M&A Reporting, CTFN

Jonathan Spitzer

M&A Reporting

CTFN

Bringing the marketplace leading coverage of mergers, events, and major corporate actions, CTFN has a team of seasoned reporters from Los Angeles to London, publishing news that advances stories that matter to event-driven investors and deal professionals.

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The combination of EMC Corp. and Dell is expected to trigger lengthy reviews by competition regulators around the world, but the transaction is ultimately expected to pass muster given avid competition in the affected markets.

The combination of EMC Corp. and Dell is expected to trigger lengthy reviews by competition regulators around the world, but the transaction is ultimately expected to pass muster given avid competition in the affected markets.

Competition Regulators to Untangle EMC/Dell Merger

EM PM, Ecstrat

Emad Mostaque

EM PM

Ecstrat

Ecstrat is a consultancy advising on asset allocation between global equity markets, with a focus on the intersection of governments, geopolitics, governance and markets.
 
Over the past few years and more especially since the Great Financial Crisis (GFC), investors have become more focused on short-term market movements and real-time returns and have consequently neglected the analysis of the underlying structural themes that underpin longer term performance.
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More specifically we believe that the evolution of governance-based relationships between investors, controlling shareholders, labour and the state is one of the primary determinants of both relative and absolute performance between individual equity markets.
 
We will endeavour to provide investors with some of the context surrounding governance-related issues which encompass many different disciplines including history, economics and political science, as well as the financial metrics which are the most obvious manifestation of the structural characteristics of each market.
 
We will pay particular attention to the shifts and potential inflection points for governance in individual markets as these are often the best lead indicators for both economic and market performance.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Private market valuations for tech companies have increased sharply in recent years, with an outbreak of so-called "unicorns" (startups valued at over $1bn) and the median seed-stage valuation in the USA now an eye-popping $5.8m leading to fears of a bubble.In contrast the tech IPO pipeline has remained relatively moribund as investors have eschewed public markets (indeed, IPOing is now almost a sign of weakness (!)).If we look at some of the key drivers of these private market flows, we can see that it may actually be different this time and that public market valuations may be set to follow in the coming years.

Private market valuations for tech companies have increased sharply in recent years, with an outbreak of so-called "unicorns" (startups valued at over $1bn) and the median seed-stage valuation in the USA now an eye-popping $5.8m leading to fears of a bubble.In contrast the tech IPO pipeline has remained relatively moribund as investors have eschewed public markets (indeed, IPOing is now almost a sign of weakness (!)).If we look at some of the key drivers of these private market flows, we can see that it may actually be different this time and that public market valuations may be set to follow in the coming years.

The seas are changing in big data and legacy technology companies wade in the shallows while startups ride the swells, according to execs at private companies, creating questions around rapidly growing, disruptive technologies like Hadoop.

The seas are changing in big data and legacy technology companies wade in the shallows while startups ride the swells, according to execs at private companies, creating questions around rapidly growing, disruptive technologies like Hadoop.

Legacy Big Data Players Face Potential Disruption from Hadoop and Spark Startups

Does the decade and a half old Seagate-Veritas transaction precedent provide clues to the possible resolution of the EMC-VMware situation where Elliott has taken an activist position and has a recently expired standstill agreement with the company?

Does the decade and a half old Seagate-Veritas transaction precedent provide clues to the possible resolution of the EMC-VMware situation where Elliott has taken an activist position and has a recently expired standstill agreement with the company?

EMC-VMware Resolution Unlikely to Follow Seagate-Veritas Precedent

Information Technology Consultant

Ishita Jain

In January 2014, I bought my first Fitbit device. At the time, it was a company almost unheard of except by a few. The Fitbit app on the phone was cool too. In remarkable fashion, 15 months later, almost everyone I knew had a&nbsp;Fitbit device. In June 2015, the company went public and became&nbsp;the talk of the town. Aided by the trend of&nbsp;quantifying health and health consciousness, many manufacturers threw their hats in the fitness &lsquo;wearables&rsquo; ring (including giants like Apple and Motorola). The euphoria around Fitbit's IPO was understandable and the numbers for Q2&nbsp;2015 dazzled. Looking forward, will Fitbit continue to impress given that the wearables market is evolving and competitors are crowding the market?&nbsp;

In January 2014, I bought my first Fitbit device. At the time, it was a company almost unheard of except by a few. The Fitbit app on the phone was cool too. In remarkable fashion, 15 months later, almost everyone I knew had a&nbsp;Fitbit device. In June 2015, the company went public and became&nbsp;the talk of the town. Aided by the trend of&nbsp;quantifying health and health consciousness, many manufacturers threw their hats in the fitness &lsquo;wearables&rsquo; ring (including giants like Apple and Motorola). The euphoria around Fitbit's IPO was understandable and the numbers for Q2&nbsp;2015 dazzled. Looking forward, will Fitbit continue to impress given that the wearables market is evolving and competitors are crowding the market?&nbsp;

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VMware, Inc. provides virtualization solutions from the desktop to the data center. The Company's solution products addresses a range of IT problems, which includes cost and operational inefficiencies, business continuity, software lifecycle management and desktop management.

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Competition Regulators to Untangle EMC/Dell Merger

The combination of EMC Corp. and Dell is expected to trigger lengthy reviews by competition regulators around the world, but the transaction is...

CTFN

Why large funds are piling into PE & VC

Private market valuations for tech companies have increased sharply in recent years, with an outbreak of so-called "unicorns" (startups valued at...

Emad Mostaque

Legacy Big Data Players Face Potential Disruption from Hadoop and Spark Startups

The seas are changing in big data and legacy technology companies wade in the shallows while startups ride the swells, according to execs at...

CTFN

EMC-VMware Resolution Unlikely to Follow Seagate-Veritas Precedent

Does the decade and a half old Seagate-Veritas transaction precedent provide clues to the possible resolution of the EMC-VMware situation where...

CTFN

Fitbit, a good 'fit' for your portfolio?

In January 2014, I bought my first Fitbit device. At the time, it was a company almost unheard of except by a few. The Fitbit app on the phone was...

Ishita Jain

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