New research from Results International shows a significant increase in M&A deal activity involving content production companies, more than doubling from 35 acquisitions globally in 2018 to 82 in 2019. In the last weeks of 2019 alone, Blackstone invested £100m ...
Read More »New figures from Results International and R3 point to holding company retreat from deals
The agency holding companies are in full retreat in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) stakes according to new figures from Results international and marketing consultancy R3. According to Results, while Publicis did the biggest deal in the first half of ...
Read More »2018 M&A: Dentsu and WPP lead, consultancies slow down but outdoor has biggest deals
According to new research from M&A and funding adviser Results International there were 237 M&A deals completed in the marcoms industry in Q3 2018, marking the most active quarter since Q4 2016. Dentsu and WPP were again the two most ...
Read More »Private equity leads in 2018 M&A but Capgemini strikes biggest deal with $500m LiquidHub
Private equity buyers accounted for 22 per cent of the 187 major marcoms M&A deals in the first quarter of 2018 according to Results International but consultancy Capgemini struck the biggest, $500m for US-based digital consultancy LiquidHub, which also has ...
Read More »Western Europe to the fore in slowing M&A market says Results International
Increased interest in Western Europe agencies drove adland mergers and acquisitions in 2017 according to Results International, with the region accounting for 25 per cent of deals. One of the biggest acquirers, as ever, was WPP with boss Sir Martin ...
Read More »Private equity fuels ad tech and martech deals rise
The first quarter of 2017 was the busiest on record for global ad tech and martech deals according to new figures from M&A specialist Results International. The number of deals dropped in Q2, from 115 to 102. At 217 deals, ...
Read More »Results International: events and experiential agencies on buyers’ lists in 2017
New numbers from M&A specialist Results International show the events and experiential sector is seeing a rise in interest from buyers with 35 deals in the first half of 2017, more than double the number (14) in the same period ...
Read More »Results International: new buyers challenge marcoms establishment for digital agencies
The global mergers and acquisitions market in marcoms seems to be slowing somewhat according to new research from M&A specialist Results International. 219 deals were completed in Q1 2017 against 238 in Q4 last year. Several new buyers entered the ...
Read More »Dentsu is top acquirer in 2016 with digital and content agencies in demand
Mergers and acquisitions activity in the marcoms sector grew in 2016 according to new research from M&A advisor Results International. There were 1,023 marcoms deals globally, rising from 979 in 2015 and 972 in 2014 In Q4 there were 238 ...
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