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#DealOrigination #MarketEntry #MergersAcquisitions #TargetSearch #strategicexpansion #corporateexpansion #mergerandacquisition #acquisitionoportunity #sellmandate #buymandate #buysidemandate in #Romania and the Region. http://market-entry-romania.blogspot.ro/2017/02/deal-origination-in-romania-and-region.html

As one of the pioneer privately owned market entry and M&A advisory firms in Romania, operating for over 15 years in this market, FRD Center has high competencies in buy-side advisory and is quite well placed to assist foreign buyers with their Deal Origination and Acquisition Target Search in Romania and the region. FRD Center has been assisting foreign investors with their acquisition target origination in Romania and has operated under several buy-side mandates.

You can find a log of our recent activities, including the B2B matchmaking and market researches at: http://www.frdcenter.ro/English/about%20us.htm

Also, you can view examples of some of our deal origination M&A projects at:
http://www.frdcenter.ro/assets/FRD%20Center%20-%20Examples%20M&A%20advisory%20and%20support%20projects%202006-2016.pdf

Our services are very cost-effective, much below the price of the multi-national consultancies, without, however, making any compromise on quality.

We operate based on a combination of a very decently priced professional fee plus a success commission: a small percentage of the sum that you invest, if you close the Transaction following our implication and endeavors in the project. Obviously, the success fee percentage depends on the envisaged size of the Transaction.

Our assistance to you extends during the Target Origination phase, as well as beyond, during the implementation of the Transaction, such as targets initial visits, assistance during negotiations etc.
In respect to the Target Search and Selection phase, our tactics include approx. 75% secondary research and 25% primary research (eg. direct interviews with players), as well as previous FRD Center researches in the sector and the capabilities and expertise of FRD Center’s consultants in the field, if required.

In this process we include:
- FRD Center in-house d-bases of relevant contacts in the respective sector
- FRD Center previous market overviews and relevant sectorial studies
- the expertise of FRD Center’s sector expert consultants
- consultation of on-line d-bases, catalogues, business publications, trade fairs
- strategic and structured internet searches
- over-the-phone interviews with relevant sources: Sector experts, KOLs, trade associations, market players
- if the case, we purchase of company d-bases / company data from official sources

Further, we proceed to research the shortlisted firms, profile them in-depth focusing on the aspects important to our Client, including 5 year financials, for example. Further, we carry out background checks as well as in-depth and reputation analyses.

Also, on behalf of our Clients, in full discretion without disclosing the Client's identity, we approch at Owner level the shortlisted targets to assess interest in selling.

Should this be of interest to you, please do not hesitate to let us have details / criteria about the Targets and the Sector that you are interested into, in Romania and the region (e.g. minimum size, performance criteria, geographical criteria if the case, competencies etc.)

Romania is a gateway to the EU and Eastern Europe and numerous crossborder investments and acquisitions are registering double-digit profits. Sectors of interest for crossborder acquisitions in Romania include: healthcare, private medical services, automotive, food processing, agribusiness, chemicals production and distribution, furniture manufacturing, IT, BPO.

Since 2000, FRD Center offers market research and M&A consulting services to foreign buyers and investment funds interested to enter Romania and the emerging markets in Europe as investors or joint-ventures.

For tailor-made sector data, B2B matchmaking with players in the Emerging Markets in Europe, for M&A assistance and target origination feel free to contact the FRD Center team at: email: [email protected] or tel: +4021 411 1459/60/61

Why acquire a player in Romania? More details at http://market-entry-romania.blogspot.ro/2016/11/why-choose-to-acquire-player-in-romania.html

Sectors of interest for crossborder acquisitions in Romania include: healthcare, private medical services, automotive, food processing, agribusiness, chemicals production and distribution, furniture manufacturing, IT, BPO, logistics and transport, retail and distribution.

More details about successful crossborder acquisitions in Romania at http://market-entry-romania.blogspot.ro/2017/01/successful-crossborder-acquisitions-in.html

Since 2000, FRD Center offers market research and M&A consulting services to foreign buyers and investment funds interested to enter Romania and the emerging markets in Europe as investors or joint-ventures.
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#Mergerandacquisition (M&A) activity by mainland #Chinesecompanies in the United States dropped in the first half to just 22% of the combined value of such deals a year earlier, due to the double whammy of Washington’s protectionist leanings and Beijing’s tighter capital outflow scrutiny. In H1 of this year, the mainland ranked as the ninth biggest M&A investor in the United States with US$6.1bn worth of deals, compared with US$27.5bn in the same period in 2016, according to White & Case and Mergermarket.


