INVESTMENT BANKING

BLOG ON MERGERS AND ACQUISITION.

1.      In the world of investment banking, who is successful according to you.

I see Gary Blitz as successful person in M&A Global CEO of M&A & transaction solutions/ Global CEO of head of tax U.S.A . Throughout his career he has been a leader in the tax and transactional insurance business.

2.      In the world of investment banking which is your favourite topic.

In investment banking my favourite topic is mergers and acquisitions one day when I was studying mint newspaper I saw an article about M&A of Air India & TATA which was suggested by JM finance than I developed interest in IB.

Step to be followed in the process of M&A.

3.       Share some information on the chose topic with an example that even a simple man can    understand.

  M&A are business transactions where certain percent or full ownership can be transferred to         other organization M&A may help organization to grow or it may sometimes face downfalls as well it depends on the buyer organization how hard it strives to uplift the organization.

MERGER – is legal consolidation of 2 businesses.

ACQUISTION – is acquiring full ownership of other entity.

4.      Share some information on the chosen at national and international level.

Tv18 subsidiary of RIL, entertainment arm Viacom18 &  walt Disney companies India were merged with 8.5$ billion USD merger with the approval of CCI, joint venture will be controlled by RIL with majority stake holdings. This mergers will help in competing in digital streaming with Amazon, Netflix. The merger was part of both the companies strategic plan.

In 2000 Pfizer & lambert – Pfizer acquired lambert @90$ billion USD at that point of time these two were fastest growing pharmaceutical companies. Now Pfizer is dominating the Pharma industry in USA as well as around the Globe, most of the COVID-19 drugs were manufactured by Pfizer. Pharma industry earns lot of money in west after IT, Industries, Arms.

5.      Give a unique name for your chosen topic.

Unification & identification.

6.      Share some unique information about your chosen topic that many don’t know.

 Facebook acquiring Instagram in 2012 for 1$billion USD was a strategic move anticipating its future competitor & now its one of the top most used social media app when we compare it with Facebook.

Revenues earned by Instagram over the years:

2018 – 11.3$ billion USD

2019 – 17.9$ billion USD

2023 – 22.2$ billion USD