO PDF: European M&A Overview
Global PE Deal Multiples & Trends Report Q4 2014. Covering global transactions made in 3Q 2014, this PitchBook Data report gives insight into several key PE dealmaking metrics. The report reveals further progression of general partners targeting growing companies, although they have slowed their pursuit of the fastest-growing businesses. The number of respondents who anticipated high growth rates exceeding 10% over the next 12 months declined somewhat. Another trend details that overall non-senior debt remains less popular than senior debt, illustrating the comparative ease of obtaining cheap credit in the current market. Equity rose slightly in usage over senior debt.
LINK TO PDF: Global PE Deal Multiples and Trends Report 4Q 2014
The Positioning and Creation of a Brand Identity. donedeal has been involved in a number of transactions with brand-driven companies and understands that brand positioning amidst the range of competitive drivers, company profiles, and cultural diversity is both a creative and methodical strategic process. Getting this ‘positioning’ correct relative to marketplace dynamics, competitive advantage elements, and a transactional process is critical. This whitepaper will look at twelve major brand archetypes in the marketplace which should provide an interesting start point regarding brand positioning discussions.
LINK TO PDF: The Positioning of a Brand Identity
Taking the Pulse of Corporate Europe. During the third quarter, Goldman Sachs embarked on a tour of corporate Europe, meeting with more than 30 European CEOs and discussing the opportunities and threats they see for their companies and the European economy. In this report, Goldman Sachs distills the insights from those meetings to assess ways to break the cycle of stagnation that hangs over Europe.
LINK TO PDF: European_Crossroads
Belgian Nursing Home Sector 2014. As we have been active in the nursing home sector, donedeal conducted in 2014 a short study about the Belgian nursing home market, its financial system and its different players.
LINK TO PDF: IS 02 Belgian nursing home sector 2014
Entrepreneurial Buyout Monitor. donedeal participated in a survey organised by Vlerick Business School and BDO as it addressed the lack of understanding and transparency of the small and medium sized (SME) segment of the buyout market. The survey gives insights and trends on the general investment climate, including: deal flow, deal-making, and financing.
LINK TO PDF: IS 03 EntrepreneurialBuyoutMonitor
KPMG European Tax Monitor. donedeal often works closely with family-owned business across Europe, especially around succession issues. Although, the range of taxes applicable to Family Businesses and their stakeholders mean the possible impacts and complexities are magnified, a country’s tax regime can have a far wider impact, not least on succession and business strategy, but also the future growth of family businesses.
donedeal wanted to share this recent KPMG report based on the findings of 23 countries on two case studies.
LINK TO PDF: IS 04 KPMG-EFB-European-Tax-Monitor
Belgian TTO’s and their spin-offs. The role of universities in the economy and their support in the transfer of knowledge and technology between university and industry and society has always been important, and this importance is only increasing. Although the observations and commitments in the
NautaDutilh report are addressed to the leaders of the G8, and thus on a global scale, they could just as well apply (albeit maybe not fully 100%) to Belgium. donedeal wanted to share the report as it looks into pipeline sectors that could evolve into spin-offs, most valued type of investors, essential support systems, etc.
LINK TO PDF: IS 05 NautaDutilh Belgian TTO and Spin off report 2013
Sector Report Transport. This report analyses the 50 largest Belgian firms in the transport sector according to size, economic trends per company over the last 5 years compared to the sector, and a health index.
LINK TO PDF: IS 06 sectorrapport transport
Technology, Media & Telecom Predictions 2014. Over the past years, donedeal has been involved in a number of projects in this sector. During this time, the core drivers of disruption in the sector remain the same: processor speed, connectivity and storage. This Deloitte report tries to identify critical inflection points, and to explain how these will manifest over the next 12-18 months.
LINK TO PDF: IS 07 TMT Predictions 2014
Whitepaper Belgian printing industry (IN DUTCH). donedeal engages pro-actively in sector analyses in order to create new deal opportunities. We started to have a close look at the Belgian graphic industry near the end of 2013 to see how it evolved since the economic crisis, what important drivers, and potential scenarios are.
LINK TO PDF: IS 08 whitepaper printing industry
Global state of family offices. The growth of family offices has not gone unnoticed. donedeal’s interest is two-fold. On the one hand, a family office could serve our clients after a transaction. On the other hand, increasingly family offices have been providers of alternative finance and have acted as
investors with a different profile than the traditional financial investor.
LINK TO PDF: IS 09 The Global State of Family Offices
Virtual Corporate Universities. This book written by donedeal’s Gert Van der Linden and Dr. Walter Baets blends the elements of knowledge management with organisational and individual learning. The book is not just a treatment of technology, but fuses a dynamic-driven learning concept, new technologies, and the management and creation of dynamic knowledge to the development of human capital, and business, organisational, and managerial processes.
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The Hybrid Business School. donedeal’s Gert Van der Linden published this book with Dr. Walter Baets. It presents a readable explanation to managers and academics of the important potential of knowledge management and virtual education. The book provides clear guidelines for successful implementation and innovative ideas.
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