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Received the Member Information from AM&AA, Cheers!

 

So glad to be accepted as a AM&AA member.  Hello everyone! from Beijing.

Martini, Iosue & Akpovi Announces Brian Rabinovitz CPA, CM&AA Joins The Firm as an Audit Principal

Los Angeles, October 26— Martini, Iosue & Akpovi, a Southern California-based certified public accounting firm, announced that it has admitted Brian Rabinovitz CPA, CM&AA as a Principal in its Encino office as part of the firm’s expansion of its practice.

Know Your Buyer Types: Courting Private Equity

The private equity (PE) sector represents possibly the largest prospective pool of business buyers today. PE investors have largely sat out the economic downturn and are estimated to be holding more than $500 billion in uninvested cash. Unfortunately, these buyers can be hard to reach.

Unlike international buyers, which are actively making acquisitions again, many PE investors remain wary of the M&A market. And many of the unfunded PE firms continue to experience difficulty in cost effectively financing their transactions.    

Market Valuation, Trading Multiples Remain Top Owner Concerns

Attendees of M&A Insight 2011 weighed in on top challenges related to exiting their businesses at the March 31 discussion featuring panelists from Doeren Mayhew firm TR Moore & Company, Haynes and Boone, Fennebresque & Co. and Main Street Capital Corporation. With market valuations and industry trading mulitiples topping the list once again this year, greatest concerns included: 

Survey Sheds Light on Post-Sale Owner Experience

In working with our M&A clients to find the right buyer for their business, whether strategic or financial, one question is a constant – what’s going to happen to my business after the sell?

That question is generally easier to address on a strategic deal: the buyer writes a check, the seller hands over the keys, and either walks off into the sunset, or spends some limited time usually less than a year) assisting to ensure a smooth transition.

4 Due Diligence Issues That Warrent Concern

Due diligence is the process of determining whether representations — legal, financial and otherwise — made by a business seller are true and whether the buyer’s proposed bid is fair based on these representations. The purpose of due diligence is to uncover weaknesses or uncertainties that might prevent the transaction from meeting a buyer’s desired goals.

You have 10 minutes to educate a business owner or one of their allied advisors on creating value.....

From a valuation perspective, here's what I thought were some of the important issues.  I'd like to learn/listen what you think is more or as important.  BTW, if you use LinkedIn and want to connect, please look me up!

Who's really emerging?

Since Goldman Sachs mentioned the BRIC Group for the first time, the world's been trying to put Brazil, Russia, India and China in the same "pot".

There is much more to consider in order to search for correct investment opportunities.

China certainlly has the strongest growing rates based on GDP. Altough there is still a lot of issues regarding public policies and guarantees for preserving private capital.

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