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Chinese merger and acquisition deals in US down in first half of 2017
http://www.scmp.com/business/global-economy/article/2105632/mergers-and-acquisitions-mainland-us-just-tenth-2016-first
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#Microsoft is acquiring the #Chalkup classroom collaboration platform and hiring its founder to work on Microsoft's Teams product. Chalkup officials said they would be bringing elements of Chalkup into the Microsoft Teams for #Education service, citing as an example Chalkup's criteria-based grading rubrics. Chalkup will shut down on June 30, 2018. Existing customers will be able to continue to run their Chalkup courses until the school year ends and will have the ability to export their course information to Microsoft Teams.


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Microsoft to integrate Chalkup's classroom collaboration tech into Teams
http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-integrate-chalkups-classroom-collaboration-tech-into-teams/
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#Microsoft is beefing up its Slack-like collaboration software, Microsoft Teams, with the technology-know how and the founder from collaboration software #startup #Chalkup. Following the hire, Microsoft says it will bring some of the features Chalkup had built to the Microsoft Teams for #Education product experience. Chalkup was founded in 2013 by CEO Justin Chando, who’s joining Microsoft as a result of this deal, and CTO Tim Costa, who left Chalkup in 2015.

Moving forward, Chalkup says some of its best-loved features will be integrated into Microsoft Teams. However, the companies so far have only disclosed one that’s definitely making the transition: Chalkup’s criteria-based grading rubrics that let teachers give students feedback on their work. Chalkup itself was not a large company – one founder had left, and it had only raised a small seed round, according to Crunchbase. But Chalkup remained online all these years by being very capital efficient, and had built software that was in demand in the classroom, and as an acquisition target.


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Microsoft hires classroom collaboration startup Chalkup founder to expand Microsoft Teams
https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/13/microsoft-acquires-classroom-collaboration-startup-chalkup-to-expand-microsoft-teams/
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The record level of #China #mergerandacquisition (M&A) activity seen in 2016 was not an isolated spike according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), but rather the new normal. The professional services firm expects deal activity to drop slightly this year due to government restrictions and an uncertain global outlook, but they predict Chinese M&A activity will nonetheless remain strong in 2017, and hit new record highs in 2018.

Drivers for the growth in outbound deals more broadly included Chinese companies’ demand for advanced technology, intellectual property and international brands to promote in China, as well as companies’ efforts to find new markets, and attempts to hedge against a declining yuan. Readily available financing made acquisitions more possible.


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China’s #merger and #acquisition boom to continue this year, says PwC
http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/2061643/chinas-merger-and-acquisition-boom-continue-year-says-pwc
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The #UK could see a decline in #mergerandacquisition (M&A) activity in 2017 as compared to the previous year, according to the latest 'Global Transactions Forecast' report by Oxford Economics and Baker McKenzie. It forecasted a fall not only in the number of deals, but also in the total value of M&A deals in 2017. According to the study, M&A deals worth $125bn (£103.92bn) worth are expected to be closed in 2017. This value is about 63% lower than the $340bn figure of 2016. It is also lower than the previous 2017 estimate of $265bn.


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UK merger and acquisition deal value may fall to $125bn in 2017 amid #Brexit and weaker economic growth
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uk-merger-acquisition-deal-value-may-fall-125bn-2017-amid-brexit-weaker-economic-growth-1601209
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Corporate #India's #mergerandacquisition activity witnessed significant surge in October with transactions worth $4.5 billion, taking the total deal tally to $32.55 billion in the first 10 months of the year. According to Grant Thornton, merger and acquisition (M&A) deal value grew 48% YoY in October with increased focus on domestic and outbound deal activity. There were 44 M&A transactions worth $4.57bn in October this year, while in the corresponding period last year there were 55 such transactions worth $ 3.09bn.


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India Inc's Jan-Oct M&A deal tally hits $32 billion: Grant Thornton
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/india-incs-jan-oct-ma-deal-tally-hits-32-billion-grant-thornton/articleshow/55398280.cms
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