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• Houlihan Lokey Leads Thomson Financial's M&A Advisory Rankings

  - 2008-04-14

  NEW YORK -- Houlihan Lokey, an international investment bank, is pleased to announce that the firm ranked as the most active M&A advisor in the United States during the first quarter of 2008 by Thomson Financial. With 42 announced transactions during the quarter, Houlihan Lokey surpassed Goldman Sachs and J.P....

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• Venture-Backed Exits Decline Significantly in First Quarter 2008

  - 2008-04-01

  To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Emily Mendell of NVCA, +1-610-565-3904, emendell@nvca.org, for Thomson Financial; Matthew Toole, +1-646-822- 7560, matthew.toole@thomson.com, Sandy Anglin, +1-646-822-7334, sandy.anglin@thomson.com, both of Thomson Financial NEW YORK, April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Only five venture-backed initial public offerings totaling $282.7 billion in proceeds were issued in the first...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, investor, IPO, M&A, National Venture Capital Association, Thomson Corp.

• CORPORATE FINANCING FOCUS: Cross-Border Mergers Set Record, As Global Consolidation Continues In Many Industries

  - 2008-02-01

  Cross-border mergers and acquisitions accounted for a record 47% of worldwide M&A transactions in 2007, as global consolidation continued to drive merger activity in the materials, financials, and energy and power sectors, according to Thomson Financial. Cross-border volume involving US-based target companies increased steadily throughout the year as the dollar...

  Tags: consolidation, Europe, FINANCE, financial, financing, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Ingersoll-Rand, Investment, M&A, merger, Morgan Stanley, Thomson Corp., Trane

• Venture-Backed IPO Exits Strengthen in 2007

  - 2008-01-02

  To: BUSINESS EDITORS Contact: Emily Mendell, NVCA, +1-610-565-3904, emendell@nvca.org; Matthew Toole, +1-646-822-7560, matthew.toole@thomson.com, or Sandy Anglin, +1-646-822-7334, sandy.anglin@thomson.com, both of Thomson Financial NEW YORK, Jan. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Thirty-one venture- backed initial public offerings totaling $3.0 billion in proceeds were issued in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, IPO, M&A, National Venture Capital Association, Thomson Corp.

• Infrastructure - Structured Debate: Constructing New Routes For Project Finance - Infrastructure Finance Has Formed An Important Part Of The Mergers And Acquisitions (M&A) Boom Of Recent Years. According To Thomson Financial, The Value Of Infrastructu

  - 2008-01-01

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• BEST INVESTMENT BANKS 2007

  - 2007-06-01

  INVESTMENT BANK The continuing frenzy of global M&A and debt and equity issuance shows no sign of abating - and investment banks are reaping the benefits. Records fell across the board in 2006 for worldwide debt and equity issuance, as well as mergers and acquisitions, and there are...

  Tags: acquisition, bank, bond, Citigroup Inc., equity, FINANCE, financial, financing, Investment, IPO, LBO, M&A, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Thomson Corp., TXU, UBS AG

• Venture-Backed IPOs Make Gains; Acquisition Activity Declines in Q1 2007

  - 2007-04-02

  To: BUSINESS EDITORSContact: Channa Luma of The Weiser Group for NVCA, +1-302-368- 2345, cluma@weisergroup.com; or Matthew Toole of Thomson Financial, +1-646-822-7560, matthew.toole@thomson.com NEW YORK, April 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Seventeen venture- backed companies raised $2.09 billion through initial public offerings IPOs on US exchanges in the first quarter of 2007, according...

  Tags: acquisition, FINANCE, Investment, IPO, M&A, National Venture Capital Association, Thomson Corp.

• Global stock, bond offerings hit record high in 2006: report

  - 2007-01-02

  NEW YORK AFP — Global offerings of stocks and bonds shot to a record high of over seven trillion dollars in 2006, according to a Thomson Financial survey. The deal-making frenzy extended to mergers and acquisitions which also soared to record heights last year, spurred by deals like AT and...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, bond, equity, FINANCE, Investment, IPO, M&A, MARKETING, merger, stock, survey, Thomson Corp.

• Mergers and Acquisitions Continue to Dominate Exit Scene for Full Year 2006

  - 2007-01-02

  To: BUSINESS EDITORSContact: Channa Luma of The Weiser Group, +1-302-368-2345, cluma@weisergroup.com; or Joshua Radler of Thomson Financial, +1-646- 822-7323, Joshua.radler@thomson.comNEW YORK, Jan. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Twenty-one venture- backedcompanies raised $1.835 billion through initial public offerings IPOs and 56venture-backed M&A deals were reported in the fourth quarter of 2006 accordingto the...

  Tags: acquisition, FINANCE, Investment, IPO, M&A, National Venture Capital Association, Thomson Corp.

• BEST INVESTMENT BANKS

  - 2006-06-01

  The biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions since 2000 and record worldwide underwriting of securities are producing strong gains in revenue and earnings at the leading investment banks. The banks also are making hefty trading profits in global stock and bond markets, as well as commodities, thanks to favorable market...

  Tags: acquisition, bank, bond, Citigroup Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG, Deutsche Bank AG, equity, FINANCE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Investment, IPO, M&A, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Thomson Corp.