Syndication to Overcome Transaction Costs of Cross-Border Investments? Evidence from a Worldwide Private Equity Deals` Dataset

Author(s):  
Tereza Tykvova
Author(s):  
Benjamin Hammer ◽  
Nils Janssen ◽  
Bernhard Schwetzler

AbstractUsing a dataset of 1149 global private equity transactions, we find that cross-border buyouts are associated with significantly higher valuation multiples than domestic ones. We attribute this finding to informational disadvantages of foreign acquirers. Consistent with this idea, we find that the spread in valuation multiples narrows when the target operates in a country with high accounting standards, when it was publicly listed prior to the buyout, and when information production is facilitated due to large firm size. Further results suggest that local partnering in a syndicate serves as an effective remedy to avoid adverse pricing effects. The spread in valuation multiples is also less pronounced for large buyout funds, presumably because they draw on sufficient organizational resources to cope with cross-border-related transaction costs.


2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 732-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Cooley ◽  
J. C. Sharman

We present a new, more transnational, networked perspective on corruption. It is premised on the importance of professional intermediaries who constitute networks facilitating cross-border illicit finance, the blurring of legal and illegal capital flows, and the globalization of the individual via multiple claims of residence and citizenship. This perspective contrasts with notions of corruption as epitomized by direct, unmediated transfers between bribe-givers and bribe-takers, disproportionately a problem of the developing world, and as bounded within national units. We argue that the professionals in major financial centers serve to lower the transaction costs of transnational corruption by senior foreign officials. Wealthy, politically powerful individuals on the margins of the law are increasingly globalized as they secure financial access, physical residence, and citizenship rights in major OECD countries. These trends are evidenced by an analysis of the main components of the relevant transnational networks: banks, shell companies, foreign real estate, and investor citizenship programs, based on extensive interviews with key informants across multiple sites.


Author(s):  
Thomas J. Chemmanur ◽  
Tyler J. Hull ◽  
Karthik Krishnan

We show that cross-border leveraged buyout investments involving U.S. rather than non-U.S. private equity (PE) investors are more likely to have a successful exit (initial public offering or acquisition). Exogenous increases in effective proximity following the signing of “open sky agreements” between the United States and target firms’ home countries increases both the propensity of U.S. PE firms to invest in these firms and the value addition by these investors. We show that such increases in value addition by U.S. PE investors following proximity increases are at least partially due to better monitoring, facilitated by the more efficient allocation of experienced U.S. PE managers to cross-border deals.


2017 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 166-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selva Bahar Baziki ◽  
Pehr-Johan Norbäck ◽  
Lars Persson ◽  
Joacim Tåg

Finance ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol Prépublication (0) ◽  
pp. I-XXXIV
Author(s):  
Fabio Bertoni ◽  
Alexander Peter Groh

Author(s):  
Timothy Galpin

A study of 1,000 corporate and private equity executives found that post-deal integration was the number one factor in realizing deal success. While the term “post-merger integration” (PMI) is commonly used, it is very much a misnomer, as PMI should begin early in the deal process, prior to deal close. This chapter covers three main PMI phases, ten key PMI work streams, agile integration management, and how to accelerate synergy capture during integration. The tools, templates, best practices, potential pitfalls, and a case example of how to conduct effective M&A integration are also addressed, along with the main participants, core activities, buyer’s and seller’s perspectives, and key cross-border considerations.


2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 1688-1700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Humphery-Jenner ◽  
Zacharias Sautner ◽  
Jo-Ann Suchard

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